• Buy Buy
    When I was a kid A football shirt was hard to find The two sports shops in my city Sold hockey sticks and shin pads Nothing fancy, nothing ‘designed’ Best you could hope for was a scarf Knitted by your Gran in the wrong shade of green and the wrong kind of yellow And it […]
  • It’s Raining Clappers…
    “The Premier League – the land of milk and honey Oh, how happy we would be to grab all that money” Norwich v WBA – another ‘must win’ game, no, a we really ‘MUST win’ game…(we lost) Saturday was toxic No longer us against the world But fans against player Players against fans: against all […]
  • Two Ply Boots
    I think I’m hearing things Did he just say ‘knitted boots’ or have I cloth ears? I can’t have heard what I just heard I’ve heard nothing like it in all my years Colourful boots are now the norm Rainbow, neon, pink or yellow But now they’re wearing knitted boots Woolly footwear for get-ahead fellows […]
  • Going Like the Clappers
    As if it wasn’t bad enough Anticipating the ‘big’ game It seems our atmosphere was lacking And it’s us fans who are to blame The club again patronised us Providing clappers to help us make some noise It’s like a kid with a Happy Meal Stacked out with rubbish plastic toys Since 1902 we’ve known […]
  • Injury Time
    When you’re out of action With your leg in traction What do you do to pass the time When injury strikes you in your prime Hang about all day at the bookies Drink gallons of tea and eat choc chip cookies Can’t do much until you’re fitter Spend hours trading insults with fans on Twitter […]