Football’s back, the crowd’s go wild, brand new kit for every child, the beautiful game is back in play, where players strut and display, their outlandish haircuts, bold and bright, a fashion statement, it’s quite a sight. Tattoos inked with reckless glee, players pose because they’re on TV, offside flags go up and down, strikers’ […]

Who cares if it wasn’t a pen, against the Dutch, When luck rolls its dice, we’ve not had much, Maradona’s handball in ’86, A dirty trick that history couldn’t fix, In France 98, all our hopes were marred, When Beckham was shown that fateful red card, Sol Campbell’s winning goal, cruelly denied, And another glorious […]

In the Euros’ first week, the tension was tight, No easy games, every team had to fight. Portugal edged the Czech’s, just by a hair, A 2-1 victory, nerves in the air. Denmark and Slovenia, an entertaining draw, One goal each, leaving fans wanting more. England met Serbia, a 1-0 affair, The Three Lions squeaked […]

In 66 we won the cup, The football world was shaken up. But since then, it seems, we’ve had a curse, Our football luck’s been quite perverse. In 1970, we gave it a try, But in the quarter-finals waved goodbye. In 86, Maradona’s ‘hand of god’, Won the quarter-final for the cheating sod. Italia 90 […]

In the depths of sorrow, where pain runs deep Where hearts are shattered and tears silently weep A football club emerges, a beacon of hope For bereaved fathers, a lifeline to cope For our lost little ones, forever held dear Our spirits soar, in every cheer Through the pain, a bond so strong A football […]