There is nothing like Premier League football. Also known as the Barclays Premier League or the Premiership, it is English football’s top professional soccer league. The EPL is also fanatically followed and watched by fans worldwide and is often regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world. It was a rework and restructure of the old English Division One and since it first started, live Premier League football has continued to grow and become a fabric of everyday life in not only England, but also the rest of the world. There is perhaps no other sport, other than American football, that might enjoy the same level of support and coverage in all manners of media. In fact, it has helped make football the biggest and most important sport in the world, no matter what Americans might believe. There is also the attraction of the massive riches that has been put into the league as live football matches from the Premier League continues to be beamed to every living room in every country. This has made it the place to play for the professional footballers too. Top talents are consistently drawn to the 20 clubs involved in the Premier League. This is also the reason why English football clubs have started to dominate the premier European tournaments as well, such as the Champions League.
Since the conception of the elite division of English football, there has largely been only one team that has swept most of the titles at stake. That team is Manchester United. The well supported club based in Manchester and Old Trafford is its stadium, has won the EPL title 11 times. It has put them level on the top pedestal with Liverpool at 18 titles each. Becoming the champion once more in the Premier League would see them become the most successful club ever on record. It is also the basis on which an intense rivalry between the two clubs have been built. Both clubs have local derbies which generate just as much passion and hate, but the biggest derby in English football is that between Manchester United and Liverpool. The whole world literally stops and watches every play and kick of the ball when these two teams meet. And it is believed that 2009/10 will be the season in which the tide of football dominance finally shifts towards the North of England.
