• The love of the game.
    The game of football and me Go together like a large gin and T Like Richards and Jagger A Cloak and a dagger Blair and Bush Dalgliesh and Rush And like Taylor and Burton One thing is for certain My love for the game remains. Like Tom and Jerry Lampard and Terry The Dandy and […]
  • A footballing lesson.
    I remember a game in 96′ When we all went home delighted We had just scored Five at St James’ Park The opposition ? Manchester United. So the club produced a video And called it ‘Howay the lads Five -0 ‘ For results like these are pretty rare And believe me I should know. Now […]
  • Far away places…..And strange sounding games.
    My suitcase is packed And I have set the alarm clock We could soon be playing Sunderland In far off Bankok. They say traveling is good for you It broaden’s the mind Away with the lads Leaving the missus behind. We’ll teach them our language Ask are you ‘Al reet ‘ We are Geordies from […]
  • Food for thought.
    Beneath the shadow of St James’ Park We run our fast food van On the same spot for Forty Years Me and ‘Wor Lass’ Fran We have seen so many players, Managers come and go And for the last Eleven seasons Trades been pretty slow And just when we were thinking It is time to […]
  • The entertainers……Part 2
    Smiling faces Toon Army singing Shirt sales booming Tills a jingling Unfinished business To attend Mike Ashley’s fortune Spend….Spend….Spend.