• Farewell Inter, Milan, Juve, Farewell Roma, Lazio too. Farewell Spezia, Fiorentina, Fair Verona’s Gialloblu. Bye Bologna, Atalanta, Udinese, Empoli. Ciao Torino, and Sassuolo, Sayonara Napoli. Lastly there’s “So long Sampdoria”, Cousins from our selfsame town, Taunting us: “Sic transit gloria”, So glad that we’re going down. Yes, we’re falling through the trapdoor, Dropping into Purgat’ry, […]
  • We’re not very consistent, We win, we lose, we draw. The only thing that’s certain is We’re never true to form. The other night at Turf Moor, We somehow lost three-two. Yet next home game at Goodison, Contrived to beat Man U! We’re like some punch-drunk boxer, Knocked back against the ropes, The Drop is […]
  • We’re good at sacking gaffers, We are not very nice. Just ask Martinez, Silva, Ron Koeman, Allardyce. And then there’s that Benitez, The latest casualtee. But he was just one big mistake, For him no tears we’ll weep. A new man’s in the hotseat, His name is Lampard Frank. He did quite well at Derby, […]
  • The BBC hoped for an upset, They showed the match live on TV. But when Kevin Friend blew for full-time, The losers were HCFC. The Tigers they sure made a bright start, They scored after forty-five secs. But Everton were not downhearted, Demarai Gray soon found the Net. Now Anthony Gordon’s a livewire, He’s one […]
  • When we were losing one-nil, I thought our Cause was lost. The trapdoor was wide open, We seemed doomed to the Drop. When we were trailing one-nil, I heard a wise man say: “My son, you know you really ought To have a little Faith. The match lasts ninety minutes, The game ain’t over yet, […]