Snatching defeat out of victory’s jaws, We threw it away once again. Draws became losses and wins became draws And all we have left is the pain. We thought for a while we’d get out on parole And walk out, head high, from this jail. But promotion remains an impossible goal And suddenly we’re looking […]

Oh Lord, if you’re listening, Look down with good grace. The teardrops are glistening Upon my sad face. Our enemies may chide us For dreams built on sand But Lord, won’t you guide us To more fruitful land? My ribcage is bony, I’ve gotten so thin. The pathway is stony And punctures my skin. There’s […]

This morning, by the pool, My wife walked past A bright red plastic football Teetering on the edge.. So close, She could have toe-ended it in, Or flicked it sideways Or rolled it back onto her instep And done a few keepie-uppies, Or executed a Cruyff turn, Or stepped over it and stabbed it With […]

We’re papering over the cracks, Absolving undisciplined backs. We’re blaming the ref in An orgy of effin’ And turning the vol to the max. We failed to demolish Athlone Because we are accident-prone. But to that, we’re quite deaf, We’ll just blame the damned ref And hide our faults under a stone. Decisions square out […]

As almost every Shels fan owns, We don’t know much ‘bout Bray Unknowns. Unknown by nature and by name, To Shelbourne fans, their only fame Is that we stuffed them once nine – nil, A score that’s on our records still. And though the years have flown since then, We’ve never notched a perfect ten. […]