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 9 Apr 2011, 11:05

Manchester United Football Club

Video Preview – Man Utd vs Fulham

There must have been a time when Mark Hughes woke up on a Saturday morning and was itching to get into Old Trafford, stroll around all the familar corridoors and take those first steps out on the grass.

My guess is those days are long gone and the thought of delivering Fulham there this afternoon fill his heart with the same emotions as a mother dropping a child off at the orphanage.

Manchester United will be Rooney-less but their allround grit and determination as a team was something to behold against West Ham last week.

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