Football Poets

It’s not just us humans who play Football
Oh no, animals like the beautiful game too
Dolphins like a kickabout with jellyfish
In fact it’s the number one sport in any zoo.

Camels like to hump the ball […]

Large towering floodlights illuminating the sky
One end of our ground open to the elements
The smell of cigarettes and cigars in the air
Us small children all down at the front.

This is our ground in the swinging […]

If I was a schoolteacher
And my team was a pupil
My early term report would say
They can and must do better.

As usual they showed early promise,
Getting off to a very good start
But alas, they couldn’t keep it […]

Sitting in the stands at the match
Listening to the fans all around me
Not saying anything myself, just listening
Taking in all of the talk that’s going on.

The chap next to me is an “expert ”
Knows more about […]

Went to Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road
To watch the Sky Blues play
Eighteen hundred of us in party mood
Because the game fell on a bank holiday.

But as usual the team let us down
They quickly removed the smiles from […]

Football haters can’t work us out,
why we go season after season
to watch a very average team.

Behind our backs they talk,
sniggering as if we’re a bit simple
never understanding our passion.

I used to go to the […]

He’s got a good engine – Runs around aimlessly.
Midfield Dynamo – Energetic, but offers little else.
Physical Player – Fouls opposing players a lot.
A poacher – A lazy goal-hanger.
A donkey – Not only found on […]

First game out the way
The marathon has begun
Will you keep it up?

Will your support tire
Will fatigue start to creep in
Will you hit the wall ?

Very fickle fans
No use in the hard battles
Soon quit and pack […]

Our first game of a new season
Shown live on Sky T.V.
Kept the attendance down.

But us who made the effort
Us loyal hardcore followers
Got behind the team as you should

The hot weather was a nice bonus
Jackets […]

Just want to say,
goodbye to a football great,

A proper gentleman
Respected by all

When he talked they listened
Managed like he played

Working class through and through
From the cobbled streets to the […]

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floated on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
Of football hooligans, so I legged it.

What is this life, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and […]

Looked again at the new fixture list
Just to make sure when the “tasty” games are
You know all the local derbies
And the ones you just can’t miss.

Then I checked the Christmas period (sad)
Hoping we’re at home on […]

Pre-season friendlies can be good
Because you meet up with the fans again
Even travelling up as far as Carlisle
By car, van, or on a Virgin train.

The banter is all about disastrous holidays
And who the club are […]

Wimbledon over
Strawberries and cream eaten
Football season soon.

New campaign coming
Club shirt “only” forty pounds
I’ll wear last seasons.

Favourite player
Sold on to balance the books
A young lad […]

Thought I’d show them my loyalty
So took up the early bird offer
Season ticket can be paid in instalments
By monthly direct debit.

So they reward us by flogging Scott Dann
He “was” our captain and best […]

There they all are
In your local pub
Wearing their Man United shirts
Never even been to Old Trafford.

So I wear my Cov City top
Just to annoy them really
If I had the bottle, I’d wear
a Barcelona one.

When the […]

Newcastle United are already the favourites
For a quick return to the top flight
Is it because of the clubs great tradition
And the support from those fans in the black and white ?

But a big reputation counts for […]

The Bluebirds have stopped their singing
And the Canaries are now silent too
But the Wolves they are howling
The brummies are a rhapsody in blue.

The Lilywhites have nicked the sixth spot
After going on a nice […]

Nerves all jittery and fraught
Fingernails all chewed to the quick
This is the lot of the football fan
End of the season can make you feel sick.

One minute you’re staying up
The next you’re going down
That smile […]

It can end relationships
make you morose, but
it can lift the spirits and
put a spring in the step.

It’s the middle of the week
but your mind’s on saturday
three o’clock, a six pointer.

No sorry, can’t make the […]