Following Channel 4's love affair with Italian Football in the early 1990s, the Spanish league seems to now be capturing the hearts of the English more, perhaps thanks to Sky’s extensive coverage. Fans on home shores have grown familiar with the league’s surroundings and the goings on at Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia, just as they have at Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United in the Premiership. But there remains so much more to La Liga than the obvious choices. Although Valencia won the league as recently as 2004, Barca and Real completely dominate the Spanish football landscape and, inevitably, attract much of the money British punters invest in La Liga.