Second place Arsenal travels to face Sunderland on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Heading into the match, Sunderland is in 8th place with 17 points and a 4-1-1 record at home. Arsenal's two losses have both been on the road. The match will be covered live (with streaming video) at out other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link below.

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Sunderland striker, England international, English Premier League third leading scorer and Twitter Master Darren Bent has had his Twitter ID and a Twitter logo placed on the tongues of his football boots. The new boots were designed by Umbro and Bent in recognition of him being the "Barclays English Premier League's most high-profile social networker" with [. Click to continue reading...

It was a Super Saturday treat for Premier League fans as all the top names in the game came out to the fields. Chelsea went to Bolton and won 5-0 in an emphatic show of their reign at the top. Lampard got the proceedings going through a freekick in the fag end of the first [...] Click to continue reading...

All the top European leagues were in action on Saturday, October 31, 2009 including the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A. In Spain, Real Madrid won while FC Barcelona conceded a late own goal to get a draw. In England, Arsenal crushed Tottenham while Liverpool lost again.

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The English Premier League has another full set of matches on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1. Some of the key matchups include Fulham v Liverpool, Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea, Everton v Aston Villa, and Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur. Will Chelsea remain on top and can Liverpool continued their recent form to keep pace with the top teams?

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The English Carling Cup resumed play on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 with round 4 matches. There were five matches on Tuesday including Manchester United, Everton, and Tottenham Hotspur. Here's a recap of all the matches along with video highlights.

English Carling Cup Recap - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Most of the favorites advanced on Tuesday as there were not any major upsets.

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The English Premier League is well into the 2009-10 season and continues on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25. Liverpool looks to recover from their recent struggles with a crucial match against Manchester United. There are six matches on Saturday and four on Sunday. Here's a list of predictions, previews, and USA/UK television listings for this weekend of English Premier League matches.

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Sunderland hosted Liverpool in the English Premier League on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Was Liverpool able to win without Gerrard and Torres or did Sunderland continue their strong start to the 2009-10 season? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Sunderland beats Liverpool 1-0 Video Highlights

Liverpool were without captain Steven Gerrard and leading scorer Fernando Torres as they struggled at Sunderland.

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The English Premier League resumes after an international break with a full set of matches. Here's are predictions, video previews, and United States and United Kingdom TV listings for this weekend of matches on October 17-19.

Predictions (times listed are GMT local UK time)

Saturday, 17 October 2009

Arsenal v Birmingham, 15:00 Arsenal wins 2-0

Aston Villa v Chelsea, 12:45 1-1 Draw

Everton v Wolverhampton, 15:00 Everton wins 1-0

Man Utd v Bolton, 15:00 Man U wins 2-1

Portsmouth v Tottenham, 15:00 Tottenham wins 3-1

Stoke v West Ham, 15:00 0-0 Draw

Sunderland v Liverpool, 15:00 Liverpool wins 1-0

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Blackburn v Burnley, 13:00 Blackburn wins 3-0

Wigan v Man City, 16:00 - 2-2 Draw

Monday, 19 October 2009

Fulham v Hull, 20:00 Fulham wins 3-2

Video Previews/TV Listings (time listed are USA Eastern Standard Time or -5 GMT, click on each match for video preview)

Saturday, October 17, 2009 Time Home Away TV VENUE 7:45 ET Aston Villa v Chelsea (USA), Sky Sports (UK) Villa Park 10:00 ET Arsenal v Birmingham Emirates Stadium 10:00 ET Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers Goodison Park 10:00 ET Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers Setanta Sports (USA) Old Trafford 10:00 ET Portsmouth v Tottenham Hotspur Fratton Park 10:00 ET Stoke City v West Ham United Britannia Stadium 10:00 ET Sunderland v Liverpool Fox Soccer Channel (USA) Stadium of Light Sunday, October 18, 2009 Time Home Away TV VENUE 8:00 ET Blackburn Rovers v Burnley Sky Sports (UK), Setanta Sports (USA) Ewood Park 11:00 ET Wigan Athletic v Manchester City Sky Sports (UK), Fox Soccer Channel (USA) DW Stadium Monday, October 19, 2009 Time Home Away TV VENUE 15:00 ET Fulham v Hull City (USA), ESPN (UK) Craven Cottage

League Table (as of Thursday, October 15, 2009)

2009-10 Table Team GP W D L Pts GF GA GD Chelsea 8 7 0 1 21 18 6 12 Manchester United 8 6 1 1 19 19 8 11 Tottenham 8 5 1 2 16 19 12 7 Manchester City 7 5 1 1 16 15 8 7 Arsenal 7 5 0 2 15 24 10 14 Liverpool 8 5 0 3 15 22 12 10 Aston Villa 7 4 1 2 13 10 6 4 Sunderland 8 4 1 3 13 16 13 3 Burnley 8 4 0 4 12 7 16 -9 Everton 7 3 1 3 10 9 11 -2 Stoke City 8 2 3 3 9 6 10 -4 Wigan Athletic FC 8 3 0 5 9 8 15 -7 Bolton 7 2 2 3 8 10 11 -1 Birmingham City 8 2 1 5 7 5 8 -3 Fulham 7 2 1 4 7 6 10 -4 Blackburn 7 2 1 4 7 8 15 -7 Wolverhampton 8 2 1 5 7 7 14 -7 Hull City 8 2 1 5 7 8 20 -12 West Ham United 7 1 2 4 5 8 11 -3 Portsmouth 8 1 0 7 3 4 13 -9 Click to continue reading...

Sunderland v Liverpool
Stadium: Stadium of Light Sunderland, England
Competition: English Premier League
Date: 17 October 2009
Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 15:00 GMT, 10:00 EST

Sunderland hosts Liverpool as the English Premier League returns to action after the international break.

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All the top European leagues were in action this weekend including the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga (Primera Division), Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, and the French Ligue 1. Here's a list of video highlights for many of the matches on Saturday, October 3, 2009.

Bolton Wanderers (2) – Tottenham Hotspur (2) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Manchester United (2) – Sunderland (2) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 VfL Bochum (1) – VfL Wolfsburg (1) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Inter Milan (Internazionale) (2) – Udinese (1) – Italian Serie A – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bari (0) – Catania (0) – Italian Serie A – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Tenerife (0) – Deportivo La Coruna (1) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Lens (0) – Lyon (2) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Besiktas (1) – Denizlispor (0) – Turkish Super League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Levadiakos (0) – Olympiacos (3) – Greek Super League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 St Etienne (3) – Bordeaux (1) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) – Portsmouth (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Hannover 96 (5) – SC Freiburg (2) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bayer Leverkusen (4) – FC Nuremberg (0) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 FC Barcelona (1) – Almeria (0) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bayern Munich (0) – FC Cologne (0) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Hull City (2) – Wigan Athletic (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Burnley (2) – Birmingham City (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Click to continue reading...

Defending English Premier League Champions Manchester United struggled on Saturday against Sunderland as they could only manage a 2-2 draw. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Manchester United draws with Sunderland 2-2 Video Highlights

Manchester United did not come out strong and Sunderland would take advantage.

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It's another full week of matches in the English Premier League with the marquee match-up over Chelsea v Liverpool. There's also one Monday match, Aston Villa v Manchester City. Here are predictions, video previews, and (USA & UK) TV listings.

Predictions (times listed are local UK time or GMT)

Saturday, 3 October 2009

Bolton v Tottenham, 15:00 Tottenham 3-2

Burnley v Birmingham, 15:00 Burnley 3-1

Hull v Wigan, 15:00 1-1 Draw

Man Utd v Sunderland, 17:30 Manchester United 2-0

Wolverhampton v Portsmouth, 15:00 0-0 Draw

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Arsenal v Blackburn, 13:30 Arsenal 3-0

Chelsea v Liverpool, 16:00 2-2 Draw

Everton v Stoke, 15:00 Everton 1-0

West Ham v Fulham, 15:00 West Ham 1-0

Monday, 5 October 2009

Aston Villa v Man City, 20:00 Man City 2-1

Video Previews and USA/UK TV Listings (times listed are USA Eastern Standard Time or EST)

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The English Premier League continues its 2009-10 season with a full set of matches this upcoming weekend. There are not as many marquee match-ups as last weekend which had the Manchester derby. Chelsea remains perfect atop the table while Manchester United, Manchester City, and Liverpool are close behind them.

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The English Premier League is starting to heat up with some crucial matches this weekend including Manchester United v Manchester City. Other matches of interest are Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United v Liverpool. It should be an exciting and busy week in the Premiership. Can Man City and Chelsea remain perfect or will either of them lose?

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The English Premier League continued on Saturday, September 12, 2009 with some great mtaches. Two of the biggest were Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, Stoke City v Chelsea, and Manchester City v Arsenal. Was Manchester City able to show they are for real against Arsenal, did Tottenham continue their great start against Man U at home?

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The English Premier League continued on Saturday, September 12, 2009 with some great matches. Two of the biggest were Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, Stoke City v Chelsea, and Manchester City v Arsenal. Was Manchester City able to show they are for real against Arsenal, did Tottenham continue their great start against Man U at home?

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The English Premier League continued it 2009-10 season with a full weekend of matches. On Saturday August 30, 2009 there were seven matches inlcuding Manchester United v Arsenal, Bolton v Liverpool, Chelsea v Burnley, and Tottenham v Birmingham. Here's a recap of all of Saturday's matches along with video highlights.

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The English Premier League continued its week 2 matches with Man U at Wigan, Arsenal hosting Portsmouth, Man City at home against Wolverhampton, Hull City hosting Bolton, Sunderland hosting Blackburn, and Birmingham hosting Stoke City. Overall most of the home teams won except for Wigan who were crushed by Manchester United.

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Over the past few months we've brought you extensive coverage of Umbro's 2009/10 kit launches. This included the debuts of the 09/10 kits of Umbro's English Premier League clubs Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Manchester City, Sunderland AFC and West Ham United. Now here's a look at the home kits of these club's on [. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League had two midweek matches on Tuesday August 18, 2009. There were more matches scheduled but with Arsenal and Fulham involved in European football, they were moved back to a later date. The matches on Tuesda August 18, 2009 were  Sunderland v Chelsea and Wigna Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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The English Premier League's first week of matches saw several upsets and unexpected results. Many home teams lost and Arsenal thrashed Everton 6-1 (why did I think Everton had a chance?). Manchester United and Chelsea both only won by one goal while Liverpool lost at Tottenham. Here are predictions for the midweek matches of Week 2 including Burnley v Man U, Chelsea v Sunderland, and Liverpool v Stoke City.

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The English Premier League opened it's 2009-10 season on Saturday with a full set of matches. Some of these including Fulham v Portsmouth, Hull City v Chelsea, Man City v Blackburn, and Everton v Arsenal. Heres a recap of the day's matches along with video highlights (click on each match for higlights).

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The preseason for the European clubs is winding down as most leagues are set to begin in the next few weeks. Here are video highlights for several of Saturday's friendlies including Chelsea v Reading, Burnsley v Manchester City, Celtic v Sunderland, and Derby County v Stoke City.

Celtic (1) – Sunderland (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Derby County (2) – Stoke City (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Barnsley (1) – Manchester City (1) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Chelsea (2) – Reading (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

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They echo throughout fields all over the UK during the football season, and on many occasions have been known to give players a lift. I'm talking about football chants. From Fernando Torres' "Liverpool's Number Nine" to "Glory Glory Man United," songs and chants are a massive part of what makes football such a unique sport.

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English Premier League surviors Sunderland AFC have revealed their new change kit for the 2009-10 Barclays Premier League season. The kit will be officially launched at 6pm on Wednesday 8 July at the Stadium of Light. Here's a desciption of the kit from the Black Cats' website: The modern, clean design features a predominantly white, round-necked shirt. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League 2008/09 season has finished with Manchester United retaining for the trophy and Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, and Middlesbrough all being relegated. Liverpool had an early lead over Man U but couldn't hold on and ultimately ended in 2nd place. Fulham enjoyed a terriffic season with a 7th place finish that will give them a Europa League spot for next season.

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The English Premier League 2008/09 season has finished with Manchester United retaining for the trophy and Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, and Middlesbrough all being relegated. Liverpool had an early lead over Man U but couldn't hold on and ultimately ended in 2nd place. Fulham enjoyed a terriffic season with a 7th place finish that will give them a Europa League spot for next season.

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Three stories which appeared at first unrelated all seem to be coming together at the same time.
Story 1 - Philadelphia Union's Nick Sakiewicz, stated on Glenn Davis's show that they were pursuing a high profile coach who would also serve the role as manager. One whom they had to wait for. Click to continue reading...

I just saw the result of the Sunderland match & went searching for some more info and found an article with title "Sunderland promoted to Premier League" over at the BBC.

I must say with the pending drop of Sunderland off the ladder of the premier league it must bring a touch of humour to their otherwise dreary evening.

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Come Saturday and the football screens turn to the Premier League action. The evening will be packed with six matches taking place, many of which will make or break the relegation scene of the Premier League table. Let us see how the matches tonight will make a difference to the Premiership table.

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English Premier League side Sunderland AFC unveiled their Umbro 2009/10 home kit yesterday. The new kit features a retro-looking v-neck shirt with the Black Cats' the traditional red and white stripes along with red panels on the arm and shoulder area and the Sunderland badge is housed within a shield. Click to continue reading...

It was a busy Saturday in England with several Premier League games along with an exciting FA Cup Semifinal between Chelsea and Arsenal. Here are video highlights from the Premier League and FA Cup.

Chelsea - Arsenal - 2-1 - English FA Cup Semifinal

Sunderland - Hull City - 1-0 - Premier League

Aston Villa - West Ham

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Tribal Football suggests that Sunderland are ready to make the Bornstein Bear a Black Cat......
Sunderland are keen on Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein.
The Black Cats considered the 24 year-old USA international last summer and he has remained on the management's radar. Click to continue reading...

I did an interview with Stuart Baxter this week, and it was gratifying to hear him talk so much about stadia and facilities. This guy really understands what he has to do, and is in it for the long term. It was rather amusing that we spoke for 40 minutes and didn't mention any of [...] Click to continue reading...