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Taking its cue from the English Premier League, clubs within the Scottish Football League left and formed their own system, called the Scottish Premier League in 1998 – six years after the formation of the English Premier League.  The Scottish Premier League is sponsored by the Bank of Scotland, making its official sponsored name the Bank of Scotland Premier League.  The Bank of Scotland will, however, not be going forth into the 2007-08 season with their sponsorship – the Clydesdale Bank sealed their sponsorship deal starting in July 2007.

With the popularity of the original Scottish Premier League, a suggestion for a “Scottish Premier League 2” has been instigated by the Chairman of the League, Lex Gold.  However, a second Scottish Premier League is not a popular idea with some fans of both the original Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.  There are, however, many fans that do support the idea and the formation may take place during the 2007-08 season. 

Whether it is because this season is the Bank of Scotland’s last season of sponsorship or not, the Scottish Premier League has been heating things up since first game and the frenzy is expected to last all the way through to the very last game.  If you have been watching live Scottish Premier League up to now, you certainly haven’t been missing anything but if you haven’t caught a game yet, now is a great time to watch one live!

This season’s top scorers in the Scottish Premier League include Kris Boyd of Rangers, Anthony Stokes from Falkirk, Steven Naismith of Kilmarnock and Scott McDonald from Motherwell.  Respectively, their scores range from 19 to 13.  Although the top players in the Scottish Premier League are from different clubs, the standout team this year is Celtic Football Club.  Celtic Football Club is one of the oldest football clubs in Scotland that still exists today – the club was founded in 1888 and has taken Scotland by storm since.  Rangers are the next highest scoring team on the Scottish Premier League this season, with a whopping 65 point score overall. 

The best way to stay on top of the scores and games of the Scottish Premier League is to check out their extremely interactive, high velocity website.  There is only one official Scottish Premier League website, but it has just about everything a Scottish Premier League fan could ask for.  Fans of online poker can bet on their favourite clubs in the League or purchase their favourite team’s merchandise online!  Merchandise ranges anywhere from adorable women’s short shorts emblazoned with the team logo or a heavy men’s sweater with the team’s crest. 

Of course, you can watch live Scottish Premier League Football online with our network providing live streaming football and live football feeds throughout the SPL season.  Don’t miss out on the Scottish Premier League this season or the next – and if you keep watching, you’ll likely become an SPL fan for life!