Football Poets

they’re trending now on any pitch
they stroke a furry claim
from Blackbeard to Hillbilly
they litter our great game
they cause Gillette to shudder
the purists find them weird
they’re hairier than mountain […]

fighting all the odds

while Ebola takes it hold

football still inspires

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in another world

miles from the Premier

Africa competes

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from Bata to Malobo

drumming to another […]

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 1

Barnsley 4 Blackburn Rovers 2

Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 3

Bolton Wanderers 1 Bradford City 9

Derby County 6 Brentford 7

Brighton and Hove Albion 5 Bristol City 5

Bristol Rovers 3 […]

one Christmas in the trenches
they stood in mud and sand
their loved ones and their football
a distant far off land –
the snow lay thick as thick could be
a bitter chill did spread
behind the sand bags and the […]

one Christmas in the supermarket
before the jam packed shelves
there’s children making havoc
with the homeless and the elves

while some go late to scour
the bargain cut-down stuff
there’s millions pouring in the […]

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fairy tales must end

Norton made their fans so proud

they can stand up tall

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adding spice and sauce

to a first round packed with thrills

as Worcester march on

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yelling on his side
on a night they’ll nor forget
cheer up Sean Reid*

slips and slides and rain
just like cup ties in the past
Warrington march on

as we watch at home
clocks that tick away the time
on this magic night

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some say they’re long gone

magic ties of yesterday

not at Forest Green

how much for a life
senselessly a hero dies
for a mobile phone

while a nation mourns
once again the cry is heard
make this killing stop

derby games can wait
Africa has lost its star
Senzo Meyiwa

you are like football the grace and thrill
you are excitement a beach in Brazil
you are a stadium theatre of light
you are a temple brilliant as night
you are like football the way you endure
like flowers in […]

three months in the year

when the icy cold subsides

football comes alive

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like the moon
you were our first superstar
lost in your own world

the Best gift of all
you here weaving your magic
why do great things end?

memories on film
long black hair and stunning […]

these crazy player wages
that they allow to be
they spiral madly up and up
so far from you and me
whilst those who play have no idea
just what the fan goes through
the choices that they have to make
to do what […]

The club were founded way back in 1883
by workers of the cycle firm who named them Singers FC.
For 15 years in football’s dawn they played the People’s Game
til 98 when Coventy City then became their name.
After […]

OK -before you ask the legend’s name
here’s a clue – it’s not Hodgson !

But if you ask me now
a so-tagged ‘football poet/editor’
and lover of the game
to name my all time hero
there is no contest.

Think now […]

first the might of Norway
and now the mighty Swiss
bring on the power of San Marino
we can get through this

we can crush Slovenia
those Lithuanians too
and we’ll devour Estonia
but ah what then cry you ? […]

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It’s been a long time comin’ been waitin’ for so long

finally it’s happened the moments come along

and who would be the first one to lay that marker down?

but when it came […]

thirty nine years come rain or snow
only one man who could put you in the know
rushing from the ground for the five o’clock show
listen to the transistor radio
James Alexander Gordon

sometimes you found […]

the hours spent waiting for England to score
unbelievable
players kissing badges and sliding on the floor
unbelievable
managers who say “I dunno where to start”
unbelievable
when their side gets torn apa […]

Why do the League do nothing?

Why march on Saturday?

Why are they still playing home games

Thirty miles away?

Another season dawning

City stand alone

Fans will march and sing as one…

but who’ll bring City home?