What can I watch besides the World Cup?

I'm really starting to enjoy watching football - besides the stuff that everybody hates - bad calls, dives, etc.



Anyways, I'm curious about a couple things:

- What other leagues, associations, clubs can I watch that have to do with football?

- In order to make it to the World Cup, I'm guessing teams are competing within the 4 years to make it to the top 32, which cups or championships are they playing in between world cups?



Thanks.What can I watch besides the World Cup?
I'm only reading the question title and my answer is... Just sleep, just intoxicate yourself and sleep and set your alarm for whichever kick-off.
Actually it's a bit more complex than that:



The world cup is country vs country, and the players have to have passports and be "citizens" of that country to play. FIFA has rules about all this. During a typical year there are only a few weekends when "International" matches are played. This includes "friendlies" which dont really matter, and other qualifying games which is how the World cup and other international tournaments are seeded.



The bread and butter of soccer is the Club programs. Essentially all of the players that you see in the world cup play for a club somewhere in the world. This club is who pays their wages (not positive but I dont think they get paid for national team appearances) and that's essentially their employer. Typically speaking, the best leagues to watch are the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, and the Spanish La Liga. Followed closely by the German Bundesliga and then you get into south american and other smaller european leagues.



If you speak English I would highly recommend following the English Premier League. It's fast paced, plays pretty much every weekend Aug - May, and even with the HUGE teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, any team can win on any given day - leading to upsets and excitement. In the US, the majority of EPL games are covered by FSC(Fox Soccer Channel) which is part of an additional sports package usually ($6 a month for the package on Cox Cable) In Canada, FSN carries 2-3 games every Saturday monrning :)



Hope this helps!What can I watch besides the World Cup?
If you live in England you will be spoilt for choice.

Four massive leagues with lots of clubs with lots of supporters.

You can choose from:

Premier League

Championship

League One

League Two



all the four leagues put together there are 92 clubs and pretty much every city or town has a team in one of these leagues and some even have two clubs!!

But if none of these 92 clubs take your fancy you could go to non-league football matches which is smaller than professional leagues which have smaller clubs in it but the football is still entertaining and it's alot cheaper to watch. So in non-league you have lots of choice again, the leagues are:



Conference Premier

Conference North

Conference South

Isthmian Premier League

..and then it gets split into regional leagues such as the Sheffield and Hallamshire district league or the Cheshire league etc....

So I'm sure you'll find something you'll like.
Yes, check out the link from the first answer



But the big leagues that are exciting to watch are the EPL (England), La Liga (Spain) and Serie A (Italy)



Of these the best is (arguably) the EPL.



In the EPL there is full seasons with 38 games as well as another championship called the champions league which allows teams from all leagues around the world to compete.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League



Also the Euro is big, it's the same as the WC except only for European teams



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012



PS. Best Club Team = Manchester UnitedWhat can I watch besides the World Cup?
Next 4 years: (Years are when next international tournaments start)



Copa Oro - North America (2011 %26amp; 2013)



Copa America - South America (And Mexico) (2011)



Euro Cup - Europe (2012)



African Cup of Nations - Africa (2012 %26amp; 2013) (2013 cause in 2014 next World Cup)



AFC Asian Cup - Countries Around Asia and Ocean (2011)



Fifa Confederations Cup 2013 - (Winners of Internation Tournaments) (Above)



Fifa World Cup 2014 - Host Brazil
Dude there is so many leagues to mention the Euro League EX. Manchester, Barcelona, etc.

Asian leagues, Mexican league, MLS, etc.
In Aug u can watch the English Premier League

= better than the WC for reasons i won't go into
Too many to list:



Here you go:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ass…