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 7 Jun 2010, 21:09

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The World Cup. Are You Sure?

This month SureMen launches the ultimate football sweepstake promotion designed to give footie fans the chance to win cold hard cash if their chosen team reaches the final stages in South Africa.

To celebrate the launch of this amazing on-pack promotion, SureMen has teamed up with award-winning model maker Andy Gent to create an incredible Rube Goldberg-style football sweep stake machine.

The must-see viral – expertly captured in a single take – sees an ordinary football making a complex journey past a host of landmarks, representing some of the 32 nations competing in South Africa.