Hooray! Joy! Glorious praise! The most watched football league around the world kicked off last night, just a few months after Manchester United lifted the Champions League trophy and secured top spot in the 07/08 season of the Barclays Premier League. And now, it starts all over again.

There's been a bundle of transfers, a swarm of controversy over the enigmatic Ronaldo and his much publicised attempted transfer to Real Madrid, and the newly promoted top 3 sides of the Coca-Cola Championship are about to see what it takes to stay in one of the best football leagues across the land.

My boys, Liverpool FC, got over Sunderland 1-0 thanks to a wonderstrike from the mercurial Fernando Torres, hopefully kicking off a far more competitive season for the club from Anfield, after some fairly lack lustre performances in the domestic season over the past few seasons. Man Utd are just one domestic trophy away from matching Liverpools record of local trophies, and with Man Utd looking as strong as they did last year, it will take something special to topple Sir Alex's men.

Hopefully the new boy Robbie Keane can form a powerful partnership with Fernando Torres and those two can link up to score some goals and ensure Liverpool at long last return to being a powerful and competitive force locally. We've had the success in the Champion's League, but the local fans crave nothing more than domestic success.

Hopefully we can pick up one or two more signings like Gareth Barry to strengthen the wings, since that seemed to be one of the weak points of the side over the past few years, and now that Kewell and Riise have moved on, it seems like a focal point for Rafa to really go out and actively recruit to bolster the stocks.

Here's to hoping for some local success for the mighty side from Anfield in the 08/09 season. Thank God for the return of the Premier League!

Also, this new interface is a bit odd.