Football Poets

Unused air miles
Dennis Bergkamp smiles
He already has plenty of those

A book on penalty tips
And as Michael Owen’s form dips
He could certainly do with the prose

A frisky horse @ stud
Fergie seeks m’Lud
To get […]

“Did you watch the football last night?” I was routinely asked
And the reflex : yes / no answer, with synopsis / excuse, kicked in
“Wife’s birthday, didn’t dare” was the autopilot response
But I chided myself […]

He’s fakin’ it
But he just ain’t makin’ it
There’s no escapin’ it
He just ain’t shapin’ it

You can see from da frowns
Of da real deal, Wally Downes
Dat dis ain’t just a lark
@ Brentford’s Griffin Park

Is Max, […]

by Chris de buerre – a man who likes to butter up the ladies!

I’ve never seen you looking so tired as you did tonight
I’ve never seen the opposition look so bright
I’ve never seen so many men as if in a […]

the big kick-off accentuates the fervour
those that cannot play – act as observer
for those that can, the burden of preserver
relegation survival

affect the look of men possessed
watched on by the much […]

We watch them dive
The Premiership prima donna’s
Pompous poseurs
And I guess we’re impervious to it now
Should the ref blow?
So what if he does
So what if he doesn’t
There’s points and pay rises at stake
But why […]

I was there in Auschwitz
50 years on, but I was there

I smelled fresh cut grass
But it was my senses, scythed

I felt the screams
I saw the ghosts
I touched the terror
I tasted the hate ….

I heard the […]

the legs die
each in turn
a lactic burn
brings out the acid, from the fans

lungs burst
muscles stretch and strain
yet the same refrain;
invective from the fans

heart passionately pumps
behind the crest
worn […]

New York, London, Paris, Rio, Madrid
Everybody talk about, Olympic bid
Talk about, Olympic bid

Radio, video
On tv, in the papers
It’s all a cameo
Venue selection capers
Iconic landmarks quoting
But what about […]

I’m thirsty for more
I still have the hunger
I wanna be a World Cup winner
Lift it like Dunga

I wanna be like Socrates
Intuitive and tall
I wanna be the one
My country will call

Not interested in […]

The tall young lad, in eye catching top
Stepped onto the busy train, on a dull grey day
Bright yellow tracksuit, emblazoned ‘Brasil’
But his height and looks, made him stand out anyway

Having just hit the net
The […]

Fingers overlap
Palms meet
Token smiles
Captains greet

Ref flips
Coin spins
Heads / Tails
Who wins?

Lips purse
Whistle shrill
Noise erupts
Big thrill

Tv close-up
Prodded ball
Entire circumference
Includes all

Fair play. Foul play.
Stiff tackle. Chopper Harris.
Loaded London. Penniless Paris.
Lusty cheers. Monkey noises.
Rooney’s dreams. David Moyes’s.
Hand shakes. Fisticuffs.
Great saves. Alan Rough’s.
Sponsored boots. […]

Banana skin FC : 2 Fancied big guns : 2
Pumped up : 2 Orange peeled off shirts in
(premature) celebration : 1
Poms dey tear de hair out : 0 Oz suckers them to earth : 2
Grin and tonics : 4 Neat bitter lemons : […]

x
for
fairy
topping
tinsel tree
gifted goals
offered in love
fondly wrapped
accepted joyfully
Merry Christmas all
luv
eds

I can sacrifice
If they benefit

I can give up
If they get on

I can step back
For them to advance

I can repent
If they reap

But forego football?
They wouldn’t know me

If pessimism
is a cup half empty
And optimism
a cup half full
Then fatalism
is a season promising cups a-plenty
Yet fearing
relegations incessant pull

A William Webb Ellis, devotee
Spouted in front of the camera, euphorically
The Mendip Hills stretching away behind, beguilingly
Coach was quite convinced, most, categorically
That Rugby’s ranks would swell, quite, […]

A regrettable incident
In the middle of the game
When the wonderful Welsh Dragons
Were living up to their name

So what’s to regret?
The brush off, or alleged use of the elbow
Or the theatrical dive
That […]

I’m Blue
And true
And ever so proud

I’m Blue
And true
And singing it loud

I’m Blue
And true
And getting ever so excited

My team in Blue
Are aiming true
And chasing hard after Utd!