• “Home From Home”
    Right now I’m full of sadness At the Adolf-Jager football ground Not sure if this is my last visit Soon it won’t be around. A new home will be built But new stadiums are never the same Gone will be the ghosts that stood on the terraces past Altona 93 will continue But the loss […]
  • “Three Hours From Glory” (1 of 3)
    I can’t believe it’s finally arrived Cup Final day at last Something I have long dreamed for Coming round so fast. Yet it’s got nothing to do with Dulwich Hamlet Or Millwall in the play-offs tomorrow It’s the Oddset Pokal in Hamburg That’s going to fill me with joy or sorrow. In general football terms […]
  • “45 Minutes To Go” (2 of 3)
    Calming my nerves at half-time That’s what poetry’s for I really can’t believe it One nil’s the current score. With this be a famous giant-killing I think I know the story… Always the inevitable Instead of a moment of glory. This might not be Dulwich Hamlet But my pessimism shines through In truth I’m scared […]
  • “Same Old, Same Old…” (3 of 3)
    Two minutes left on the clock The Hamburg Cup was almost ours The Altona ‘Class of 2016’ Would go down in folklore as stars. But then Norderstedt had that last chance Found the back of the net Deep down I knew it was over Even though there was extra-time yet. What is it about football […]
  • I have a dream
    It’s funny how as you get older Your dreams they start to fade All those hopes of Wembley They begin to shade. Amateur Cup quarter final Back in Seventy Four Too young to understand how close we were Almost one foot in the door. Six years later Just turning into a teen Quarter finals of […]