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 23 Feb 2010, 08:49

Premier League

Tottenham Beat West Ham To Sign Star!

Tottenham’s strategy of buying stars for the future continues a pace. Personally I think they’d do better hanging around the set of the next series Of Stars In Their Eyes.

Another young hopeful set to be disorientated by the bright lights of Chigwell. Red, amber, green then red again. Apologies to Peter Sellers.

I’m getting old. My ear hair is testament to this. But these kids. There is probably more likelihood of one of Chas & Dave’s progeny making a stonking career in our first team.

The chap is called Mbola and is not only Zambian but just sixteen years of age. So on a bright note, he can’t legally buy a pint. Which given he’s coming to Tottenham is probably a good thing.

The full tale of our audacious swoop is here http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Tottenham-swoop-to-sign-brilliant-Zambian-left-back-Emmanuel-Mbola-article332663.html

And here’s one of the worst YouTube montages I’ve ever had the pleasure of binning after about 8 seconds…