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 10 Feb 2010, 15:41

Aston Villa

Aston Villa Ticket Scandal

Aston Villa player, Nathan Baker sold his five tickets from the club for the match against Manchester United for £200 each on Facebook!

Eighteen year old nipper Nathan said, ‘I wish to apologise unreservedly to the fans for my actions .I appreciate it is a privilege to be part of Aston Villa Football Club and one day I hope to play in the first team, but I understand that my behaviour off the pitch must speak as loudly as my actions on the pitch.’

Not quite up there with sleeping with a team mate’s ex, parking in a disabled space, urinating in a pint pot in a night club or indeed having your old man revealed as a cocaine dealer, but well done Nathan all the same.

From little acorns, great oaks do grow…