Football Poets

PAPERBACK WRITER !
PAPERBACK WRITER!
When I was a teen I loved the club
from my town in this way:

Searching and collecting
The articles from the press

That was in 1985 or 1986

There was no DIGITAL […]

it’s still a long road up ahead
we’ve only just begun
we’re right back where we started
among the fallen ones
the mountains that we’re facing
draw strength to just keep on
as our belief grows strong […]

So Mark Robins has been sacked
ruthlessly shown the door,
leaving fans bemused and asking
‘ why and what the hell for ? ‘
He did so many great things
frequent visitors to Wembley,
penalty shoot out and […]

WE must NEVER forget
never, ever, forget
in the same way
that we never forget
our first match
our first goal
our first victory
our favourite dink
our favourite nutmeg
our favourite skill / tackle / […]

She spoke to me, did Kamala:
“It’s OK, to feel sad and disappointed”

I’d forgotten
that we had shared ground:
each a true Blue!

But still
I imagined her woes today
seemed to Trump mine own (or maybe […]

Black cushions of recycled Continental
are semi-volatile compounds
like the Sandhurst centre-back
channelling his week into a tackle.

In Tiempos, feel the rubber crumb
of zinc-enriched non-organic […]

A great memory from a time long gone.
The Grandstand Teleprinter on BBC1!
David Coleman stood beside camera 3.
But only the Teleprinter appeared on TV!

The Teleprinter would often stall or pause.
Kept […]

like them all before

I’m one more who makes their way

through this old turnstile ~

When close to the ground…you could always tell.
You were suddenly greeted by that Hot Dog smell!
On every corner, there was a mobile Hot Dog stand.
A seller at the ready, with a bread roll in his h […]

Toto,
you broke our hearts
but as life departs
we can only weep and pray
and thank God that we saw you play

Football has always interjected into my life:
intervened at my lowest points
in reparative fashion, putting a smile on my face
and mapped a path, back to the rat-race;

It has capped my highest […]

“football is
beautiful and cruel”
rave on Sven

This was to be my comeback stage.
Playing once more at my advanced age.
This big match took place in my head.
It was a dream last night I had in bed!

I came on as sub to ‘change the game’.
To live up to […]

Football’s back, the crowd’s go wild,
brand new kit for every child,
the beautiful game is back in play,
where players strut and display,
their outlandish haircuts, bold and bright,
a fashion statement, it’ […]

After all that transpired: injuries, bereavements, heartaches,
relegation to No.3 before a transfer back to Cardiff Met:
crucial stops at critical times.

After everything you didn’t plan –
the sun behind a […]

far from the finished article but back for the start
still reeling from two relegation seasons
we board the coach with renewed hope

Ewan who I’ve never met before
shows me images from away games
and w […]

Well it’s almost upon us
a new football season near,
some fans are pessimistic
others full of good cheer.
Myself I’m feeling positive
then again I always do,
putting trust in the team
who play in sky […]