Football Poets

Fulham 1-1 Liverpool

Now it’s Diogo Jota
Who joins the injured crop
Klopp’s men miss the chance
To take three points and go top

The Cottagers were dominant
Unsurprisingly taking the lead
R […]

If it takes a World Cup winner
To rise up and promote
He speaks about Dementia
It’s time we all took note

With the family’s consent
He’s offered his brain
Happy birthday Sir Geoff
Good luck with this […]

Liverpool 4-0 Wolves

Once again the fans return
Anfield is on the go
Singing hard on the Kop
I spot my pal Mario

Salah swoops to score first
Coady with a lapsed header
Anfield erupts in sheer […]

Brighton 1-1 Liverpool

Neco fells Connolly
Seagulls get an early look
Maupay fails from twelve yards
Potter scribbles his notebook

Dancing two challenges
Jota seems to seal the win
Finding the bottom […]

It was a dream come true
I’d emptied my savings tin
My broad smile stretched
From Bognor to Berlin

I would be the proud owner
Of a Diego Maradona boot
Now the barrel chested ones
Latest fanclub r […]

Liverpool 3-0 Leicester

A former United centreback
Jonny Evans scores an own goal
Leicester look to the summit
Brendan is seeking pole

There’s a fitting Reds tribute
For the great man Ray C […]

When Shankly arrived in 1959
The pavilion and fields were a mess
Describing it all in his memoirs
As a “sorry wilderness!”

Spotting craters Shankly asked
“Have the Germans been here?”
Superstars have si […]

Sweden at the World Cup
What a magnificent goal
Twenty years at the top
Happy birthday Joe Cole

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Man City 1-1 Liverpool

Bold with a bold 4-2-4
Klopp sends on the whole lot
Walker sends Mane to the floor
Salah one nil from the spot

Liverpool look electric
A front four having great fun
City are sure […]

“My name is John Barn-es!”
All the Reds still sing
Happy Birthday Barnesey
The King of the wing!

07 11 20

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At Brisbane Road, Leyton Orient
With the Alzheimer’s Society
I’m a Dementia Friends Champion
Beside skipper Charlie Lee

Arranged to meet match stewards
By Anwar Uddin, Howard Gould
Fair few fans live wit […]

Nobby Stiles, he with the dance
Effortless, without a hitch
England, World Champions
He jjgged round the Wembley pitch

Combative and unassuming
Next to the great George Best
Was a wall too for […]

Liverpool 2-1 West Ham

Liverpool go a goal behind
For the second week in a row
Fornals reacting to Gomez
Beating Alisson nice and low

Now the champions are behind
For the third game in a row
Penalty […]

“Masks and gloves !”
Roars Neville Southall
“When I wore them,
“I caught #%€$ (sod) all!”

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Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United

Fabinho took the centre back slot
Conceding an early penalty
Sander Berge after a VAR review
Foul on Oliver McBurnie

It’s all square by Firmino
A few minutes before t […]

Everton 2-2 Liverpool

Mane put the Reds ahead
Keane rises to answer the call
Rodriguez conducts the Blues
Thiago at the heart of it all

Ban Dijk out, Salah volleys in
Yerry Mina far from […]

Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool

Ollie Watkins in the first-half
Perfect hat-trick tops the polls
Jack Grealish having a hand
In five of the Villa goals

McGinn back in the act
Salah with a brace
Villa […]

Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal

In the week of a double header
One team will pay the price
Today it’s the Gunners
Who’ll be visiting Anfield twice

When Robbo commits an error
One so very rare
It’s one nil t […]

Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool

Christensen shown the red
Mane the Grim Reaper
Straight after half-time
Another nightmare for Kepa keeper

Mane took control
Heading in Firmino’s cross
Chasing down Arrizabalaga […]

Liverpool 4-3 Leeds

Mo Salah with a hat trick
This game needed a killer
Liverpool finally sink Leeds
In an opening day Anfield thriller

Salah on the opening day
For the fourth season in a row
Leeds […]