Football Poets

They told me there was a man who lived on the moon
And that it was made of cheese
They also convinced that soon
We could come and go there as we please

And so we joined the countdown for take-off
Watched […]

To the tune of: Truth Hurts by Lizzo

Got myself a DNA test
Needles, jabs an’ swabs an’ bed rest

Dum da da dum, dum da da dum

Waiting for a doc to come see me
Could be driving a pick-up or a Hum […]

Thwack!
Cold, hard steel smites tightly wound rubber banded core – Fore!
The least times the better

Thwack! (grunt!)
Steely-eyed metronome smites steel-edged hi-tensile cat-gut against
Rubber-encased p […]

On a glorious mid-summer’s day
when the solar-source commands us to
do-nothing-but-sit-out-and-read
and even gets us to
skip-the-tv-grunt-grunt-baseline-chaseline-at-SW19;

instead, I watch the dogged d […]

we watched
and we willed;
a whole Nation –
that wanted to be thrilled

display wise, we were
of that, there is no doubt
but all that was missing
was a winning shout

VAR worked against us
but then went […]

Lauding inclusivity
Garments now display a delicate rainbow stripe
Brought to the catwalk of Scottish football, by Partick Thistle
Timely concept, we want no red cards, nor spoiling whistle
Quixotic notions, […]

I remember the first time I watched doubles at tennis
it was too fast
points over too quick and low on rallies and drama
but i got into it and stuck with it and now I love it
just like all those […]

By half-time, be in a with a shout
By end of match, be smiling broadly
By end of season, be happy with whatever you have achieved
If it’s less than planned, be not too aggrieved
If it’s better than des […]

As I write
of Chelsea’s plight
the Beeb I cite
tittle-tattle trite:

It could be Sarri out
Santo in

But what would make me grin
Is a dream team – that could make us Champs:
Holland; Jody; and Lamps

You don’t expect the younger generation
To have their number put up
On God’s electronic board

When the good race is run, yes
But not subbed too early
To join Heaven’s horde

Justin Edinburgh
Mocked early […]

On the banks of the Mersey there is a divide,
Two teams with long histories for primacy vie.
The one that I root for plays in blue and white,
While the other in red has God on its side.

There’s a […]

So where was the value, in last night’s victory?
Ok yes, another trophy
Another cache of millions, in prize-money
A three goal cushion
Bragging rights over North London rivals
And the delight in denying t […]

We see our boys
out on the pitch
giving their all
chasing the oppo
chasing the ball

we see our players
skillful and wilful
at the top of their game
but we see them having a ‘mare
and we mete out the b […]

Glory be the days
When we were young
And fun
Was on the menu

Glory be the days
When boots were grabbed
And anywhere at all
Was the venue

It’s always interesting
A National team appointment, north of the Border
Bringing with it, huge potential for disorder
For there’s always a focus, the ask: Blue or Green?
Or been down South, lately, or sin […]

It could have been so different
It could have gone our way on the night
but still in the hindsight of reflection
a season spent punching above our weight
and a season lived without fear
is something
to […]

Summerbees

I knew of Mick and I knew of Nick,
But I didn’t know of your existence,
Until early one morning on the number 46 bus,
When I was reading a Swindon Town programme.

It was back in 1992,
And y […]

“the whole stand is on fire” he cried upon my radio
but how it started to this day we still may never know
and who here can imagine the fear the heat the pain
but pray that such a day as this will never daw […]

Teresa May, she knew
that Brexit would prove problematic
in the EU

but Brexit
is absolutely NOT happening
in UEFA

Game of Duty:
take your pick, either or both, provided great drama
bettered again just days later
by ‘Pool beating Barca
only unbelievably
the drama ratcheted up even more, the following night
as Spurs […]