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 24 Nov 2010, 16:50Updated 17 Sept 2013, 09:20

Arsenal Football Club

The Week In Pictures Feat West Ham’s New Signings, Father Arseness & Baby Kai

Another week in the FunnyOldGamesphere that is the Premiership.

Arsenal went from a position of strength in the Premiership with back to back awkward away wins to back to back losses. Ah well, soon be Christmas. Avram Grant had a rotten trip to Anfield – which helped the fortunes of Roy Hodgson no end of course. And West Ham’s plans in this coming window will have to show daring and imagination.

Ray Wilkins could be worse than a woman scorned as we hear he plans to sue Chelsea. And Spurs may take legal advice after Arsenal release an unauthorized DVD of the North London Derby.

Wayne Rooney is clearly being nurse-maided back into the Premiership. And we have an exclusive snap of his progeny for you. Across Manchester, City ground staff have installed a new scoreboard to reflect Boring Boring City.

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