• World Cup 1974
    Where Mexico had stuttered through a sad, disjointed mess, The Germans really took the ball and ran. The tournament became a most remarkable success With every facet going quite to plan. Logistically, it went off as they always hoped it would, They put on a remarkable display Efficiency, communication, everything was good, And organised in […]
  • Opium
    The game of football can be found Wherever an expanse of grass is. Urgent voices will resound, Calling for those telling passes. Injustices may well abound, Nations wallow in morasses, Emperors deposed and crowned, Worshipped by the working classes. But when the ball is sprayed around, The world is seen through greener glasses. Yes, it’s […]
  • Stormin Norman
    He wasn’t well-known for his light side, His tackling was quite on the bright side And his marking always on the tight side, (His former opponent Mark Bright sighed.) At first he was well on the slight side, But touched base with his own cellulite side. ‘Twas advised to get well on the right side […]
  • The Finger of Suspicion
    It’s long and curved and menacing, with dark hairs on the knuckle. Whenever it is raised aloft, the strongest knee may buckle. It fans deep-ingrained sentiments and stokes up fierce attrition. Reputations wilt beneath the finger of suspicion. Remember Argentina and those tickertape receptions, Worthy World Cup winners, by the home fans’ own perceptions. To […]
  • Match abandoned
    The ashen-faced young boy, Holding tight his father’s hand, Watches hooligans destroy All the seating in the stand. As the debris is slung down With triumphal shouts of hate, He just stares with puzzled frown At the tumbling plastic spate. Every seat that’s rudely hurled With repulsive racist cries Makes his innocent young world Fall […]