Football Poets

Pre-match…
our hopes were muted
any overt optimism disputed….
and just like the election
there’s too much circumspection

mid-match…
well, our overall play has improved
if only slightly
but dare we say […]

The day the leaflets came, election sludge
we slip into like a soft play ball park,
they promised us all a new start.

The current incumbent wouldn’t smile,
just said ‘It’s strange how all these missi […]

when England take on Switzerland
who cares if we still have no plan
there are no dreaded warning signs
we’ve played them twenty seven times
how could we ever be undone
we haven’t lost since ‘81
a well- […]

exhausted watching you again
all through the years in sun and rain
from giant screens to my front room
with no-one else to share the gloom
the hope that never disappears
the sheer frustration and the tears […]

Football is a part of life
The part of human life
There is not only football for itself

There is blindness of Croatian
fanatics who wanted Modric out
because of his age

The people are aging as well
The […]

ev’ry two or four years
we miraculously find ourselves here
in that oh so ‘English’ recurring semi-hopeful way
subjected to watching England at tournaments
usually on a screen

sometimes it feels like […]

Scots dream over now

Tartan fire is not enough

finishing is all

a poet can’t find words sometimes
the words refuse to flow
like writer’s block where chances
no longer come or go
what is it with our country
are we surprised to see
so many fans to help us on
it sure ain […]

40 years ago
I saw Euro
Patience
Platini
Patience
Platini

Arconada
unlucky

Denmark classy
Preben Larsen Master

Portugal with Shalana

Beatiful France
The glorious Parc des Princes

Yugoslavia […]

In the Euros’ first week, the tension was tight,
No easy games, every team had to fight.
Portugal edged the Czech’s, just by a hair,
A 2-1 victory, nerves in the air.

Denmark and Slovenia, an ent […]

“There is little difference
between obstacle and opportunity.
The wise are able to turn both
to their advantage”. Machiavelli

We just need Foden
to turn both defenders
slide an inch perfect pas […]

in the late late show
Poland shine but just fall short
Oranje wall stands firm

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Eriksen strikes first
Danes hed by Slovenia
stalemate helps us […]

Magyars toil in vain

Swiss roll over Hungary

in a sea of red

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with Yamal’s sweet pace

though outnumbered in the stands

Spain lay down their mark […]

In 66 we won the cup,
The football world was shaken up.
But since then, it seems, we’ve had a curse,
Our football luck’s been quite perverse.
In 1970, we gave it a try,
But in the quarter-finals waved […]

Germans set the bar

deadly class and swagger sees

Scotland left in shread

‘England to win the Euros ? ‘
so here we go again,
every competition they’re in
it’s always been the same.
We get caught up in the hype
‘ it’s coming home we all cry,’
wear our England colours proudly
and […]

the George Cross flags are absent
no wild hysteria here
the local pubs are closing down
It’s hard to watch somewhere
but I’ve got all I need at home
before they kick a ball
my Euro 24 Wall Chart
is here […]

What’s in a name?
ambassador for example :
‘an authorised representative /messenger’

As an unpaid volunteer at Forest Green Rovers
I am a ‘Senior'(as in old!) Ambassador for a club I love and know a lot […]

Hey Potch!

Howdy pardner….
Come and join us, for a scotch
as we review the season:
there is no reason
for us to be happy
so we’ll make this snappy….

we failed to notch
any home runs
we did not win […]