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 15 Mar 2010, 17:46

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Ye Olde Have A Pop At Bob Keane Caption Comp

Due to not hitting the buttons on the old remote fast enough, I accidentally caught a snippet of our man Keane scoring , doing that mind numbing roll, camp archer and pop gun thing, followed by – oh yes, there was more – some writs kissing thing.

Like a celebratory cherry on top of a celebratory cherry. I am told, rightly or wrongly that the X marking the spot is in fact a tattoo.

As it’s officially open season on the fulfiller of boyhood dreams, let’s have your best shots please ladies and gentlefolk. Given his failed exploits at Anfield, there has to be gold in this here still.