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 16 Feb 2011, 14:49

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Insane Italian Football Presenter Going Bonkers Last Night [video]

Where do you start? Well in this modern age when Glenn Hoddle has to formally apologise for what was an unbelievably innocent remark, I guess by stating that this isn’t in any way about racial stereotyping. It’s about how football turns ordinary decent people in to complete and utter fruit loops.

The scene, Direttastudio 7Gold, somewhere inItaly. The cast is headed up by sportscaster Claudio Fiume. Claudio is an AC Milan fan an a man who makes Chris Kamara look like pall bearer.

The footage may seem to have a slow start, but please bear with it. The climax is the Crouch goal…