Football Poets

Liverpool 0-1 Southampton

Saints the last to beat the Reds
Sturridge stifled and put to bed

Along came Adam Lallana’s corner

A bump for Brendan’s men
As keeps happening now and then

Dejan Lovren with the w […]

Four hundred as skipper for a great
Part in all goals by old boy Shelvey
Sturridge’s four in a row create
A treble piece of history

Yet another gaffe from Jonjo
Moses silencing the Liberty
New boy with a […]

Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United

A noteworthy anniversary
Current boss all out to restore
Hundred year homage to Shankly
Reds best start since nineteen ninety four

Caressing a close range header
Storming […]

Sturridge sinks Villains
Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

Mignolet snaring his prey
Twice denying Benteke

Three points for Brendan’s bombardiers

Sturridge’s match winning streak
For a second straight week

Reds […]

Liverpool 1-0 Stoke

The Bosnian prowled his square mile
Huth drove the home team crossbar
Opening day win, it’s been a long while
But the headlines went to the other keeper

Sturridge’s strike and magic Mig […]

Iconic and soothing melody
Treasured by everybody

Jag, the voice of the British game

Iconic tones of the spheres
A fixture for forty years

Saturdays just won’t be the same

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(c) Emdad Rahman

Hampden on a scorching day
The Grandson of Bhoys legend Patsy
Gallacher threatens a giant slay
On Celtic’s centenary

Then Rogan’s chip from the stubble
And with the dices last throw
Mac the Knife leaps from the […]

Every effortless pass released
From l’Architetto the Azzurri de l’artiste
Trequartista to Regista

Il Metronomo scores on mode cruise
And the Azzurri never lose
Hundred Pirlo caps at the Maracana

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© Emdad Rahman

Kings Road lays out the red carpet
Bugle sounds on Stamford Bridge way
It’s that same guy, with the same heart
The Portugeezer has returned to the fray

Passionate nomad with love for adventure
With Rafa goes t […]

They came to protest that Mosque in York
A tiny digit of the enormous majority
Staven and Miah quarrelling the same case
Over the loss of the Drummer Lee Rigby

The English Defence League came calling
Met a […]

He modelled the red rouge in ninety six
A Bootle lad who was once a Blue
At Anfield the star stood affixed
Joining that exclusive one club crew

So football say’s a fitting goodbye
How we’ll miss that verbal […]

FA Cup Final 2013 – Man City 0-1 Wigan

Another winning Roberto makes it three
Martinez, Di Matteo, Mancini
Latics with vigour and immense vitality
To lift the first silverware in their history

Ben Watson’s head […]

Steel City for one day 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 […]

Barcelona 3-1 Rayo Vallecano

Messi Villa axis too strong for Rayo
Franjirrojos swept as a strong wind blew
Xavi, Puyol, Valdes absent from the show
Indomitable form at the Camp Nou

Villa slotting from a Messi […]

We’ve struggled with Man Yoo and Citeh
Stevie Clarke’s Baggies and Arsenal
Sticky Toffees and Rafa’s Chelsea
Then along came the mighty Cockerel

And it’s El Pistolero Suarez yet again
Strong character against […]

Queen Elizabeth met football royalty
Hair and face scrub amidst the melee
Then lifting the Jules Rimet trophy
Bobby Moore – He swapped shirts with Pele

Lionheart blocked Overath and Beckenbauer
Geoff Hurst’s […]

It’s February 6, 1958
Gloom falls on the doomsday set
3:04 p.m and it’s getting very late
No football fan can ever forget

Return from a Champions League tie
Clash with Red Star of Belgrade
From Munich Riem they […]

Liverpool 5-0 Norwich

We popped up to Anfield shivering
Day being treacherous, cold and gray
Suarez and Sturridge now starting
Together for the first time today

Rocket of a Henderson strike
Put the Reds ahead […]

The magic of the cup grew
For Donegal’s Carl McHugh

Beat Donegal’s Irish legend in the semi

Shay Given marked for a shirt
Boyhood hero was rather hurt

Bantams with a shock home victory

Bradford City 3-1 Aston […]

Inspired by the Toffee accolade
Hillsborough and Hollies top of the bill
Chart race leaves the nerves all frayed
“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother shoots uphill

Diamond geezer outsells the Crap Factor
“Imp […]