The Footie Fool

Buddy of mine with Shaw digital here in Victoria just told me that over the weekend Shaw added Setanta to their digital lineup on channel 154. And I came across this posting at The Voyageurs site by someone who works at Shaw confirming it. Here is the post from a guy named Bill Currie: While [...]

Another EPL season and a fine start for the Gunners, picking up 3 points at the Emirates with a 2-1 win over Fulham Sunday, thanks to goals from Van Persie and Alex Hleb. A few weeks ago, Alex Hleb said he wanted to score 10 goals this season – a right lofty goal for someone [...]

So, the U20 World Cup got you excited and you decided to follow soccer this year, but don’t know where to begin? What is this crazy world of umpteen cups, competitions and leagues? Where do you possibly begin? Well, read on and I’ll try to shed some light on the basics of European footie and [...]

The Globe and Mail has an article today that clarifies what is happening with EPL broadcast rights in Canada. The Score will have first choice of the Sunday game. Setanta will be launching a specialty channel before August 11th, the EPL season kick off. Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Bell ExpressVu will carry the channel [...]

Irish TV broadcaster Setanta, who has the broadcast rights for the EPL this season, will be announcing their EPL broadcast schedule on Monday. According to The Guardian article, Setanta will be carrying 46 EPL games live this season. Now, Setanta is still not available on any cable package in Canada, but word is that The [...]

With Sportsnet dropping their Saturday morning EPL games this season (oh, how I’ll miss the Saturday triple header), it was looking like EPL fans were going to be outta luck for live EPL coverage this season. However, The Score has announced that they will pick up where they left off 2 years ago and be [...]

It looks like the end of the road for Sportsnet’s Super Soccer Saturday, the weekly triple header of EPL games hosted by Craig Forest and Gerry Dobson. According to the Globe and Mail, a new specialty channel, Setanta Sports, will be broadcasting the bulk of EPL games next season, with The Score picking up one [...]

I had mixed feelings about Liverpool/ManU today. I really like Liverpool, so I was hoping they could pull out the victory. On the other hand, being an Arsenal fan and knowing the Reds and Gunners are in a neck and neck battle for Champions League positioning, part of me was hoping for a (gasp) United [...]