Football Poets

One hundred thousand,
at least, for a friendly.
The Russians were
still our friends, weren’t they?
November 1945.
So many servicemen
back from the war

hungry to watch football again.
A photo s […]

A lone bugler occasionally
blasts out the right note.
Maybe also the source
of the odd native American
war cry. The few hundred at Ashington
are passionate in their support.

Proud mining town, home
of […]

The Premier League season
A fortnight old
And yet claret and blue flags
Are flying high
Almost a perfect complement
Of points but not quite
A point by the South Coast promenades
Cherries ripe for the […]

so near yet so far
what a tournament it’s been
Spain a class above

Success is counted sweetest
By those who don’t succeed.
To win a World Cup Final,
Some goals to score you need.
Sure, you can save a penalty,
Can hit the post or bar,
But if you don’t put ball in […]

Oh girls how close you came
To emulating the men of
57 years ago
But women of the world
Step forward
Glowing with pride
With a fresh breath of Prosecco
In the air
To show we cared
It was destined to be […]

So here we are
Over the hills and moors
Village post offices
Spiritual churches,
Lighthouses at sea
Monumental mountains
Towering and glowering
In the murky mists
The ladies are in the
World Cup […]

The Gold is near
Someone will be the winner
“The Ladies don’t fear” I sing

Congratulations to the Lionesses

The Gold is near
Someone wil be the winner
The Ladies don’t fear

Oh Parky!
How we’ll all miss you
So deeply
Regrettably so
Sir Michael
Barnsley through and through
Overcome with nothing but blue
Cricket from the cradle
Slip, cover and third man too
Batting for fun in […]

It’s coming home!
It is….
Isn’t it?

Not to wash or cook or clean
But on achievement of a dream
Where the Ladies
Will be lauded, applauded, and awarded
The freedom of every city
Achieving legendary statu […]

there again at last
Lionesses on the brink
time to bring it home ~

(Australia 1-3 England)
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cagey from the start
settled in the late last show
La Roja are through

(Spain 2-1 Sweden)

A football club was formed
in the year of 1883,
calling themselves Singers F.C.
then becoming Coventry City.
Fast forward to the present day
what a 140 years it has been,
such as winning the FA Cup
became […]

Milan, Inter, BolognA.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Atalanta, VeronA.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Juve, Lecce, Empoli.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Udinese, Napoli.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Sassuolo and Cagliari.
Ooh ah, Serie A! […]

Barely a touch, they need to feel.
Over they roll with a yelp and squeal.
Rather embarrassing, I have to say.
But I guess, that’s just footy today.

Stopping play with an injury to feign.
What became of […]

~ Australia 0-0 France (AET 7-6 Pens)~

passion and belief
see Matilda semis bound
aurevoir Les Bleus

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~ England 2-1 Columbia ~

in a tough affair
Lionesses fight with fire
can […]

Oh Citizen Kane,
Harry Kane
Bayern Munich bound
A penny for the
Thoughts of
Orson Wells
From way back when
When Hollywood
Revelled in its golden
Age. Yes movie magic
But for now Kane
Is destined for […]

“C’MON YOU BLUES!”

My team
My chant
But I just can’t
Bring it to bear
Tonight…
Not because I don’t care
But because
There are teams of similar hue;
Don’t get me wrong
I’ll always be true
To me an […]

At long last
Days of wine and roses
Picnics in summer
Ward Prowse, Maguire
Ward Prowse, Maguire
Alvarez Alvarez
Alvarez Alvarez
Let me hear you say
Let me hear you say
Claret and blue
Claret and […]