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 14 Apr 2012, 13:08Updated 14 Apr 2012, 15:15

Chelsea Football Club

Pubs For Wembley: Semi Final Special

Out and about, close to kick off time and still not found the perfect watering hole? Search, find and review pubs showing live football in the Greater London area.

Footie pubs is your perfect mobile companion for finding a great pub in which to watch your favourite team battle it out on match day. Search from a huge database of Greater London pubs, find the nearest footie pub using the interactive map and browse reviews.

Each pub gives you information on:

Screen quality, Drinks, Food, Atmosphere and Overall rating.

“We’ve all been there: it’s 10 minutes until kick off and you’re trawling the high street searching for a pub showing the match.Want to quickly find out where to go, how to get there and even how good the screen quality is? There’s an app for that…”

“…we like the idea of new app Footiepubs…One of those ideas you wish you’d had. Too late.”