• The Seventies, And Today
    We talk of boots with studs Balls with bladders How lumps of mud outnumbered blades of grass Shoot magazines Football League ladders When players were just a number No names or sponsors on their shirts We talk of hearty Home Internationals When World Cup memories involved no hurt Albums full of football stickers No-one managed […]
  • The Coventry Comeback is on…
    I remember the ‘seventies When ‘Sky Blues’ were talked of It wasn’t depression over satellite TV It was a trusty football club – dear Cov They were Bantams till 1962 They started punching above their weight Coventry qualified for the Fairs Cup Everything on the pitch looked great A turnaround in fortunes Came with a […]
  • Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts
    People who do not support football Really don’t get it, it’s true They buy you a scarf for Christmas Saying “I saw this and thought of you” They can’t understand why you won’t shake their hand Just because the scarf is red and not blue People who do not follow football Can’t know what it […]
  • Twelve Points of Christmas
    On the first day of Christmas my true love has to be The beautiful game I know as footie:- Twelve strikers scoring Eleven pairs of studs on flooring Ten touchline tantrums Nine tactical conundrums Eight enormous egos Seven managers getting the heave-ho Six free-kicks and corners Five away fans Four stands a-singing Three points Santas […]
  • Gary Speed, a human super hero
    Gary Speed We don’t know why You left this way We don’t know what Led to your last day We don’t know who Feels no hope We don’t know how Your family will cope We don’t know when The shock will fade We can only carry on With the game you played We don’t know […]