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The 2007-08 season will be the 10th anniversary year of the creation of the Scottish Premier League and should hopefully provide yet another rollercoaster ride for the fans and supporters of all the 12 current football teams. The forthcoming season is also significant in that it will mark the introduction of the 17th football team to play in the Scottish Premier League, after Gretna secured their promotion with a last gasp winning goal in the dying moments of last season and in doing so realized a dream for the players and supports to see Gretna FC play in the top flight for the first time in their short but remarkable history.

The new season will also herald the start of several new sponsorship deals totaling a massive £60 million over the next few years, much of which will find it’s way directly to the clubs. The Scottish Premier League will kick off on 4th August with a new league sponsor after Clydesdale Bank won the sponsorship rights previously held by the Bank of Scotland for the next 4 years in a deal worth over £8 million. Interestingly a spokesman for Clydesdale bank said that their decision to bid for the new sponsorship deal was down to research which showed that more people watch the Scottish Premier League per head of population than any other country in Europe!

Irish broadcasting firm Setanta Sports will continue to broadcast 60 live and exclusive matches from the Scottish Premier League alone over the course of the season, so that every fan will be able to watch live football regularly. BBC Scotland and STV’s Scotsport have the rights to broadcast highlights and should ensure that coverage is shown throughout the week of the weekends highlights. The BBC also own the rights to radio and online broadcasts through BBC Radio Scotland. These services have proved very popular to those who wish to watch live football online.

Aberdeen will also represent the Scottish Premier League in European competition this year as they enter the UEFA cup first round courtesy of their 3rd place finish last season. Dunfermline Athletic will also represent Scottish football in the Uefa cup however they only managed the feat after being defeated finalists to Celtic in the Scottish Cup. As Celtic were already through to the Champions League it was left to Dunfermline Athletic to take the final European place, despite actually being relegated from the Scottish Premier League as well.

Hopefully a good performance from these clubs can lift the Scottish Premier League higher than their current Uefa ranking of 11th in terms of a nations representatives performance in European club football. But no doubt the behaviour of the fans will be of much more importance this year!

One area the Scottish Premier League will be hoping to improve dramatically on during the new season would be in the turn around of managers in the top flight. Last season a total of 6 of the 12 managers of the teams in the Premier League departed under a variety of circumstances and this surely cannot reflect well upon Scottish Football in general. Although the Scottish Premier League cannot interfere in the daily management of clubs they will be watching closely this year to ensure that the overall improvements seen in the past few years are not affected by these changes.

So everything is in place it seems for yet another fantastic season in the Scottish Premier league. Whether you want to watch Scottish Premier League live, Champions League football, UEFA Cup games or domestic cup competitions the Scottish Premier League has it all. With the new broadcasting sponsorship deals now firmly in place fans have so many more options to watch live football, whether on the TV, or through live football streams, fans have never had it so good. It may seem like a long time ago since the formation of the Premier League, but after 10 years Scottish Football is now regarded as having one of the best leagues in the world. Take a look and find out why!