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Mike Bartram

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    Today at Anfield Sven, it’s all about you.

    We welcome your family with open arms too.

    Whatever their status, whatever their feat.

    The legends today will take a back seat.

    The spotlight today belongs t […]

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    Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 month ago

    Passion our weapon, with added youthful zest.
    A ‘reloaded Liverpool’ were back to their best!
    This Final was a massive challenge, no doubt.
    We started the game with 7 first teamer’s out!

    But those academy […]

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    Barely a touch, they need to feel.
    Over they roll with a yelp and squeal.
    Rather embarrassing, I have to say.
    But I guess, that’s just footy today.

    Stopping play with an injury to feign.
    What became of […]

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    God save our gracious King,
    That’s what we kopites sing,
    God save our King……
    He made us victorious,
    All those goals glorious,
    Long to be one of us,
    God save our King.

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    I saw people hug, their strength to share.
    The sense of grief, hung heavy in the air.
    I saw beautiful flowers in the Spring sun.
    I saw the damage ‘Hillsborough’ had done.

    I saw people reaching out to […]

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    On to 97 Avenue, I made my way.
    Thinking of something new to say.
    As over 34 years, I’ve said it all.
    Same emotions with every roll call.
    Only so many prayers that I know.
    Only one place where they can […]

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    I wrote nothing of the footy on the pitch.
    I wrote about the greed and the filthy rich.
    On the pitch upsets, meant nothing to me.
    I wrote about the spineless and liars to see.

    Not a word […]

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    It’s a ‘Great World Cup’ I hear people say.
    Last minute drama, a 100 minutes of play.
    Shock after shock, underdogs are through.
    Pundits raving about the World Cup 2022.

    But let’s not forget the bigger […]

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    Can you hear a sob and wail.
    In this sorry World Cup tale.
    Above the roar of every goal.
    Listen out for every lost soul.

    Beneath the sunny Qatari skies.
    Listen to their desperate cries.
    How […]

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    The beautiful game’s turned ugly,
    not a pretty sight.
    A thousand jagged stitches, scars
    all left and right.
    A hideous looking monster, ‘football’
    only in name.
    A tournament born from corruption,
    greed […]

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    No Hendo shuffle…no Number 7 to show.

    But two domestic Cups, softens the blow!

    Last nights game, just wasn’t meant to be.

    But still a brilliant Season, you must agree!

    It was no mean feat taking […]

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    Put your hands together on minute 7
    For a little Angel now gone to Heaven.
    On all 4 sides of the ground applaud.
    Make it loud like a goal’s been scored!
    If sitting by Utd fans, forget the divide.
    For just one […]

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    I see no escape, just an imposing fence.
    The numbing pain I feel is now so intense.
    I feel a surge of pressure, rolling like a wave.
    Is this terrace taking me to my grave?

    It’s time to close my eyes, I […]

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    Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years ago

    A little message to our Egyptian king Mo.
    If it’s all down to wages, then please go.
    When so rich, what’s a few extra grand?
    Just be happy at the best club in the land!

    Ignore your agent, make up your own […]

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    The result for me tomorrow takes a back seat.
    I won’t lose any sleep over a Cup Final defeat.
    Replace our red banners with yellow and blue.
    At Wembley dedicate our Anthem to Ukraine too.

    Show the […]

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    Another takeover, another sad case.
    An ugly scar, across a beautiful face.
    Greed is a monster, that is for sure.
    Now it’s happening, more and more.
    All part and parcel of footys decline.
    Anybody can sign on […]

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    Gloveless keepers, a pitch full of sand.
    An offside rule, simple to understand!
    3 men in charge, no need for any more.
    It was beautiful then, win, lose or draw.

    Tackles flew in, on the goalkeeper too!
    The […]

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    ‘Knighted’ by the Kop, no need of sword.
    My boyhood hero, with every goal scored.
    On my red jersey, I wore the number 8.
    A record maker, a legend, an all time great.
    He helped achieve Bill Shankly’s […]

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    Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years ago

    It’s not possible for Liverpool to play behind ‘closed doors’
    We might not hear them but there will always be 96 roars.
    And the spirit of other Reds, ashes buried in the kop goal.
    Anfield can never be empty […]

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    He would have been 50, God bless you Paul.
    He died at 19, he went to the match, that’s all.
    4 helium balloons in the Anfield breeze sway.
    Beneath the eternal flame, lit all night and day.
    2 Birthday balloons […]

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