That cheeky toothless grin That enormous will to win Was the foundation stone That famous jaunty jig That doughty heart so big Made the German’s groan But United we stand All (virtually) hand in hand To acknowledge your passing So easy to detect Our love and respect As absolute and everlasting

Inspired by “The Wind” by RLS Robert Louis Stevenson & by the anthem of Gerry & The Pacemakers I saw you tear apart each team To keep alive your burning dream; And all around I heard such praise In your quest for more glory days; You’ll Never Walk “allein” – align The Kop all together […]

Notes on a summer’s eve jog, during the pandemic they all look on… the raucous rooks rollick: “hey porky, you’re too unfit” the jiggedy jackdaw japes: “you’re too infirm” the swooping swifts swipe: “you’re too slow!” the picky pigeon proffers: “you’re like my juicy worms – no legs!” and the wriggly wren whispers: “you’d never […]

Can we do it? Yes we can! And we did We went out and we played our matches Bettered the opposition when we could And enjoyed sporting contests With fluent football to the fore. But now we regrettably face An opponent that side-swipes us Invades and infects And trips up our lungs, squeezing them To […]

there’s an eerie silence as I head off to bed – the silence is natural for I’m always the last to settle but there’s a sense of devastation that permeates the corridors a sense of damnation and enforced captivity; there has been no travel from front door to town; no shoving out to school no […]