Football Poets

so this is it – morning in July here
Winter in Sydney now… nine hours ahead
a celebration of the Women’s Game
a record crowd all wrapped in scarves
a waiting stadium excited for the night
what’s not […]

after tragedy

Wilkinson fires home to thrill

this great record crowd ~

Come together….
Every man, woman and child
And watch our spirits run free
As we turn football wild!

Let’s take all the shackles off
From playing with precision
And let the hearts dictate the pla […]

Tennis cricket golf
The fans are all out in force
Wrong type – new ball please!

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Kit calligraphy
“Subsumes history in hues”
New season coming!

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Numbers – talk to me!
Fantasy squads now […]

we used to be invisible
to some perhaps a joke
reserved for those whose daughters played
the rebels and the woke

banished for a hundred years
our game at last expands
but struggles on for backing
in […]

feel it getting closer now
never mind the rain
where they are the sun will shine
as we go again

can we do the business…
can we show the world ?
football is for everyone
ev’ry boy and girl

the past […]

Iggy has a Lust for Life
I have a lust for the game
Since my initiation
My life has never been the same!

The Toffees have unearthed a Diamond,
Playing in the Swedish League.
“Or maybe the Norwegian one?”
“No, Danish, I believe.”

He’s built like that proverbial House
That’s made of solid brick.
A man for […]

Stepping out onto Albion’s shores
from the ironsides of Windrush
came future friends
future trends
future stars

they assimilated….
but it was a struggle
as the Muggles of middle minded Eng […]

come so far and its nearly here :
The Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand
so much to admire and enjoy
and guess what
this time we’re one of the favourites-
Early mornings late nights aho […]

Guv’nor plonked a Big Screen in a London Jail,
Inmates gathered round, they had no wine or ale.
Only wheatgrass, tea or coffee they could sup,
But my, you shoulda seen ’em lap that Final Up!

Let’s […]

Until thirteen, disliked Footee!
Perhaps because I played so bad.
Other sports too, the Egg ‘n’ Spoon,
Or weird game played with ball and bat…

Came Pubertee, what did I see?
A bunch of blokes chasing a […]

Well, Peter Osgood was good –
Of Stamford Bridge The King.
But Kenny was more regal,
All Koppites will insist.

And then there’s that skilled Belfast Boy,
Whose family name was Best.
Had he been […]

People try to put me down,
Talkin’ ’bout my Coronation.
Just because I wear a crown.
Talkin’ ’bout my Coronation.

Then they claim I’m far too old,
Talkin’ ’bout my Coronation.
And I cost my weight […]

Will you come to De Ferrari, will you come?
Not a shadow of a doubt that you’ll have fun.
There’ll be thousands in that Square,
If you have some time to spare,
You should come to De Ferrari, you should […]

Let’s consider certain beers:
Carlsberg Lager,
Watney’s Red Barrel,
DD (K9P).
These brews are quite undrinkable.

Now ponder on some other things:
One’s own death,
A Tory win at the next General […]

on any street at any time
and right across the world
you’ll see them glaring from the shirts
of grown ups boys and girls
these gambling match day sponsors
who boldly underline
that betting is for e […]

once in a blue moon

comes a day when you can say

oh yes I was there