Football Poets

“You have something more
than a team”
said Swindon’s Harold Fleming to Chapman
in the early 20th century

The expression “more than a team”
appeared in England when
the Northampton player-manager
Herbert […]

Andres explained
his heroic knighthood
in a few words
“Se para todo”.
That is what happened  in Johanesburg
and how he spoke about the event.
He put the ball in
the Dutch keeper’s net to say
“Se para […]

England !
Ireland!
Italy 1990!
The World Cup!
Two Evertonians
and the taste of
the Toffees for the public
Lineker strikes the first
Sheedy equalises
England 1 Ireland 1
Former Everton star 1-0
Everton […]

It is very very very simple
My football poem exists
The title is Two Heroes
The last James Bond film is
nearing its end
The End
The arch enemy said to Bond
They were Two heroes
Within a few minutes
the […]

Legacy means EVERYTHING
when we say Walter Smith
Mostly for Rangers
But there has been a goal at
Anfield
Everton and Walter Smith
won the very last Mersey Derby of the 20th
century
Great Great […]

I travelled to Edinburgh
in 2003 to see Hearts’ ground
Tynecastle and my childhood club
Zeljeznicar

During my travels I have seen
Sheffield
Also Leeds,Newcastle,Nottingham
and Middlesbrough
and […]

Earth is made for football
Earth is formed over 4.5 billions years ago
But Leonardo da Vinci
and Leo Messi proved that
the human genius was something more than
years of the physical presence of the planet […]

Because of the Beatles
Because of
John, George,Paul and Ringo
who were singing their much loved song
Penny Lane
I am loving the stadium
Bramall Lane

That is the home of football

I have never seen
a match like this
Invited for a dinner
I had to leave at the start
of England v Germany game
My little home camera
was directed to my TV
And also that image was
visible through […]

St Luke’s Church
in Liverpool
is an historical monument
Luka Modric’s goal
against Scotland is
one of his most historical goals
Is he the equivalent of St Luke

for the Croatians ?
They were so bad […]

Rafa was not only
Liverpool boss
Eastern coast of Spain
has been his ancestral home
That was epic
That echo of the anthem
Amunt Valencia
The champions of Spain
and Uefa Cup winners
That was Rafa’s […]

Jordi
Saint Georges
The yellow Sweden
The Spanish Strawberries
against Yellow Submarine
Are we going to see
goalles draw
Or
one late goal ?

Few months ago
I was dreaming
Chelsea players
were celebrating
alter the Champions League Final

Thank you
for you all
Spirit
Vision
Love
Miracle
Football
Dream
Thank you
for you all
Brave […]

To meet a knight superstar
in childhood in 1985
could be something
fascinating and
obviously exciting

In the April of 1985
I met Platini
He came to Sarajevo
for the World Cup qualifier and
suddenly the […]

Covid vaccinations
take place at Stade de France
Without doubt great news
and big hope
But there is potential
melancolic depression
when I think about
the past football matches I saw there
One of those […]

Potentially the champions
they became the lost generation
forgotten by history

Everywhere the people were
singing Unite Unite Europe

Italy welcomed The Scottish knights
and what potential
Ally […]

Football is in the movies
in many different
ways
There is Liverpool
anthem somewhere
The priest in one movie
says in front of
hundreds of people
to the young man known as
Lorenzo that
he supports the […]

God decides,
Or human actions on earth decide,
Somewhere between
God, Humans and Earth.
Football had the strange transition period
Once people spoke of the Barcelona crowd
causing the smallest […]