Yesterday, Preston North End beat Leeds United in a ten-goal extravaganza. The Championship matchup proved to be more thrilling than most Champions League matches, with Partizan/Arsenal having the most goals at four. Although I didn't get to watch the match myself, being locked away in the law library at the time, even the updates flashing by were enough to excite my interest.

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On Saturday, I spent the first part of the morning paying more attention to the lower leagues than the Premier League. Sure, I had on Arsenal v Blackpool, and then switched to Everton v Wolves, but I had one eye on the BBC score updater, one eye on our game thread, and one eye on twitter. With glasses, this is possible. My twitter-mates kept me informed on the two most important matches: Exeter v Bristol Rovers, and Tooting and Mitcham United v Hendon.

More on league football in a moment, but first a note about Tooting. Robert, our Vernal Villan, asked me via Twitter what the story is with TMUFC. After all, most Americans don't end up with a non-league team to follow. Then again, most Americans don't go on an adventure to Horsham, in which one has to leave the comfort of a train to get on a rattly old bus and pass through a place called Three Bridges, even though there are patently not three bridges. And most Americans don't go hang out on Horsham's field, which is not really their field, and see the sloping pitch and watch a bumblebee dance in the middle of the field and see players check their phones to find out football scores and hear a player ask the away supporters which foot he should use to take a corner kick and fall forever in love with a team called the Terrors. Luckily for me the wonderful Chris Nee (owner of twofootedtackle, whose revamped site will be up and running by the end of the week) gives twitter updates and so I could know that Tooting won 4-3!

More after the jump.

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I know that this is a website for a Premier League club that regularly makes it to Europe, but I'm pretty indiscriminate in my love for football. With less than one week to go until the EPL kicks back in, at 7500 headquarters we're brainstorming it up, making sure that we're providing you with every possible resource regarding the league and its teams before Saturday comes

But today brought football as well--the football of the 72 teams playing in the Football League. These are the teams that battle for lesser glories. They're fighting to move up to the Championship, or to be a giant-killer in the FA Cup, but somehow in the back of every supporters' mind is the thought that maybe one day their team will be in the first division (again).

It's hard to follower lower league football if you're not in England, but with the internet it's certainly possible. In fact, you can even catch some games on Fox Soccer Plus (although I have no idea how to obtain this elusive station). But we'll try to keep you in the loop with each week's football league round up. Updates after the jump.

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