• It Was Beautiful Then
    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 ball would stick in the mud like glue! A magic sponge, to all injuries applied. Photographers lying […]
  • ‘Sir Roger’
    ‘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 dream. Part of Ramsey’s World Cup winning team. On and off the pitch, a well deserved ‘Sir’ […]
  • Angels Only Whisper
    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, while inside is every lost soul. The Kop may look deserted, to the cameras and naked […]
  • For Paul Carlile
    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 say ’50’ 2 say ‘Love You’ 2 helium balloons are red, 2 balloons are blue. […]
  • The Fox
    Can a Fox cry, one did today? Five lives tragically taken away. A crying Fox is something new. I shed a tear alongside him too. As a red I cheered your fairy tale. Brilliant to see the top dogs fail! The Fox, he ruled, so justly proud. But today he only sees a cloud. A […]