• “What Might Have Been”
    Was tonight the peak of your career Not even old enough to buy a beer FA Youth Cup at The Den Never to grace a Pro ground again. Chance of penalty glory Missed and froze That’s how the fickle hand Of football fate goes. Millwall’s lion cubs Were two nil up But sharper Blades pulled […]
  • Margate Was
    A dreary town Stuck on the Kent coast Always an awful place I dreaded visiting most. Not because I hated seaside That was always fun The shame was I could only afford The penny arcades Which I never won. No riding on the big dipper When I was a not-so-little nipper Used to pretend I […]
  • “Buzzing About The Bees”
    On the train Going West But this is different From the rest. Not a Sunday morning In a field With only a jacket Or brolly as a shield The only fan at a game! Tonight is your exception At Griffin Park Glory boy hunting At this Youth Team game. It’s the Second Round Proper Of […]
  • “Shellshocked”
    In this modern era of communication Finding out the latest is a frustration Flitting between computer and work There’s a limit how much to shirk. Unlike the Likely Lads Am desperate for the score Feed me the information I want more. Updates are slow or don’t exist I don’t know what I have missed. Piecing […]
  • “Remembering”
    Where have you gone boys? Don’t worry. We won’t be long. Back by Christmas! Oh, if only… Never to come back at all. Forever Dulwich In a field In Belgium or France Our own players Who never stood a chance. A ‘hero’ to all Name engraved On the Club Memorial Hanging on the Boardroom wall. […]