Football Poets

we jumped for joy ecstatic’lly
and could not hide our ‘English’ glee
whatever Englishness may be
I’m glad he had to go
a brilliant coach we didn’t see
but rumours now astonish me
he may be bound for my […]

bring ’em all back bring ’em back
for the moment for the craic*
every face I’d long to see
bring alive each memory

bring ’em all back like before
Geoff Hurst and Denis Law
bring back wizards bring back Zola […]

“S tay an honest man and always be a child”
you opened up defences like lips upon a smile

“O nly be as you wish to seem”
and so you were in that great team.

“C ourage has the man who does not run away”
y […]

sustainability sustainability…
some things happen against probability
sustainability’s a tricky word to rhyme
we’ve been hearin’ it a long long time
but we’ve got a pioneer we call Dale
ideas cooler than a w […]

Atmosphere like life can change
Barely months and things turn strange
Carefree turns to apathy
Desparation clear to see
Ev’ry week and every game
Feel the pressure mount again
Grasp for answers look to God
Hope […]

this is no time to speculate
to wring our hands nor remonstrate
for words fall short and come too late
now Gary Speed has gone

time now to think on all he gave
the way he cut and carved a swathe
commanding […]

it’s easy up in Manchester
at City and Man U
you’re spoilt for choice at Chelski
and hardly have to queue
at Arsenal and Tottenham
it’s very nice there too
but when you venture down the leagues
beware the dre […]

if love is going one step more
or an extra mile for your brother
then taking your parter to their first game
ranks way-way above any other

“It won’t just be men there – now promise?”
“Will they be the only girl […]

from all the clips and all the games
the one that we all know
is that dishevelled figure
just standing in the snow
blizzard howling round his head
empty pitch and stand
the patron saint of sheepskin […]

this is a first this is a plan
this is no dream or illusion
when men behave badly
the out come will sadly
result in this stunning solution

the beauty of football will not be denied
for women and chidren out […]

I always loved your epistle to the Sub Rooms
of long lost Stroud and Gloucester 60s teenage days
with the teddy boys watching the Beatles..back in the day

you were one of the first Stroud Football Poets
I […]

waiting’s over bring it on
we will sing that fav’rite song
last year’s struggles dead and gone
just like children how we long
to be be back where we belong

there’s a clean slate anyway
how we’ll end up who can […]

it has to stop it has to end
it has no place on Earth
we have to change and rearrange
if life and football have worth
these problems don’t cease the streets
they’re right across the game
this mindless madness has […]

where you watching – did you know
or discover where to go ?
did you witness our girls try…
with Wimbledon a dream gone by?
Hope Powell Yankee Scott
Names you may not hear a lot
Nor see splashed across back […]

why do we bother?
sixty six will be our last
end corruption now

driven on by greed
Failing In Football Always
envelopes don’t lie

Where after Qatar?
Russia China then the Moon
anywhere that pays

merchandise […]

it gets harder and harder each moment
the weight on your shoulders each game
and the taunts that persist with each error and miss
only add to the insults and blame
when it just doesn’t happen the way that it […]

I was thinking about all the moments
when you’re walking away from a game
’cause however you played as the memories fade
the feelings are never the same
as you re-trace the steps of your childhood
where […]

I do not wish to to be a prude
nor come across as pseud or rude
but I am happy to intrude
upon the subject of the Snood

the marketers however shrewd
cannot preclude nor yet allude
to whether this device is […]

“Football Club Bans Sausages
and Burgers!” at home games
the headline’s quite alarming
our current health’s to blame

They’ve banned those long-time favourites
and now they stand alone
no red meat for the […]

I’m glad I’m not the only one
who struggles to begin it
I’m very Premier League and leave
it all to the last minute

I’m adding up expenses
that wouldn’t pay their meals
but when it comes to late-night stress
I […]