As expected all the papers splurge on football, but while fans of Nationwide League clubs might be hoping that their teams get there day in the sun, it is the Premiership that once again grabs most of the glory.

The continued rivalry between Premiership champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Arsenal, who meet in the Community Shield on Sunday, provides The Sun with its back-page story.

Under the headline "I'll shut you up Fergie" they quote Arsenal's French midfielder Robert Pires vowing to turn the tables on United in the league this season.

"Arsenal are not a side to be intimidated by bravado," Pires tells the tabloid.

The Daily Express concentrates on the continuing saga of Arsenal's attempt to get Patrick Vieira to put pen to paper on a new contract.

THE HEADLINES Daily Telegraph: TV coup proves a welcome highlight for the BBC The Times: Eriksson adds to executive stress The Sun: I'll shut you up Fergie The Guardian: Life among the ruins Daily Express: I will stay - Vieira Daily Star: Fergie's back in �20m swoop for Dyer Daily Mirror: I'll stay - Vieira Daily Mail: Hunt for the new Sven The Independent: Forget Abramovich, Ferguson versus Wenger is the only show in town

The Express says Vieira intends to sign by next Saturday but adds if he is not happy with the deal he will see out the remaining year of his contract before leaving the London club.

The Daily Star claims Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has redoubled his efforts to sign Newcastle's England midfielder Keiron Dyer. And the Daily Mail reports that the Football Association is already looking for the successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson as the next England manager.

While the Premiership may be dominating the headlines it does not get underway until next weekend.

Instead it is the clubs from the lower divisions who kick-off on Saturday, and many of them will go into the season in financial difficulty.

The Guardian visits Luton Town to see how they are coping with life in administration and discovers a bizarre and complex story.

The one thing that shines out from the labyrinthine tail is that all most footballers want to do is play.

Hatters' captain Kevin Nicholls tells Donald MacRae: "When you play you forget everything. Only the game matters.

"That's what I really love about football. So roll on Saturday. Here I come."

Of course Nicholls is far from being alone in his love for football, and such are the acres of coverage you might think it is the only game played in these sceptred isles.

Wrong of course, but some sports have so little coverage many barely even know of their existence.

Now, many people may have heard of hurling, but shinty and bandy?

All three are played with a stick, but in an amusing article by Danny Baker in The Times points out the difficulty of identifying which stick belongs to which sport when you don't even know what the sport is.

And his conclusion? "All I really know about shinty is that it's not hurling".

And until either displaces football from the back pages of the British press I suspect the vast majority of us will remain in blissful ignorance as well.