Football Poets

Anfield to Wembley

dubbed Sir Roger by the Kop

Hunt would score for fun

of all the stars that I have seen
above the sky or on the green
when I was merely but a child
he was the one who made me smile
when we would be there win or lose
to idolise his ev’ry move
the spot that […]

The day you dreaded came to be
And in its wake for all to see
The history so swift destroyed
The home and those all once employed
The rollercoaster ups and downs
The team had ridden in this town
The […]

give it up for trav’lling fans
endless trips across the land
sussing out the cheapest ways
midweek games or Saturdays
turning up in wind and rain
through ther heartaches and the pain
stuck in queues on m […]

rollercoaster mesmerising
gung-ho goals show tantalising
like some throw back from before
like some fifties sixties score
just like you’re a kid again
out there in the sun and rain
game so open from the s […]

it’s like we’ve never been away and yet inside we know
that after all that we’ve been through we’re grateful just to go
relentless rain then more again upon the pitch and track
and on away fans out there the d […]

I can’t wait for the start of the season
it’s an ongoing long-run affair
it’s only a game and I can’t quite explain
but something keeps drawing me there
it’s the walk up the hill in all weathers […]

sometimes you know when it isn’t your day
somewhere somehow
deep inside that feeling
we’ve all been here before
in our lives in our world with our teams
and when it happens
surprise surprise
words like […]

heartache in the end

one more big lesson to learn

still we should be proud

when England take on Italy
what’s there to worry you or me?
they are an unknown mystery
and have so little history
a well-trained dog is all we need
to teach us how to hold a lead
we better not play p […]

I can still remember
where I was that day
I was just eighteen years old
lost for words to say
watching on that old TV
there in black and white
in a flat in London town
dancing in the […]