Football Poets

In the depths of sorrow, where pain runs deep
Where hearts are shattered and tears silently weep
A football club emerges, a beacon of hope
For bereaved fathers, a lifeline to cope

For our lost little ones, […]

So here we are in
Deja vu territory
In the Championship
Title race
Slowly building up
A head of steam
Pulses racing
Bubbling up
Nicely
Temperatures soaring
By April
But now
Familiarity […]

this path we call a journey
is taken without plans
we turn up in all weathers
with head and heart in hands
we gaze like sheep upon these hills
we rise and fall as one
the seasons that hold promise
are […]

how did we go from turns in goal
jumpers for goalposts
to breakaway leagues
exorbitant transfer fees
pampered summers on the Gold Coast
tinted windows
over-inflated egos
namby-pambies who fall over when the […]

Jurgen Klopp, hey
A force of nature
Irrepressible as
The River Mersey
Impregnable as the
Albert Dock
But what a sight last night
Chelsea pummelled, rattled,
Traumatised perhaps
Battered and […]

Oh for the inscrutable charms of
The Far East
So here’s the latest
From tales of the Orient
But not certainly not of
The Brisbane Road variety
No sight nor sound of Barry Hearn
In Bangkok since my […]

We cried “Bring on the Hatters!”
We thought “Already won.”
But Luton Town would not lie down,
Defeated us two-one.
So out of the Cup we crash.
Our Silverware hopes are in tatters.
Note to selves should […]

By some Herculean twist of extended family fate
I get to see United play their southern heirs
Fulham at the Cottage
At the turn of the Millenium and in the wake of
Those late great touches from Sheringham! And […]

Early excitement
Small squad proves predictable
‘Beamish Line’ beckons

At Selhurst Park they sent Dom off,
Though it was ne’er a foul.
They’re threat’ning yet more points to dock,
They kick us when we’re down.

But we are made of steely stuff,
We’ve got hairs on our […]

A.I. is a saviour and the new soccer sleuth,
here to solve online searches for footballing truth.

So, is the Golden Boot made of real gold?
Can a 47-year-old be trusted to play well in goal?

Did Hungary […]

So what’s next on the itinerary
For the Premier League
Yes of course
A welcome break
Besides Saudi deserts
Or Manchester City’s
Oil fields of
Superabundant cash
Millions of lifestyles
Bathed in the […]