Football Poets

England 2 – 2 Sweden

Losing Michael Owen to injury in the first minute, is unlucky
Having Theo Walcott in reserve, is not
Having Rooney unready, was a gamble
Bringing only four strikers, was not
‘Twas misguided – […]

To go or not to go, that is the question

or : in out, in out, shake it all about?

Verilye, they qualifyed, therefor were in
Couldn’t agree win bonuses, forsooth, they opted out
Dispute sorted out, so in […]

Japan 0 – 0 Croatia

There was a little mole
Who lived in a hole
Right in the middle of the box

Up popped his head
As he jumped out of bed
And came racing out of his blocks

The ball went a-bobble
As the hearts […]

You wouldn’t think of the Pope
As the Devil Incarnate
Ready to take out a man
In full view of the world

Especially when that man
Is a man of Rome –
Not a priest :
But a man without a prayer

For when the studs […]

“It was a masterclass in quality, balance, passing, control and finishing. If I see a better goal in the World Cup I’m going home. It was 24 passes of total control. They tore them to shreds.”
Alan Hansen, pundit […]

For Liam Fox :

Perhaps she’s too much of a foxy lady
To be Mrs Fox
Or is it another lad from Leeds
Who leads her astray?

Still, the silver lining
Is that you get to see the three Lions play

And they didn’t let […]

Well so far, nobody looks unbeatable, including Brazil
Germany, with home advantage and a dodgy defence, all set to thrill
Italy, Holland, Portugal and Spain
All look comfortable and capable enough to reign
The […]

First game : South Korea v Togo

1400 BST: Referee Graham Poll celebrates his wedding anniversary by blowing the whistle to start the match – at the exact moment he got married 14 years ago.

Oh I bet she’s […]

we see
Koller the Giant
so reliant
on crosses

Grygera obliges
big Jan jumps
challenges
and bosses

then we see
Koller
holler
in pain

hamstring pings
pulls up sharp
stretchered off –
lame

Kosicky
shows his […]

For those not there

A father dies
A son weeps
A Nation mourns

The son buries his father
The Nation prays
Football adjourns

But resumes with inordinate haste
Too many chances go to waste
Mexico struggle
But […]

Job done
Wasn’t much fun
But still, we won

And when we look back
It’ll hopefully be seen as a marker
And that there’ll be no Paul Parker
To deflect and deflate
No Waddle, Pierce, Southgate or Batty
To leave us […]

Opening ceremony
Tension mounts
First impressions
Footballs bounce

Opening shots
Commentators ramble
Testing drives
Keepers scamble

Opening shots
Camera pans
Directors cut
Nubile fans

Opening shots
Keeper […]

So now it’s tarsometatarsal
When what we really wanted
Was ta-ta metatarsal

Supposedly, a non-disclosed fracture
And there was I thinking : information overload
As I read about it in my scratcher!

Three […]

Sven requires
mega parcels
of cotton wool wrapped
digits and bones
and limbs and ligaments
because he’s not allowed
to sign new replacements

Substitutes, yes
if well deployed
could be enjoyed –
Terry and […]

Foot, ball
Metatarsal
How brittle bones can block
Eager spirits from running free
Tant pis!

If I was Ronaldinho
I’d know every trick in the book
And then some

If I was Gazza
I’d know every football palace
And then slum

If I was Pele
I’d know all about adoration
Without exception

If I was Marad […]

Ok, so we’ve lost Rooney and perhaps even Owen.
But why should that, stop optimism from growin?
Why, who else could top Peter Crouch?
(Perhaps Jan Koller? I’ll have to google before I can vouch)
And then Jermaine […]

Early May, the World Cup six weeks away

No Owen
No Rooney
No hope

Scolari
Curbishley
Can’t cope

England’s
Chances
Diminish

As we
Limp along
To the finish

And now
We’ve got
McLaren

So even
The future vista
Is barren

Plural of pleurisy
It’s in the chest and deep
Hacking cough

Virus spreading
Posh boy’s web machinations
Hacking Toff

Desperate measures
Keeper just outside his box
Hacking Zoff

To continue a tradition is hard enough
But then, to enhance it ….
John Lyall did just that
And won the ‘earts of the ‘Appy ‘Ammers
Plus many a neutral too

And while they’ll forever be blowing bubbles
At Upton P […]