• Brian Hall RIP
    At school in the Sixties We all called you Albert, A boy who was destined for fame, And on bright Monday mornings Announcing a victory The Headmaster read out your name. So Preston schooled you And Liverpool taught you Then Bill Shankly made you a man. Hall and Steve Heighway Two graduates in grafting At […]
  • Memory On The Wayne?
    In nineteen hundred and fifty eight Queen Victoria was truly great. With a scorching drive at Hampden Park The Empress of India made her mark. Her goalscoring record was second to none It’s strange to think that her record’s now gone Overtaken by Elizabeth R Who has captained England near and far. She’s been our […]
  • What if Football Chants Were In Latin?
    We rise as one as the chant goes up Surge si Blackpool oderis Singing in tongues about the FA Cup (What mystery has come over us?) Supporters leap, supporters dance Ascendentes sumus Everyone loves those Latin chants Even the doom-and-gloomers Nisi vincentes non cantatis We sing as we take the lead Et in bordello non […]
  • Bronze Haiku
    Germany to beat A penalty (fingers crossed!) Yes! Our day has come.
  • WWC Round of 16~ Great Commentaries Revisited
    Henrik Ibsen, CAN YOU HEAR ME ? King Haakon of Norway! Sonja Henie! Roald Dahl ! Edvard Grieg! Roald Amundsen! Edvard Munch! yes Your girls took one hell of a beating!