Football Poets

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snow time like right now

ev’rything will be all white

keep our football live!

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now this one came in from earlier on
and we have to believe what we’re told
but apparently games are in danger
and all on account of the cold?

and not just the game but the players
the pitch and the flags and the […]

Christmas in Afghanistan
Christmas in Iraq
Another Christmas wondering
will your son come back?
will your daughter make it home
will you catch her smile
they’ve been there in sand and war
fighting all this […]

there’s something that marks you
aside from the rest
though the nerves may resemble
that first driving test
and there’s something that sets you
apart from the others
like bored looking children
in stores with […]

if winning’s without value*
if won in unfair ways*
if cheating brings no pleasure
then how come fraud still pays?

how crass and sad and meaningless
are FIFA’s weak excuses?
while France move on and Ireland […]

round here in leafy Gloucestershire
it’s usually quite calm
we’re used to fans that claim we’re only
singing when we farm
The Wimbledons the Lutons
the Oxfords and the rest
they turn up with their fans in […]

how does it feel when you make it
and you’re suddenly part of it all
what were the nerves like before it began
when you’re itching to get on the ball?
there on the touchline about to go on
the rush is too strange […]

was it something up there
in the fresh Morecambe air
with its glorious prom and sea breeze?
was it something that Sven could not say why or when
could they not see the wood for the trees ?

in affairs of the […]

total passion dedication
hopes that soar above your station
this obsessive fascination
just to be a fan
just to be there week on week
through it all however bleak
sometimes you can barely speak
who would be a […]

1 club fans feel everything
1 club fans feel stuff
1 club fans go up and down
and still can’t get enough
1 club fans stay loyal
1 club all their life
1 club fans spend thousands
and never tell the […]

right – it’s back
Sven’s at County – City are the new boys under the palm trees
AFC Wimbledon and Luton are in the Conference
and don’t get me started on Newcastle

so – you’ve got the new kit – in your […]

wonderland or la la land?
playing cards that run and stand
walking ads on fifty grand
evry shirt in ev’ry land
logos

this is how the sport expands
ethics that should long be banned
from the neck down to the […]

you were a class above the rest
down there in the rain –
emotions running wild on that touchline
grey hair smooth dapper
aching for victory – feeling the game
dignity and loyalty
through and through

always old […]

was it Swine Flu in Mexico City
when we all thought he’d vanished for good ?
but the prodigal Swede has leapt out of the woods
like his look-alike brave Robin Hood

did Maid Marion call him to action ?
he’s got […]

when silence becomes deafening
you know that eerie sound
whatever club and spokesmen say
there’s something goin’ down

the day the news gets broken
the day it hits the fan
proverbially it’s not that hard
for you […]

it’s name evokes some Greek goddess
and has no plan to cause distress
but oft when blown they do complain
about this background to the game
we cannot trace it’s origin
but can confirm it’s mighty din
Did it […]

sometimes sitting there
in our little plastic seats 
in structures of steels and light
you look around today
and it’s easy to forget where we’ve come from
and the dark dark times along the way
 
but I kno […]

this was never gonna be
the cream of the crop
a salivating supper
from the guys at the top
nothing here to calm hearts
or garnish it with style
passion beating tension
by a good country mile
frustration […]

still swapping shirts with Shakespeare

still using extra time

to lift the passion from our backs

and turn it into rhyme

still putting feelings into words

from terraces to stage

still sharing dreams in […]

we talk of standing areas
and if they’d be alright
I stood all game where we should sit
with Reds and Blues last night
a sea of red before me
a sea of blue behind
a programme on a poignant night
with pictures to […]