The first npower Football league Podcast  of the new season is now available to download.

Back for its third season, the weekly show will see the BBC's face of The Football League, Mark Clemmit joined in the studio by players, managers and pundits with news and views from across all three divisions.  The Podcast is available to download directly from iTunes, or to stream from The Football League website. If you're registered with iTunes, you can set up a free weekly subscription by clicking here.

In looking ahead to the new season Clem said: "It's great to be back doing this podcast again, I am a real Football League aficionado - from the small to the big clubs it is a fantastic league to cover and to watch.  This season we want keep doing what we've done for the past two years, providing subjective and interesting chat on the key issues in and around the game.  Not many people have escaped our net so far and we intend to keep it that way this year."

To kick things off, Clem is joined in the studio by former Millwall, Queens Park Rangers and Yeovil Town midfielder Marc Bircham to talk through the runners and riders in each division along with Burnley defender Clark Carlisle, Rory Fallon of Plymouth Argyle and new Shrewsbury Town Manager Graham Turner.

To find out more about the npower Football League Podcast click here.

Also new on The Football League website this season is blogger Chris Charles, who's long-running irreverent look at the footballing week has enjoyed cult status with supporters on the BBC website.  His new blog on www.football-league.co.uk will feature all the funniest stories of the week along with the best chants and quotes from across The League's 72 clubs.

To read Chris Charles' first Football League blog click here.