Football Poets

How did you get me twice? Back on the field
I thought I had escaped your clutches, comments,
your dismissive shaking of the head.

The frustrated Biology teacher helping with games,
telling us we were useless […]

May now bids farewell to football
Like the last train from Crewe
Steam pouring from its engine
Like the tearful clown who once
Knew the Premier League themes
Off by heart
But please cast your minds back
To […]

If you go down to Forest Green Rovers
you’re sure of a big surprise,
as it’s all vegetarian grub
so lots of vegan pies.
So expect a different type of menu
if you are in need of a bite,
it’s not your usual […]

Not quite the end for the Premier League
Toilers and grafters,
Silk weavers and sculptors
Clay and rock
Granite and gossamer
Oh what a season
For claret and blue
Maturity complete
Four in the fens
At […]

searching for the words that can uncover
all the stuff you go through deep inside
expectation and anticipation
when you climb aboard to share the ride
this is how if feels to be rewarded
when you’ve […]

Into added-on time and still the only highlight
this bitter Tuesday night has been the lino

right in front of us tumbling into mud. Our lot
aren’t taking this latest pasting especially well:

five names i […]

Oh it grieves me to say
That claret and blue adventures
Have run their course
Stood the test of time
But no longer
West Ham fall at
Europa League semi final
Hurdle
That was memorable
And yet maybe […]

Oh that stirring rendition of
Spanish melodies from
Dulcet tones and voices
Real Madrid,
The genuine article
For the umpteenth time
Grandees of European Cup
History and now back
Where they feel they […]

We turned up for the dance, but we didn’t stand a chance.
We leaked ‘em like a sieve, then lost the will to live.
We’re going down again, our season was so lame,
We hardly had a shot,  and we’re worst of the lo […]

It’s the most spectacular finish
To any Premier League season
For quite a while
City and Liverpool like
Feuding neighbours
But high spirited bonhomie
It is only a game after all
Jurgen Klopp’s band of […]

For a moment you thought
Back to the jubilation of 1976
When Sir Trev and Keith Robson
Were lavished with triumphant
Garlands, victory against Frankfurt
From the vintage claret and blue
When all seemed lost […]

A football club was formed
in the year of eighteen eighty three,
calling themselves Singers Football Club
but now known as Coventry City F.C.
Fast forward to the present time
and what a long journey it has […]

Now I’m not sure if there’s a debate here
About determinism and free will,
Or whether there’s just some sort of reflection
On 60 years spent going to the match,
That LS Lowry feeling of being lost in a crowd […]

Premier League final stages
Wow. This Premier League title race
Really does seem to be
A delicious hot pot of
Intriguing stats and fine margins
A meat stew of succulent flavours
Gristle and bone, served […]

Gazza
This is the cautionary tale
Of the man
Who fell into the deepest well
Amid the sleazy debauchery
Of drugs, sex and rock and roll
Blurred visions of kebabs, lager
Growing larger
That took its […]

Put your hands together on minute 7
For a little Angel now gone to Heaven.
On all 4 sides of the ground applaud.
Make it loud like a goal’s been scored!
If sitting by Utd fans, forget the divide.
For just one […]