Football Poets

Germany 1-0 Ukraine

The world champions hit Lille
Kroos puts the ball on a sixpence
Bluenose Mustafi steams in for one nil
Ghosting through the Ukraine defence

Kroos bosses, Khedira goes close
Boateng off the […]

Poland 1-0 N Ireland

The Irish are in town
And there’s not a single frown
Michael O’Neill’s men create a din

Milik gets the fame
With the only goal of the game
Poland get a first ever Euro win

Stade de Nice, […]

Croatia 1-0 Turkey

Srna and Perisic struck the wood
Corluka’s head don’t look good
Modric strikes an absolute missile

Rakitic and Turan compete
Fans pound the drum beat
But Turkiye just lacked the guile

Parc de […]

England 1-1 Russia

Whilst violence flared in Marseille
Roy’s boys looked like they meant it
And then came the breakthrough
The free kick from Dier exquisite

Injury time and for some is a tragedy
Though not […]

Wales 1-0 Slovakia

Land of My Fathers belts out loud
With magic moments from Marek Hamsik
Sheer heroics though from Ben Davies
The Spurs man right in the thick

Gareth Bale with a scorcher
Wales’ first on target […]

Albania 0-1 Switzerland

The brothers Xhaka lock horns
It’s historic sibling rivalry
Shaqiri’s whipped corner so clean
More so than the shorts of Behrami

Early delight for the Swiss
Hoffenheim’s Schar with the […]

France 2-1 Romania

Grand opening just a tad lame
A garish ceremony
We settled down for the big game
Stade de France, St Denis

Home joy and elaborate fanfare
As Giroud’s scores eighteen in fifty
Stancu’s […]

Liverpool 4-3 Borussia Dortmund

Solemn silence for the ninety six
Anfield faces are shining bright
Anticipating Klopp’s bag of tricks
It’s going to be a memorable night

Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang
Swift breaks […]

Liverpool 3-3 Arsenal

Ramsey too quick to reach
Giroud’s second a peach

Firmino smashing a brace

Rafa hailed by the Kop
Caulker thrown up top

Welsh Xavi strikes late to save face

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He’s come a very long way
From Stocksbridge Park Steels
Goodbye from Sheffield Wednesday
Now gulping back fours with his meals

With Halifax and Fleetwood Tan
Clocked more miles than a hitchhiker
Blooming with […]

Liverpool 1-0 Leicester

Four winless games halt to an end
By the big sub Benteke
An end to the Foxes winning trend
And three points on Boxing Day

Skrtel watched from the box seat
Whilst the Reds let off […]

Player, pundit, presenter
Fearsome union leader

The Bearded Beatnik always fit the bill

Craven Cottage fame
He once scored five in a game
Farewell Jimmy as you trot over the Hill

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Liverpool 2-1 Bordeaux – Europa League

Attacking burst from Kolo Toure
Time wasting from Mignolet
Polished finish from Henri Saivet
Milner spot kicks thanks to Benteke

Milner assistswith good grace
Benteke […]

Stoke 0-1 Liverpool

Clyne and Benteke,
Milner and Gomez on their way

Now just thirty seven games to go

Easy win some may scoff
Brenda’s Reds have lift off

Thanks to El magician Coutinho

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Tonight is a night to bring much hope
To restore faith in humanity
We think of those who struggle to cope
Street orphans who’s life we pity

Ivanovich is minted Manish may scream
They crazy for that big […]

Young babes silently cry
Resting rough on a cold street
Sleepy and not one single eye is dry
Add a quivering little heartbeat

Barefoot and begging so far from home
Talibés exploited and in much danger
Without a […]

FA Cup semi final 2015: Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool

I headed with high hopes to Wembley
Semi with Anwar, Mian and Saad
It was Suarez who’d struck me glory
My winning doodle on a sketch pad

Shay Given is clipped […]

For one day the Steel City became Merseyside
No blots on the horizon point to trouble
The Red machine is in full swing
All conquering on the road to the double

Through the peak district to Sheffield
Fans savour […]

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with the team in full flow, hats
off to red hendo

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AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Liverpool
FA Cup 3rd Round

Bad visions of eighty eight
When the Dons seized Wembley
But Gerrard the Liverpool great
Banished the dreams of Neil Ardley

Plough Lane spirit at Kingsmeadow
A goal […]