by Marie Bywater

Created on: August 13, 2010

The new English Premier League season starts on August the 14th and runs until the middle of May 2011. Twenty football teams will battle it out to see who the next Premiership champions are, who gets a champions league place and who avoids relegation.   If you are a football fan and enjoy watching English Premier League football and do not have access to a television there are several ways you can enjoy the games live online.

Free Football TV

Free Football TV is a paid subscription website offering live English Premier League football games, as well as football games from European leagues and major cup games.   This website has 50 000 subscribers who tune in to watch live football on a daily basis. A one year subscription which enables you to live coverage of most of the Premier League games costs £9.99.  Whenever you subscribe you get members access to the website and free software which enables you to watch the football games live.  The home page of free football tv displays all the upcoming fixtures which are able to watch live.

Sky Player

Sky Player offers another way to watch English Premier League football games live online. Sky Player features a few live games each weekend.  However Sky player has a few disadvantages compared to Free Football TV. The first drawback of SkyPlayer is the fact that you can only watch the football games which are being broadcast by Sky. Therefore if the match you want to match is not being televised by Sky, you will not be able to watch it live by using Sky Player.  You will have to find another paid streaming service, such as Free Football TV. Secondly in order to own Sky Player and be able to watch English Premier League games live online, you need to be subscribed to Sky TV. If you do not have a TV this could end up very costly. Even for those with a TV Sky can be expensive.

Free sites to watch English Premier League football live online

There are many sites which broadcast English Premier League football games for free, however the live streaming action can be poor and lacking in quality compared to that provided by the paid streaming sites.

If you never want to miss an English Premier League football game make sure and take advantage of websites providing live coverage online. Amongst the  websites available there are a few reputable sites which will endeavour to deliver quality live streaming football action.

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