Football Poets

halfway down the table, is a position where we sit
there isn’t any other position, quite like it
we never seem to aspire, to reach to the top
but never are we in danger, of the dreaded drop

we haven’t the […]

we’re so happy, we could screech
while the properties of grass, luridly leach
pure poetry, we perpetually preach
and footballing lesson’s, we continue to teach
keep aiming for Europe, we repectfully beseech
it’s […]

from the land of Dan Petrescu
at a club called : Steaua Nicolae Balescu
comes such news
to hearten those, with forthright views
suffering too, just as we did, from pitch invasions
by errant fans, on far too many […]

breakers smash, amidst the surf
waves crash and malcontents curse
we watch, warriors of the turf
far removed, from rivals in verse
churning shingle, as fans mingle
shifting sands, fluctuating form, but still […]

Eleven men, good and true
And such a belligerent leader, too
Proved beyond doubt, what only Winnie knew
That never before, have so many, owed so much, to so few

And so it was, that we gave thanks
For starters, to […]

What if we could forget about religion?
Maybe divide by ancient race, keep the English borders
What would be the final decision
If we came up with a team, of Celtic marauders?

Because of the embarrassment, of […]

Folks,
I see a debate rumbling, about sweaty blokes
For ‘Great Britons’, I see Giants
Monstrous men, of outsize alliance
So, naturally, in goals (for he’d fill two), it has to be Bill ‘Fatty’ Foulkes
And for a […]

The ball’s the same
Same shape, same feel
Different look (old fashioned panelling)
Different logo’s
There’s just as passionate a crowd
“Come … on … you … boys … in blue
Come on you boys in blue!”
The same […]

I’m transfixed
And have been for the last few months
Intensifying in the last few weeks
By a multi-media event
A BBC poll
Of the top ten greatest ever Britons
Accompanied, by an hour long documentary
Focussing o […]

Owen
without knowin’
how
1-2-3 kerpow
breaks his duck
not down to luck
but sheer class
and the odd sublime pass
from his mates
as the floodgates
open wide
and the snide
comments from his detractors
give way, to s […]

An un-busy Bozzie
With no keepers cozzie
Gettin’ kinda podgy
An’ a lifestyle dodgy
His future looking ropey
From playing dippy dopey
With his head gettin’ buzzy
An’ his eyes all fuzzy
But do you think he cares? […]

Sitting in slow moving traffic
Quietly seething
Hard to believe, as I inch forward
That I’m still breathing
We creep, at snail’s pace
Not surrounded by comfy home
But instead, a cramped space
And an uncharged mob […]

Carlo
Il parlo
Italiano
Cudicini
Il keepy
Clean sheety
Just-a-like-a Bonetti
Flinging-himself-around-a
Just-a-like-a confetti
Making-a-string-a-saves-a
Just-a-like-a spaghetti

if benches, were trenches
would we as soon leap to our feet
or so stoically accept defeat?

if buns, were guns
would we still have the stomach for a fight
to stand up and battle, for what we believe is right?

if […]

I wonder, is it time to scarper
Now that I‘ve lost my place, to Steven Harper?
Would McCarthy’s replacement, want second-string
In his bid, to end Ireland’s suffering?
Plus, just how highly
Will he rate Dean Kiely?

they’ve done the dirty deed
on Peter Reid
but some club in need
will look to Peter Reid
they’ll value his experience, and the football creed
of one Peter Reid
he was never built for speed
was Peter Reid
but he cer […]

Arthur Wharton, pioneer
Sought fame
Within a game
Not fear

That may have come later
Down in the deep dark bowels
Midst shouts and howls
Of a coal pit’s narrow crater

Possibly escaping there
Among the blacked u […]

tv used to be black and white
and all the players Caucasian
now we’ve introduced colour
but still some blighters, spoil the occasion

just because of the colour of someone’s skin
or maybe the way their eyes are […]

Kick it out
Don’t get caught in the net
Of hate and deceit
Don’t repeat
The faults and failings
Of racist railings

Kick it out
Don’t cross the line
Don’t let their wickedness define
Your actions
Let their f […]

K kick it out
I into the ionosphere
C cast away, callous chanting, commit to
K kinship, with cherished comradeship

I instead of idiotic
T taunting

O obligate all around you, to
U unveil the unkind,
T to stamp […]