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 31 May 2010, 18:08Updated 21 Jan 2013, 10:12

Arsenal Football Club

Capello’s Squad Sheet. Leaked.

Stop the press. We’ve just taken a reverse charges call, from a curry house in Dagenham.

Our man says that he spent some quality time last night in the company of England’s Grande Fromage‘s closest advisors and can pass on the following as the 23 that will be the chosen ones to represent this Septic Isle …in South Africa.

Hart, James, Green, Carragher, Cole, Ferdinand, Johnson King, Terry, Upson, Warnock, Barry, Carrick , Cole ,Gerrard, Lampard, Lennon, Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Crouch, Defoe, Heskey, Rooney

He’s edited it! Alas no, here’s our tip. 2 players out. Full refunds will be issued to asll those submitting receipts for buying the below…

Green, James, Hart, Johnson, Carragher, Terry, King, Upson, Ferdinand, Cole A, Baines, Walcott, Lennon, Cole, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Carrick, Milner, Rooney, Defoe, Crouch, Heskey.

Please do try to bear in mind that this is passed on in very good faith.