5 - The 39th step may be closer after this Miami clash

A crowd in excess of 51,000 turned out to watch English football's two global super powers slug it out in Miami. Over the past two weeks, huge crowds have watch United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal playing in the States and the appetite will have been whetted further by this fiercely competitive clash. The Premier League's 2008 plan for a 39th game across the globe failed to materialise, but the appetite for such a development will be even greater after the success of this American summer.