• How will I survive?
    When I was five or six years old, My cute pet hamster died. I shed a flood of bitter tears, But somehow I survived. I failed O-Level Chemistry, Which is no cause for pride. I flunked Geography as well, Yet nonetheless survived. A while ago I bought some shares, Whose value promptly dived. That hurt, […]
  • Fabio Capello’s Red & White Army
    Sometimes we play in Red. Sometimes we play in White. But it don’t make no diff’rence, ‘Cos we still can’t get it right Let’s have a party. Let’s have a party. Let’s have a party. What else do you suggest we do? Well, we’ve tried playing in White. And we’ve tried playing in Red. We […]
  • When I saw that Ball go in
    Well, it was four forty-three, Sure, you know what I mean – Just two mins of normal time left on the clock. So how could we hope to bag three points, When we had not mustered a shot? Then it was four forty-four, Do I need to say more? Just one minute of the game […]
  • Filled with Blue and White
    I never have been all that keen On football on TV. It’s not the same as being there, As far as I can see. And yet I almost changed my mind One wet and windy night – The night my television screen Was filled with Blue and White. It was on Wednesday Twelfth of March, […]
  • Like the Shirts!
    I liked those Fifties-style Shirts Worn for the Derby-clash – No sponsor’s logo on the front, No player’s name on the back. And numbers to eleven, Not the modern mad mishmash. I hope to see teams wear such kit Some day for every match. 12/2/08 Denys E. W. Jones