Tension building Like an over-filled balloon ready to burst White knuckle ride on your sofa A padded roller coaster Mouth dry, except for the four cans of lager Nil-nil at half-time, the mood gets darker Sometimes we need to play the second half first Pressure mounting Just one goal is all it will take Concentratiing […]

The official England band Played tunes I could understand As time went on it became like canned laughter; annoying, an irritant, a reminder Englands results could have been kinder As we came home The band played on A backdrop to failure, the soundtrack to loss For years England won no more than a toss The […]

There’s only one way to watch your team And that is to BE there Feeling tension in the air The ‘goal scored’ party atmosphere The one win in seven relegation fear To stand and chant and clap and cheer When your season is shaped like a pear The people around you relate and share You […]

Don’t know much about history Don’t have comparisons within memory Don’t suppose we’ll win but we could Who knows if we’re any good What I do know is one-on-one is due And if England can score a goal or two What a beautfiul game it could be Don’t care if we play 5-4-1 Don’t suppose […]

The Euros are on, there will be one winner What I want to know is, what time is dinner? With kick-offs at five and quarter to eight It’s hard to decide when to stack up the plate We normally eat at six to six thirty Then I wash up the crocks which are dirty Prep […]