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 28 Oct 2010, 10:46Updated 28 Oct 2010, 12:00

Manchester City Football Club

Yet Another City Fan Tattoo Fail!

What is it with Manchester City fans, needles and ink? There are two overwhelming watchwords when it comes to rocking some ink. ‘For’ and ‘Ever’.

Some readers may recall this chap, who had the tattoo “Manchester City 2011 Champions League Winners” put on his arm. D’oh! But Kirk hasn’t giving up though – and may have the tattoo date altered to 2017. I’ve had a fair bit of stick for it already. I don’t regret it and can see the funny side.”

And now we have another fan who jumped the gun on the Rooney transfer that never was. Ah, the hypnotic power of those stuffed monkey puppets on SSN shouting, ‘Breaking news!!!’ at us for hours and hours on end…