Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 21 Dec 2011, 16:20

Arsenal Football Club

5 Things You MUST Know About: Aston Villa vs Arsenal

Villa covered a total of 68.13 miles against Liverpool in their last game, the highest total of any team in the Barclays Premier League in their last fixtures

Marc Albrighton put in 8 crosses for Aston Villa v Liverpool, only 12 players have put in more in a single game so far this season

Albrighton covered 7.16 miles for Villa in that game, the third highest total posted by a player in the last round of games

Stiliyan Petrov completed 38 passes in Liverpool’s half in his last game, the second highest total of any player in last weekend’s games

Arsenal covered XX miles in their game against Man City, with Aaron Ramsey covering the most distance with 7.18 miles. That was the second highest total posted by a player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index last week.