Gareth Bale

Patrick Westerfeld contorts our hero in ways he never has been before
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'Gareth always wondered about the etymology of his surname,' pipes Eoin Keegan
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'The obvious submission,' mumbles Jason Froggett by way of apology
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'Harry Redknapp was rather taken aback by Gar... wait, you did say Gareth Hale, didn't you?' Rob Marriott gets slightly confused about this week's theme
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'Proving he can do no wrong, Gareth moves to intervene before his mother sullies the family's reputation,' says Dean Mekelburg in this nod to Mary 'Cat Bin Woman' Bale Photograph: Public Domain

'Capello slightly misconstrued all this Arteta business for a free for all,' chuckles Joe Mackenzie
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Rob Moline sent us five separate captions for this entry. We'll use the most simple one: 'Gareth is carrying Spurs at the moment'
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Paul Berry has given us this tribute to the Munsters
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'Well, he does look like Jimmy Neutron,' says Douglas Fenech. He's right too Photograph: Public Domain

The evolution of a footballer is brought to you by John Paul Barry
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'Gareth was confused. Didn’t these people know that he’s the future of the left?' Ben Daly hangs with the Milibands
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Here's Phil Brown: 'Will Gareth Bale be the next target for Mancini's monopolising City? Probably'
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'Fabio finally finds a solution to Englands left sided problem,' snorts Matthew Mulhall
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'Astroboy's performances were out of this world since becoming a key player for Spurs,' says Tom Nycz-Losi
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