I'm a pretty big fan of the EPL and soccer generally like you. I go to at least one Spurs match at WHL every year, and most weekends will watch 3 or 4 other games and a bunch of highlights.
I cut the cord in 2009, but to be honest it was a little easier back then.
foxsoccer.tv had the live streaming rights to every EPL match and had them all on demand for replay. The web service was truly awful and a lot of times a stream would break in various ways but it was "good enough".
ESPN had the champions league in those days, so I had to "borrow" my parents cable credentials to watch.
Can't remember where I watched UEFA Cup at the time, but Fox Soccer may have had the rights.
Things have changed a bit, with NBC owning EPL rights now. I can only watch by continuing to "borrow" a friend or relative's cable subscription creds.
But the NBC sports streaming service seems to no longer show all the EPL games, and certainly almost none are available on demand. So I've lost so much trust that I just go to reddit.com/r/footballdownload directly when I want to watch something.
ESPN has most international matches, Euro/WC qualifiers, friendlies etc. Still need to log in with a cable subscription.
BeIN has a bunch of content too, like Bundesliga and La Liga and Serie A. But for some reason a Comcast xfinity credential doesn't get you web-based access. A few other cable provider accounts do though.
Sooo, to sum up after writing all this I'm realizing that it's pretty terrible unless you're willing to use a friend's cable subscription credentials, or you're willing to watch replays on an illegal streaming site.
I cut the cord in 2009, but to be honest it was a little easier back then.
foxsoccer.tv had the live streaming rights to every EPL match and had them all on demand for replay. The web service was truly awful and a lot of times a stream would break in various ways but it was "good enough".
ESPN had the champions league in those days, so I had to "borrow" my parents cable credentials to watch.
Can't remember where I watched UEFA Cup at the time, but Fox Soccer may have had the rights.
Things have changed a bit, with NBC owning EPL rights now. I can only watch by continuing to "borrow" a friend or relative's cable subscription creds.
But the NBC sports streaming service seems to no longer show all the EPL games, and certainly almost none are available on demand. So I've lost so much trust that I just go to reddit.com/r/footballdownload directly when I want to watch something.
ESPN has most international matches, Euro/WC qualifiers, friendlies etc. Still need to log in with a cable subscription.
BeIN has a bunch of content too, like Bundesliga and La Liga and Serie A. But for some reason a Comcast xfinity credential doesn't get you web-based access. A few other cable provider accounts do though.
Sooo, to sum up after writing all this I'm realizing that it's pretty terrible unless you're willing to use a friend's cable subscription credentials, or you're willing to watch replays on an illegal streaming site.