Football Poets

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still a name that springs

as he did back in the day

Big Ron had it all

It’s a deadly day
Deadline day
It’s a medley day
Of those gone away
Those here to play
And those forced to stay

Brighton might ‘shore up’ at the back this weekend
They may even be ‘assured’ of a victory
As they travel away
From the South Coast shore

But they’ll never forget
Their trip to Shoreham this week
After a certain […]

One season assessment:
“the first resigned
the second left through illness
the third was our mistake, the wrong fit
the fourth was just a contract negotiation
that could not be resolved.
When you go through […]

Sterling Silva Costa lot when scattered on the pitch,
And presented quite a Hazard to the teams,
But they all Rose to the challenge
And played with all their Hart,
We’d like to see Zamora that,
Football of our d […]

We rise as one as the chant goes up
Surge si Blackpool oderis
Singing in tongues about the FA Cup
(What mystery has come over us?)
Supporters leap, supporters dance
Ascendentes sumus
Everyone loves those […]

He watched us lose, he watched us win
Supported us through thick and thin
Enjoyed the wins, shrugged off defeat
Enjoyed his season ticket seat

One of us, he loved the game
Whatever the score, he sang our […]

warn your partner
warn your friends
August football’s
back again

premier league
to grass roots
gold designer
or old boots

fans are streaming
from the station
touts clean up
across the nation

Stamford Bridge
to […]

There is a splendid tribute statue
Standing straight and proud,
For an icon of the Cottage
And a hero of the crowd.
Hands on hips
And a foot on the ball,
Regarded by Fulham
As the best of them all.
Johnny […]

Have you ever been real friends with someone
Although you have never met?
I have, and his name is Llew Beaton
And his kindness I’ll never forget.
He contacted me after reading
What I wrote after Francis had d […]

It was the stars of the future
Against the here and now
The Gypsies at Dalymount
Take a bow

With Blue Moon hanging in the air
(But not as well as Jason Byrne)
It’s Vieira’s proteges
Who take their […]

Between tangled nodes and warped wire
there lies a rarity, a hidden gem,
albeit one hidden in plain sight,
the unearthing of which, spurs an homage

Ted Hughes is not normally a venue
in my whimsical web […]

I’m proud to be an “Old Skool Dinosaur”
Does joking about “New-veau’s ” cause a split?
I can’t believe anyone would think that
No matter where you stand or sit.
But I’ve got to confess I hate them
Which you might […]

It’s a lovely Bank Holiday Monday
And it’s Hamburg Cup Final day
But which side will I be supporting
Do you really want me to say?
Truth is I don’t like either side
Last years semi still hurts from afar
Cheating […]

We waited and we waited
Until the midnight hour struck
We cheered and we cheered
But then ran out of luck

But wait, what’s this?
A bounceback of sorts
Steph wins a penalty
For the sisters in shorts

But […]

Edvard – Munch on that!
And just listen to the screams – of delight
As we put our nightmares behind us
And go dancing through the night

Onwards to the quarters
Our odyssey just beginning
Into unchartered […]

Henrik Ibsen,
CAN YOU HEAR ME ?
King Haakon of Norway! Sonja Henie!
Roald Dahl ! Edvard Grieg!
Roald Amundsen! Edvard Munch!
yes
Your girls took one hell of a beating!

As many of you will know
Norfolk is a long way from anywhere
Norwich City were thirty years away from Wembley
Before beating Ipswich over two legs took us back there

A Bank Holiday weekend, no question of what to […]

It’s well known we don’t trust politicians
Always lying about their facts
But if you’re from the terraces
This one stopped you in your tracks.
For this was a ‘schoolboy error’
That no fan should ever […]

So you’ve been on the telly
Excusing your drinking binge
From one alcoholic to another
I hope this doesn’t sound like a whinge.
But it’s not ok to relapse
To binge drink & say everything’s fine
Just because it’s […]