Possibly a Southampton fan – his team is called LeTissisgod – Exall picked up 194 points to claim the prize.

Despite his allegiance to the south coast "giants", his team are certainly no saints. Permanent referee-baiter Wayne Rooney leads his attack, which is possibly why Exall was able to elbow his way to the top of the table, while winner of England's Least Popular Man competition 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and probably 2011 Ashley Cole patrols his backline.

Perhaps the fact Everton nice guy Leighton Baines is his captain has enabled his side to rise above all those egos.

Elsewhere in the world of football the media continues to pretend we have a really exciting title race on our hands.

With Chelsea and Liverpool beating leaders Manchester United, the west London club have cut the gap at the top to just nine points. Manchester City are just seven points back, while Arsenal are three points behind with game in hand, so the title is "anyone's".

Of course, what the media fail to point out is that Chelsea are too far away and nowhere near the side that won the league last season, City's band of mercenaries will come a cropper when they fall out with each other and drop points at West Brom and Arsenal are, at some point, going to bottle it in a big way.

Alas, we will be forced to assume somebody other than Manchester United can win the league, no doubt right up until the last day when Arsenal will only need to win away at Fulham, hope Blackpool win at Old Trafford and cross their fingers that there is a 10-goal swing in the goal difference.