Football Poets

Solihull 0-0 Leyton Orient

Strikers win you games in the main
But defences win a campaign
Orient came and left their mark
Against The Moors at Damsen Park

Solihull choose to up the ramp
Led by a Premier […]

Leyton Orient 2-0 Harrogate

It’s a very Good Friday
With Brisbane Road jam packed
Thanks to Howard we watch the play
The O’s are look really compact

McAnuff whips one into the crowd
Coulson glances and […]

Liverpool 2-0 Salah

When racists reared their ugly head
Anfield went Ballistic with rile
After honouring the 96 and Tommy Smith
Hit the Blues like a Cruise Missile

Henderson propels the […]

Southampton 1-3 Liverpool

As the season enters the final bend
Liverpool still chase the gong
Keita leads the fight back for a win
When the Saints score through Long

Solo Salah rocks St […]

Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham

The 400th goal scored by Liverpool
Under the stewardship of Jurgen Klopp
Is an own goal by Toby Alderweireld
And it takes us back to the top

A glut of missed chances
Left the […]

Atta Elayyan 1985-2019

Friday the day of Jumuah
For Muslims their greatest day
Atta Elayyan and forty eight souls
To the Mosque they went to pray

He kept goal for the Futsal team
New Zealand and […]

Everton 0-0 Liverpool

Although it was quite stormy
Twas an attack shy Merseyside derby
Tenth placed Everton still in the frame
A derby win in their nineteenth game?

With Liverpool seeking the […]

Liverpool 5-0 Watford

Trent set trends and headlined
Assists in a game times three
Just the fourth Red with such a feat
After Collymore, Smicer, Aquilani

Aged 20 years and 143 days
He’s the youngest e […]

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

Liverpool return to the top of the list
But rue an opportunity missed
Overall the game was poor
A frustrating goalless draw

An injury exit for Bobby
United reply with […]

Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth

Liverpool return to the top
An easy win at Anfield
Sadio’s dive from Millie’s cross
Gini’s sublime chip had it sealed
Moments after the break,
Keita and Firmino set up a pass […]

Pele screamed “Gol”
Alberto and Jairzinho tricky
Banks saves heart and soul
Modestly terming it “lucky”

Brilliance from the World Cup winner
In the heat of Guadalajara
Chesterfield, Leicester, Stoke, […]

West Ham 1-1 Liverpool

Reds train at Brisbane Road
To practise their kicks and throws
Liverpool are visiting East London
Monday football starts with The O’s

Mane beats Fabianski
The Hammers gave us a f […]

Liverpool 1-1 Leicester

With City dropping two
We hail Rafa and his crew
Klopp’s men are in the red
Chance to go seven ahead

There came a thirty pass move
Senegal Mane in the groove
Skidding shot, l […]

Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace

All is good with the Premier League
In the land of the well heeled
Roy bought over his Eagles
For a goal fest at Anfield

Townsend got the ball rolling
Salah and Bobby look […]

Brighton 0-1 Liverpool

The blips over, we’re back in control
Salah with his seventeenth goal
Pascal Gross such a great host
We got a slender win on the south coast 
 
Commanding, strong and war […]

Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool

The best team in the land
Lose to the second best
Pep is under no illusions
Klopp’s men are a real test

The Reds arrived at the Etihad
To meet Aguero’s loaded gun […]

The warning signs had been there
When Maitland-Niles scored first
Bobby hit back with two
From then the Gooners were cursed

Mane hits number three
Mohamed lays it on a plate
Arsenal back line […]

Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle

Boxing Day footballs on
Rafa’s come to town
Yet the Toon army leave
With a great big whopping frown

Joselu spurned a good one
Lovren stepped up to the test
With a cracking h […]

Kenny Dalglish
He picked up the bling
Now a sir
But always the king

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‘Who’ll hear the orphan’s cry?
‘They’re full of fear and dread’
We took our team on the road
To play football with them instead

Haji Eusuf orphanage, Chattak
We met 53 orphans that day
Zoinul and Moshahi […]