Armistice Day (2016) The football’s on: the derby of derbies. a family fractioned into halves and quarters; but when the whistle blows, I’m thinking of Bruce’s stone and the battle of Glen Trool, the remnants of the sessile oak wood with its skeletal trees soaking up grief from corpses below. The football’s on: the derby […]

Can you be David Beckham? Can you be David Beckham if your legs don’t work? Can you be David Beckham if you have to use a chair? Can you be David Beckham no matter how much pain your standing frame causes? Can you be David Beckham if your legs work? Can you be David Beckham […]

Here’s a scarf son. It doesn’t read Nike but it does say victory with the badge I sewed. Round and round with the thread and the needle covering the stain of dashed dreams. Here’s a scarf son. It doesn’t read Adidas or Puma but it does say brotherly love with the badge I sewed. Round […]

One point one million for his name Le Havre to Manchester he came you’d think the world had gone insane. Sat on the bench though far from lame on Fergie’s head they laid the blame one point one million for his name. Italian money took the strain his youth gave him momentous fame one point […]