Football Poets

it was one of those days when you had to keep up
as the mother of auctions took place
when another new ‘towel’ just appeared on the beach
and the big boys had egg on their face
there were tears all day long from […]

slaves to the euro
slaves to the pound
slaves to the game
slaves to the ground
slaves to the schedule
slaves to the shops
slaves to the training
slaves til we drop
slaves to the gadgets
slaves to the cars
slaves […]

some madsummer thoughts for an alien
and how they’d perceive us down here
in our shopping store grounds with their lights and their sounds
when forty odd thousand all cheer

is it something akin to most […]

can you imagine a world without football
I dare you to give it a try
would your day hold enough could you slot into stuff
would you struggle and wilt or get by?

we get tasters in summer but somehow our […]

I came across a wondrous poem
where football had been banned
from village greens to national teams
and right across the land

around this tiny planet
that spins aloft in space
the game just like Atlantis
had […]

late expectations
but it’s always the same
brand new season
but it’s getting more insane
transfer madness
give the fans a name
one more reminder
it’s a money old game

checking out the rumours
most of them […]

in betwen time
in between time
call it what we may
looming large
another season
closer comes the day

strangely silent
lost in transit
hanging on a limb
changing faces
trading places
transfers on a […]

these painted faces hair and clothes
these bouncing girls and men
they bay like armies off to war
why can’t we sing like them

their energy drums wild and free
we never quite compare
our children’s songs and […]

pipped at the past by Scolari
I feel like a Clinton today
so much to do and so little to choose
experience got in the way

pipped at the post by Scolari
good luck and what more can I say
except that you’re stuck […]

handsome and finely built Villa
scrubs up and down very well
really long sideburns but they could be cut
owner is forced to sell

decision time after the Euros
fee’s going up loads by the goal
located Valencia – […]

the time would come I always knew it
and prompted by our butler Stuart
I now divulge my master plan
the finest poets in the land
from this and many other times
who waxed it with their classic lines
on-line and […]

there’s a rumour in the city
lots of emails flying round
Crispi says he was just passing
being shown around the ground
is it Crispi or Scolari
or is Kevin bidding too?
Clik The Mouse is in the background
we all […]

Scolari
Woh Oh
bound our way?
don’t know

Will he become a true blue
can’t tell and neither can you
no wonder my happy heart sings
i’ve seen a lot stranger things

he’s left the door open wide
not closed-he’s […]

dear mister a and mister k
excuse the lower case
allow me to present myself
until we’re face to face
when all around are turning down
the vacant job in hand
I offer my credentials here
and boldly make my […]

if you can always keep command
and deal with each bizarre demand
if you can drink the poisoned chalice
be humble but live in a palace

if you can look intense – sardonic
enraged – impassioned but iconic
if you can […]

cancelled planes and midnight striving
relocation relocation
fill the airwaves hype the country
move the goalposts thrill the nation

cold war dramas Moscow calling
drained emotions charged and battered
edging […]

we come in peace and football
we drive we walk we fly
and even though it’s cost a grand
we keep our spirits high

you look to your Ronaldo
we cannot face defeat
and trust that Drogba’s hungry
and stays upon his […]

days when the nation used to come together
days that are gone now forever and ever
days when you woke with a gleam in your eye
days when we didn’t have the money or Sky
the only game live on the tele back […]

one more sunday one more weekend
some went swimming in the deep end
last day judgements here we go
one more pot luck one more throw
some went up and some went down
some just froze inside that ground
some were […]

a final thought for all my friends
before this summer break
and one last look within the book
before we wipe the slate
at all of those predictions made
for your beloved teams
at all your hopes that swirled like […]