Football Poets

Cazoo and the Toffees agreed to part.
“Great!” I thought, “We can make a fresh start.”
But this new Sponsor deal
Is a Stake through my heart.

Some talk of Peter Shilton,
And some of Gordon Banks.
Ray Clemence and Bonetti,
And others in their ranks.

But of all the world’s great Keepers,
There’s none that can compete
With the Big Fella from […]

you were the one we loved to hate
your reputation wasn’t great
we dreaded when we knew
and evr’y time you ever came
we taunted you throughout the game
with “It’s All About You”

and in the middl […]

End of a stress-laden Season.
Vital points needed for safety secured.
Each to his own –
Relegation for some, but no Drop for us.
Too good, too big, too great to go down.
Onwards and upwards.
Nil Satis Nisi […]

Farewell Inter, Milan, Juve,
Farewell Roma, Lazio too.
Farewell Spezia, Fiorentina,
Fair Verona’s Gialloblu.

Bye Bologna, Atalanta,
Udinese, Empoli.
Ciao Torino, and Sassuolo,
Sayonara Napoli.

Lastly […]

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 […]

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 […]

We’re not very consistent,
We win, we lose, we draw.
The only thing that’s certain is
We’re never true to form.

The other night at Turf Moor,
We somehow lost three-two.
Yet next home game at […]

there’s no football in Ukraine this weekend
rivalries abandoned for a while
stadiums and streets lie torn and empty
no-one can be seen for mile on mile
women watching husbands go to battle
knowing not if […]

Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia
small towns, small teams
never featured in my dreams
but I feel for them right now
where the rampant fear, is that their touchlines
will be masked by tank tread-lines
spearheading an […]

We await, with baited breath
The deal of the decade
Nay, the deal of our history

We await, on pain of death
For a shining knight
To gallop to our rescue

We await, and all while, understand
How beyond […]

10/03/2022. The British Government adds Roman Abramovich to their sanctions list.
“It’s multi-layered, it’s huge and it affects every little area of the club.
It’s cataclysmic for Chelsea. It’s unprece […]

the half time news is sad and long
the bombing and the war goes on
you start to feel it’s bad and wrong
to watch a football game
to see the skills of some new star
to carry on the way we are
while in a c […]

Who, or what
could be better than Messi?!?!

well…
try me
bed bound
in the dead of night
under the spotlight
like Walter Mitty
in a ditty

they’ve changed so much these days
and long gone so many now
those looming giant Martians
that towered over towns
throwing light and shapes
replaced by modern soulless equivalents
but still they beckon […]

between the pitch and concourse
the seconds ticking on
her dad was early in in the queue
to beat the half time throng
not one to miss a second
his daughter stood alone
the sound of clanking seats was […]