They say football is the beautiful game, some players have even been compared to ballet dancers but never before has poetry grasped a goalkeeper's imagination quite like Gigi Buffon this week.

The Italian has penned his own love letter dedicated to the goal he defends and it's powerful stuff.

Meanwhile in Holland, Frank de Boer snapped his achilles in a game of head tennis at Ajax's training ground and had to be carried off by the medical team.

Closer to home, Andy Halliday has proved he's not clued up on Rangers' history as he struggles to answer how many trophies the club won in 2004/05 and a newborn baby has decided she's also not interested in the Ibrox side - she's already a Hibee.

And after a boring goalless draw at the weekend, Macclesfield Town didn't want to pay for highlights so they have come up with a creative way of showing their fans what happened in the game.

And for those of you who don't speak Italian this is what it says...

I was 12 when I turned my back on you, denying my past to guarantee you a safe future.

I went with my heart.

I went with my instinct.

But the day I stopped looking you in the face is also the day that I started to love you.

To protect you.

To be your first and last line of defence.

I promised myself that I would do everything not to see your face again.

Or that I would do it as little as possible.

It was painful every time I did, turning round and realising I had disappointed you. Again. And again.

We have always been opposites yet we are complementary, like the sun and the moon.

Forced to live side by side without being able to touch.

Team-mates for life, a life in which we are denied all contact.

More than 25 years ago I made my vow: I swore to protect you. Look after you. A shield against all your enemies.

I’ve always thought about your welfare, putting it first even ahead of my own.

I was 12 when I turned my back on my goal. And I will keep doing it as long as my legs, my head and my heart will allow.

Could you beat Andy Halliday in the Mastermind chair?

Some are accusing Macclesfield Town of making their weekend highlights too exciting.

It's all fun and games until the manager needs stretchered off...