As the made his final journey, an unlikely character was spotted on the buses.
Step forward Robinho, the global superstar who left passengers "open-mouthed" when he - instantly elevating him to the position of England's new favourite footballer.
Not only that, the Manchester City hot-shot is apparently spending the rest of his spare time so he can learn the lingo - not bad for a £32.5m Brazilian who was reportedly only interested in the size of his pay cheque when he arrived on these shores.
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As , Spurs fans must have wished she'd taken Heurelho Gomes with her.
The hapless keeper had them screaming: "He's A Calamity - Get Him Out Of Here!" following his , which handed Tottenham their first defeat under Harry Redknapp.
'Arry did his best , insisting the Brazilian would be man enough to accept the blame. "He'll hold his hands up," said Redknapp, while wondering why he hadn't done that an hour or so earlier.
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As was elected leader of the free world, gave a Presidential address of his own.
The Stoke boss, fired up by , replied: "You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. But you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." Back of the net.
With Pulis's Abe Lincoln tribute raising the bar, what price Wenger confirming George Bush's theory that "we are getting more and more of our imports from abroad", while William Gallas plays down his incident by insisting: "I didn't inhale"?
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Parents among you will be familiar with - a children's programme whose title neatly crystallised the sporting week's two main talking points.
While in Sao Paulo, Stoke were doing a number on Arsenal thanks to Rory Delap and his unfeasibly large throw-ins (with apologies to ).
The dead-ball expert - and schoolboy javelin champion - has already inspired several chants among the Potteries faithful, with a particular favourite.
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I am a journalist with 91Èȱ¬ Sport, dealing with the more offbeat stories doing the rounds. I am a QPR fan - and also quite fond of football. If our new-found wealth brings success I'll be happy to tell anyone exactly where I was when we were sh... rubbish - row J seat 139. .
