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 27 May 2010, 13:53Updated 28 May 2010, 11:21

Manchester City Football Club

Spurs Close In On Man City ‘Star’

Oh I do hope that isn’t true.

I can cope with a small degree of crazy talk what with Tottenham officially being a Top4Team™, but only on the proviso they’re linked with people Diego Milito or similar.

Micah Richards I have never met. But based upon watching him on numerous occasions on my television set, he is a gormless, unenterprising lump.

The rumour stems from about 437 different sources and my guess, or rather hope is that the original one was a kind word from Harry that has been blown out of proportion, Chinese Whispers style.

Micah Richards. Jesus. No thank you.