I don't get excited about many Premier League fixtures but the Black Country derby certainly gets my heart racing. It's even more special when it takes place in the Premier League – todays match only the fourth in Premier League history.

So as Wolves slumped to what turned out to be an embarrassing defeat my major interest in Premier League football for this season ends in disappointment as West Brom triumphed for their eighth time to Wolves three wins since I first went to Molineux in 1999.

Park Chu-Young is a proven goal scorer. However, he needs a hell of a long leg to score from the bench, which is where he's been wasting away all season long for Arsenal. Chu-Young is getting fed up of watching games instead of participating in them and according to his agent he's ready to leave Emirates Stadium in the summer.

This is veeeeeery interesting:

This paper evaluates the extent to which the performance of English Premier League football club managers can be attributed to skill or luck when measured separately from the characteristics of the team. We first use a specification that models managerial skill as a fixed effect and we examine the relationship between the number of points earned in league matches and the club's wage bill, transfer spending, and the extent to which they were hit by absent players through injuries, suspensions or unavailability.

Being forced to sell his captain during the January and consequently losing matches heavily did for Simon Grayson. While OTP feels slightly sorry for the recently sacked Grayson, we won't be dwelling on his departure for too long because there are some exciting prospects in contention to be the new boss at Elland [.

Blackpool goalkeeper Matt Gilks tasted Premier League football last season with the Tangerines and now the shotstopper is looking for his side to make a swift return to the top flight.
The Seasiders sit just one point off the play-off places in the Championship table in seventh spot, in what has once again been a very competitive league this term with any side capable of getting a result in any game.

The managerial merry-go-round is one of the unpleasant facets of Premier League football. Too often, the board members of clubs are quick to sack a manager due to a string of poor results or because of outside pressure. The objective ...
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Premier League football will be available to view on free-to-air TV for the first time in its 20 year history. ESPN are set to show Manchester City v Fulham on February 4th as part of their free weekend pass.

Championship side Leeds United have accepted a bid from Norwich City for their club captain Jonny Howson.
The midfielder, who is out of contract in the summer, is a product of the Leeds academy and has made 225 for the club. The Leeds skipper is currently on the sidelines through injury, but it is thought he will open contract talks with the Canaries this week.

2.7 million players play Fantasy Premier League football. 6% of them own Leighton Baines. That's about 162,000 frustrated owners this evening after Everton (again) failed to keep a clean sheet at home against inferior opposition drawing 1-1 with Blackburn ... Continue reading →

EYE SPORTS 4-0 OAKHAM UNITED
Saturday 14th January 2012
Peterborough & District League Premier Division
Lindisfarne Road, PE6 7XH
After last weeks trip to the land of Satan that is a "premier league" football ground, I need to cleanse my soul as it were and get back to watching the grass roots form of the game.

I appealed because I obviously completely disagreed with the interpretation of the officials on the day but that happens in football and we move on. I wonder though if we are now going to see an unprecedented wave of red cards on match days because we sanction "if's" and "maybe's"? Are we going to look back at video evidence for every single challenge that goes unnoticed by the officials, look at different scenarios and potential outcomes of what could have been considered a good tackle and then sanction it?

We all know that Premier League football is far more than the 90 minutes our favorite team plays each weekend. Throughout the week there's plenty of programming, on television, the Internet and radio, to keep us informed and entertained about ...
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Liverpool v Newcastle United! | Barry Glendenning

• Hit F5 or the auto-refresh button for the latest news • Direct your emails to barry.glendenning@guardian.co.uk • Get the latest scores from tonight's Football League games • Follow Barry on Twitter, if you're into that nonsense Alan Pardew speaks: In his pre-match interview, Newcastle's manager says "there are certain balls you can't defend against Andy Carroll, because if the delivery is right and he gets at them in a certain angle there's nothing you can do.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has backed Andy Carroll to eventually live up to his record-breaking price tag.
Pardew reluctantly sold the 22-year-old to the Reds, who host the Magpies on Friday evening, on the final day of the last January transfer window when owner Mike Ashley decided a bid of £35million was simply too good to refuse.

Liverpool have been terribly unlucky this season in front of goal. This fact all Liverpool fans know. 17 shots against the woodwork and four saved penalties testify to the Reds' dominant and yet strange lack of goals. Also Luis Suarez is the Premiership striker with the most number of attempted shots to goal (75) but only scored five goals.

We all knew that an announcement was coming and, somehow or other, the decision reached would have been surprising, no matter what it was - a reflection, perhaps, of the fact that this particular story should have twisted and turned in the way that it has since it first became apparent that something happened at Loftus Road during his team's match against Queens Park Rangers, two months ago.

England captian John Terry has been charged with racially aggravated public order offence. His court date is set for Feb 1.

In a statemet, Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said:

"I have today advised the Metropolitan Police Service that John Terry should be prosecuted for a racially aggravated public order offence following comments allegedly made during a Premier League football match between Queen's Park Rangers and Chelsea on 23 October 2011.

England captian John Terry has been charged with racially aggravated public order offence. His court date is set for Feb 1.

In a statemet, Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said:

"I have today advised the Metropolitan Police Service that John Terry should be prosecuted for a racially aggravated public order offence following comments allegedly made during a Premier League football match between Queen's Park Rangers and Chelsea on 23 October 2011.

Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey feels sorry for his team-mates who have suffered injury or suspension, but he is ready to step up as a replacement.
The £1.7million signing from Charlton in May 2010 was at the beginning of December recalled from a loan at Blackpool by boss Kenny Dalglish after Lucas Leiva's season was ended by knee surgery.

Not too bad a game at the Bridge today. Good fare I say.

Bench? Please.

Yeah, that was fucking awesome. Anyone else in need of a new set of vocal chords after that final 30 or so minutes? I sound like Emma Stone right now, and that's not sweet. Not at all.

Yesterday hadn't, if we are completely honest, been Chris Foy's greatest afternoon as a Premier League referee. His performance during the match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur left a little to be desired and will have left those in North London of a blue and white persuasion rather scratching their heads.

It is reported today that Mick McCarthy has his eye on two Arsenal youngsters to boost his side's campaign this term. A campaign which despite a good result recently, is still a fight to avoid relegation.

The win against effectively a managerless Sunderland side at the weekend put daylight between the old gold and black and the bottom three.

David Luiz's gallivanting run from centre-back ends on Oxford Street Ep.14 Birthday Bonanza! by Off The Post on Mixcloud After spending the international break sunning ourselves on faraway islands owned by Tom Cruise and trundling around the world's best golf courses, the Off The Post Podcast is refreshed and ready to launch itself two footed [.

I realize that what I will suggest will border on being sacrilegious in the eyes of English football traditionalists, but here goes: The weekend Premier League football schedule needs to change. Let me explain. This past weekend's matches in the...
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It's time to rejoice for two reasons. First, there will be no more international breaks for the rest of the season. And two, the Premier League is back. It's been an agonizing long two weeks without Premier League football, but ...
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It's time to rejoice for two reasons. First, there will be no more international breaks for the rest of the season. And two, the Premier League is back. It's been an agonizing long two weeks without Premier League football, but ...
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The 0-6 Predicament: A Thing Of Pure Beauty - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The supporters of Wigan, Blackburn or West Bromwich Albion understand the searing pangs of incompetency that they face at least 10 times a year, when their sides are drawn against the remodelled top 5. Away at Man City for a team like Wolves can give serious impetus for such a fan to abandon their halfway tickets and choose the theatre with the missus.

More Premier League football should be on TV

More Premier League football games should be broadcast live as it would boost club funds, despite a drop in attendances, according to new research.

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Editor's note: Since the memory of last weekend's Premier League football is still fresh in our minds. here's a match report of Wolverhampton's win against Wigan — a match of big importance due to the implications on the relegation zone. ...
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The international break heralds a mini 'silly season' as Newcastle United are reported to be interested in no less than 5 new players. With January fast approaching and no Premier League football for two weeks, it's inevitable that the names of potential targets will be bandied about. Our impressive start to the season and the [.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUNrjrRXw8 After an exhausting but exhilarating day of Premier League football yesterday (especially after Swansea's emotional, for me, draw), we have the prospect of three Premier League matches to look forward to. First,...
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Raise your hand if you thought Newcastle would be unbeaten heading into November in the Premier League. No one, including Newcastle's own players thought they would be doing so well after the first ten games of the season. Newcastle is one of only two unbeaten teams in the league and they trail second place Manchester United by just one point and first place Manchester City by only six.

Liverpool boast a massive global fanbase. Their pre-season tours to the likes of Thailand and Malaysia highlights the huge passion for the club that exists in the Far East.
However, less well known is the support they enjoy in Pakistan.
News that Manchester United has signed a sponsorship deal with a mobile network in Pakistan prompted Reds from the country to get in touch this week.

Here we go, another great weekend of Premier League football is here. Throw your "Why Always Me?" t-shirts to the side, and let's concentrate on Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, and the rest of the weekend's fantasy prognostications. Let's ... Continue reading →

Sky face Premier League TV rights battle from Al Jazeera

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB could lose its exclusive live coverage of Barclays Premier League football to the Arab TV channel Al Jazeera.

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By Alan Duffy

Arsenal seem to pick up more injuries than a team at the Geriatric Twister World Championships. Currently tucked up in their sick-beds are Thomas Vermaelen, Jack Wilshere, Abou Diaby and Bacary Sagna amongst others. However, in order to make more room for the Gunners' sick and infirm, the club have extended their medical facilities.

Foreign owners discuss end to relegation, says League Managers chief

• Americans 'looking at having more of a franchise situation' • Aston Villa surprised and confused by Richard Bevan remarks The chief executive of the League Managers Association has warned that owners of a number of Premier League clubs are talking about trying to scrap promotion and relegation in order to safeguard their investments.

Chelsea FC is the top Premier League Football Club for engaging with fans across the Internet. Ronney is the Premier League's top Tweeter.

Thank god the break for the internationals is over and we have our Premier League football back!. Boring isn't it when you have to wait for two weeks for Chelsea's next game, especially after we gave our performance of the season away at Bolton in our last game!.
So with that in mind and with a very difficult game ahead of us on Saturday I just wondered who would AVB decide to start with on Saturday?

One story that has come about lately is the situation with the Overseas TV rights to show Premier League football. Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre has raised an issue with how the money from the deals is divided and is pushing for debate to happen that could see a huge shake up in our game.