Football Poets

So here I am
First name on
The team sheet
Autism FC
Bursting with
Pride and satisfaction
Gratitude for who I am
The same as you
But different mindsets
Initially out on the wing
Then marginalised
By […]

Stepping out onto Albion’s shores
from the ironsides of Windrush
came future friends
future trends
future stars

they assimilated….
but it was a struggle
as the Muggles of middle minded Eng […]

And so ends another long and
Meandering Premier League season
When the final shrieks and screams
And raucous cheers and beers
Have toasted the garlands
Of trophies galore
One man bids farewell
To music’s […]

They call him Petko
He sunk Brazil in Extra Time
He sunk Netherlands in  Extra Time
The Peter Pan of football

Netherlands 2 Croatia 4
Nations League Semi-Final
in Rotterdam

Oh well that’s another
Premier League season tucked away
Into the cherished cupboards
Of yesteryear
Momentoes of the loveliest niche
Of our minds and senses
Etched into the essence
Of our soul and […]

Oh City, City
Maine Road seems
Like only yesterday
But now Pep
Delivers the ultimate
Talk
Champions League winners
Yes emphatically the treble
Is yours
Trophy hunters
Par excellence
The best of the […]

You’d hardly expect me
To be anything but overjoyed
The immediate reaction
West Ham United
More United than ever before
It was Czech mate for Fiorentina
Italian stallions
No longer regarded as such
West […]

come so far and its nearly here :
The Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand
so much to admire and enjoy
and guess what
this time we’re one of the favourites-
Early mornings late nights aho […]

Today Manchester lives, breathes,
Talks and walks
Football on pursed lips
But then you pause for a while
Neville Cardus
Manchester’s favourite son
But this is cricket
Pigeons in full conference
In the […]

Guv’nor plonked a Big Screen in a London Jail,
Inmates gathered round, they had no wine or ale.
Only wheatgrass, tea or coffee they could sup,
But my, you shoulda seen ’em lap that Final Up!

Let’s […]

After 100 years of tears and tantrums
Jollity and joviality
Cut and thrust
End to End
Pulsating palpitations
Hearts in mouths
The FA Cup Final
A century on
From Bolton and West Ham
Billy the White […]

Until thirteen, disliked Footee!
Perhaps because I played so bad.
Other sports too, the Egg ‘n’ Spoon,
Or weird game played with ball and bat…

Came Pubertee, what did I see?
A bunch of blokes chasing a […]

Coventry City fans in their thousands
walking proudly down Wembley Way,
the atmosphere is electric
on this a boiling hot day.
The Sky Blues flags flying high
noise and excitement building up,
I’m feeling […]

Football is a simple game
Twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes
and at the end the Germans always win

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Football is a simple game
Twenty-two men chase a ball for
90 minutes and at the end […]

Luton Town, Luton Town, Luton Town
Luton Luton, Luton Town, Luton Town
Milliners of the world rejoice
Milliners of the world rejoice
Premier League, Premier League
We rub our eyes with astonishment
We can […]

Alan Turing and Kenny Dalglish
Share the same middle name
But the similarity does not end there
For both men claimed the mantle of geometric genius
The football field
With its equations and angles […]