Acestream is p2p streaming of football; it works on windows, Mac, android and some Linux installations
Acestream is probably the best way of streaming football due to the quality and while it may occasionally buffer; the stream rarely gets taken down.
The reason for this is because it is p2p you are uploading parts of the stream to other people while downloading the stream from others; it's decentralised and therefore less likely to be taken down.
However acestream is much like torrents , as you are uploading parts of the stream you are breaking copyright;
@talkativesprout says that you would likely be okay and he is much, much more knowledgeable than myself so a VPN might not be necessary. I use one as I like to keep myself secure on public networks and just use it on acestreams as well
Do you plan on buying an android box mate or just sticking with the trusty laptop?
:)