• Always Football
    ALWAYS FOOTBALL The scarecrow leans against the wall And at her feet lies an old football. She cannot play And nor can I, But when I look up to the sky I see the memories of the football days Just flowing by in a pale blue haze. In my life for so many years, And […]
  • Post-Euro 2016
    The wall chart is down The games are all done, At the end of the Euro Portugal won. There were high spots and low spots, England was poor, It didn’t take long And they were out the back door. Two high spots brought cheers From the thousands of fans, Iceland and Wales Were not also-rans. […]
  • Fifty Years On
    The World Cup was won by England fifty years ago And there was a very special player From Fulham you may know. A solid, strong defender, George Cohen is his name, He gave his all to football For the love of the Beautiful Game. Now fifty years from that epic win And to honour their […]
  • To Score or Not To Score, in a Little Hamlet.
    To score or not to score-what is the intention: Whether it’s nobler striking from the centre Excessive shots and drives, Or to volley against a wall of defenders, And by beating them, scoring. To aim, to strike and by that strike to say we won And end the heartache of a thousand fans Waiting for […]
  • WAGS in the Sixties
    We climbed those steep stairs to the top of the stand, Where the view of the pitch was total and grand. We carried our cushions, our coats and our bags, We were the young 60’s versions Of what now are called WAGS. All wives and girlfriends, we gathered together To watch our men play in […]