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 28 Sept 2011, 12:47

Manchester City Football Club

Downfall Parody: The Carlos Tevez Version

Downfall was a monumental film in many ways. But I bet nobody guessed when they first watched it that one particular scene would be hijacked, doctored and used hundreds of times to reduce hundreds of thousands of people to tears. This time it is the turn of the story hogging all of today’s back pages, Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez.

The tale of last night you know well at this stage so here’s a clip to perhaps lighten the mood for still fuming Blue Mooners.

[warning contains strong language in subtitles]