Football Poets

The scent of the white owl cigar
Pervades the Firhill dugout
Of a different time and place
No fire without smoke

His name resolutely hewn
From the same immortal rock as
Shankly Busby Stein, football […]

I love Gareth Southgate’s M&S waistcoat
And Harry Kane’s (almost) golden boot
And Harry Maguire’s bullet head
But although we cry ‘God for Harry….’
I won’t say “Football’s Coming Home!”
Not no nae never, […]

I am a plain and simple fan
Loving the boy from down the Lane
The Queen wants to bid him “Arise”
And I’m hoping he’ll cause the Croats pain
And I wish I could be like Harry Kane

Fa, fa, fa
Fa, fa, fa

A […]

The tension rises,
So does the thermometer,
And so will England.

France 1-0 Belgium

on a Summer’s night
promising so much in class
two great sides lock horns

in among such stars
like some Winter Russian sky
Mbappe burns bright

Red Devils impress
Hazard b […]

A sharp street-wise kid
Shows The World he’s the biz
Belgium flatter, deceive, then fade out
Though a set piece wins a close game
Kyllian Mbappe’s the name
Mesmerized French fans are raving […]

Tuesday 10th July 2018, Semi-Final 1

France 1-0 Belgium

“some shrink, some blossom” *
Kylian Mbappe shoots
right before our eyes

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Mbappe top drawer
Kev de Bruyne under […]

France 1-0 Belgium

It was St Petersburg
Where there would fall one nation
France ending the Belgium run
And the golden generation

Like Deschamps they shut shop
The second half wasn’t vinyl
Samuel U […]

Summer without Elvis
is only bearable
with RED DEVILS

Even though we must
be empty-hearted
without Elvis

We do have RED DEVILS

10/07/2018 14:00 haiku – breaking news!!!

Rescuers win through
Miracle, science or what?
Wild Boar FC free!

Brit divers on team
Thais will now support England
Three Lions and Wild B […]

About a football team that went astray
and though the news was far from sad
I screamed…out, YES! YES! Jumping for joy
Absolutely stark raving ape
The quare one next door think’s I’m maaaaaaad!
So what…The […]

BELGIUM
“La roja de Martinez”
is what Spain
were once

CROATIA
“Vatreni”
is what HUNGARY
with PusKas were once

ENGLAND
Three Lions is what
Netherlands were once with
Edgar Davids

FRANCE
Les […]

Two current generations
Of European football sensations
Will have us drooling in St Petersburg – I’m hoping – today
So…who’ll come out on top
Of this immensely talented, formidable crop
Aspiring to hold […]

ENGERRRRRRRRLAN!!

England 2-0 Sweden; haiku

Harry scores the first
Familiar name on scoresheet
Maguire not Kane tho

Dele Alli heads
Ball nestles in onion bag
A much needed goal

For every […]

Belgium 2-1 Brazil; haiku

Courtois builds a wall
Brazil breach it too late
De Bruyne stands out

France 2-0 Uruguay; haiku

Cavani missed
Muslera flaps, Griezeman claps
Pogba’s pals go thru

EU h […]

Tis so cool to be there, still in with a shout
Having real pride, a sense of belief
Enviously watching some other crowd,
Going totally ape on a victorious street,
All too often…feels like a right kick in […]

He scored the opening goal
so against Sweden England led,
the ball nestled in their net
put there by Slab Head.
An unlikely hero
in the shirt of red,
he’s a big lad
is young Slab Head.
He’s good in the […]

I like visiting the Albert,
I like the way it commands a crossroads,

Welcoming all cardinal points of the compass,

Just like a traditional inn should,
I particularly like it when the football comes hom […]

Football loves its trinities
And like the Holy Ghost
Always feels more at home
When the other two are close

Hansen, Souness and Dalglish
Or the 3 Jocks as they’re known
Leaped right over Hadrian’s Wal […]

Lets not kid ourselves here…
For the sake of on-going diplomatic relations
Croatia for us…are a far safer draw
The thought of playing Vlad’s Lads
In a semi midst a rammed Moscow stadium
Carried serious […]