Football Poets

Diogo, the number 20 shirt is yours to keep.
Yours to wear forever in your heavenly sleep.
You are forever the number 20 in our team.
Never again on a Liverpool player will it be seen.
The number 20 shirt […]

The Town Hall Union flag flies at half –mast.
Over Anfield Stadium, a huge shadow is cast.
The heart breaking news shocked us all today.
Diogo Jota and his brother were taken away.

Flowers and scarves, t […]

From The Liver Buildings, up high.
Tears, they drip from Bertie’s eye.
Through the red, foggy haze they fall.
Bertie, our Liver Bird, he saw it all.
Bertie protects our City, as you know.
Now in horror, h […]

Did you realise this…have you heard?
This Footy Season belongs to the Bird.
4 victorious birds upon a team’s crest.
And they left nothing else for the rest!

To Wembley Stadium, a Magpie flew.
And it saw […]

Welcome to Anfield, to its Pantomime.
We have won the Title… it’s party time.
But the atmosphere turned dark and sour.
This change happened just after the hour.

So, what caused this change of moo […]

Half Time at Anfield, at every game.
We saw the vendor with a deadly aim.
In front of The Kop, he made his way.
Hanging from his neck, a goodies tray!

What a thankless task, lay ahead of him.
This guy had […]

I’ve always loved rivalry and debate.
But I’ve never felt the need to hate.
Laugh at your rivals and banter is fine.
But it’s just a game, don’t cross the line.
We are all similar people, deep inside. […]

In Heaven, did you hear the Kopites roar?
Liverpool FC, are Champions once more!
We won it at a canter…it’s not even May.
So to Yew Tree Cemetery, I made my way.
A bunch of red flowers, I left at Dad […]

Nothing came easy, 15/4/89 the date.
For every bit of truth, they made us wait.
Stuck together like glue, skilled in lying.
The first lie was told as fans were dying.

Duckenfield said fans stormed the […]

‘Please help us Policeman, help us please.

Don’t turn your back, walk away or freeze.

My friend needs help, he’s gasping for air.

He’s just a young lad, he needs your care’

‘Move back’ you s […]

I was told this today, of which I wasn’t aware.
Liverpool’s Croxteth Park, my Dad went there!
With his Niece Janet, my Dad went to play.
To think, I was in Croxteth Park the other day!
They played foo […]

In Season 65/66…in came a new law.
It changed English footy for evermore.
If an injured player could no longer play.
A substitute player could ‘enter the fray’

Barrow’s Bobby Knox, in this new role. […]

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The Kop cover The Beatles and Cilla Black.
Give me a time machine, I wanna go back!
The accent is one, the accent is scouse.
Not a tourist to be seen in the house!

Working class scousers, t […]

The old Kop I loved as a young fan.
26 thousand Reds in a sardine can!
I started out in the lofty Boys Pen.
Along with lots of middle aged men!

But in 71’ a full time Kopite I became.
Liverpool v F […]

I see lots of Mums and Dads.
Lots of girls and lots of lads!
Fans chilling out, old and new.
The common colour being blue

County Road as busy as can be!
As Everton kick off soon at 3.
KFC is doing a […]

From my County Road flat, I’ll miss the view.

The Grand Old Lady, all dressed in blue.

But sadly she’s not kept up with the times.

As she’s no longer dressed up ‘to the nines’

So, only one more Leag […]

A great memory from a time long gone.
The Grandstand Teleprinter on BBC1!
David Coleman stood beside camera 3.
But only the Teleprinter appeared on TV!

The Teleprinter would often stall or pause.
Kept […]

When close to the ground…you could always tell.
You were suddenly greeted by that Hot Dog smell!
On every corner, there was a mobile Hot Dog stand.
A seller at the ready, with a bread roll in his h […]

This was to be my comeback stage.
Playing once more at my advanced age.
This big match took place in my head.
It was a dream last night I had in bed!

I came on as sub to ‘change the game’.
To live up to […]

Each day there is something new to learn.
When I hear of a brand new football term!
Is a ‘false number 9’ a number 9 or not?
That’s something I need to ask Arne Slot!

‘Seriously, I just don’t understan […]