Football Poets

Beneath the tinsel and the tat
And millionaires who preach
A voice is calling from the past
My heart it longs to reach

Like Marley’s Ghost it calls me home
And down the roads I stroll
Like drops of rain inside my […]

The love of Football
Like the love of a good friend
Priceless.

The poetry in motion
Upon a football pitch
Whence a Dalglish turn punctuates
The essential wisdom
And simplicity of a game
Thus spake Shankly, Busby, Stein
A Nation’s pride immortalised
Crave rhyme and […]

King Luis scored a cracker
And Nando joined the show
Whilst Cisse’s in the counting house
Adding to his goals!
The Reds sail on to glory
With the promised land in sight
Crouchy he just needs a goal
To lift his […]

Football is cleaning up its act
Racist chanting is not acceptable
But still the spectre of homophobia
Hangs over modern terraces
Name calling abuse threats of violence
“You’re an effin’ queer” snarls out from An […]

Funny old game football
Each week without fail
The hacks will describe with relish
The obscene amounts of money
Being lavished on teenage chavs
With mortal flaws
And these semi skilled superstars
Live in houses […]

It breaks your heart this football game
Left chasing shadows in the dark
But lace your boots and grab the shirt
And pick your dreams up off the park

Your toes are frozen to the concrete
Your voice is hoarse and […]

Fate deals her hand
The pitch is balanced
Boots laced and primed
But when goals are lost
To mistimed angles
The points brought home
Will not be ours.

The mistimed tackles
Against static walls
A punctured ball blasted
Somewhere over the railings
It was only yesterday surely

Grazed knees
Cut and bloodied
Well earned scars when I was
Goal King then Bobby Moore […]

Liverbird’s wings clipped
Rafa’s hopes downed by Dowie
Super Eagles soar.

It’s not even November yet and
Everywhere the plastic fir trees
Tumble out of packaging and promotions
Anyone else tired of the tinsel
Worn out with wrapping paper
I mean Halloween hasn’t been and
Still Christmas […]

The breath of the terrace crystallizes
The songs paint pictures alive and vibrant
The moon peeps from behind the clouds
Fully gowned she moves in silence
Closer closer down
And if it rains who cares
There are 11 […]

Autumn said to summer
“It’s my turn sleepy head”
Summer yawned then
Stretched and groaned
“Ok, ok not yet!”

Winter blew down
Autumn’s leaves
And froze them to the earth
“You’re late, you’re late, I just can’t wai […]

The Special One’s a Brand Name
Like Nike and the like
Tom Carlyle for manager
The real sign of our times!

Anonymous as a linesman
Is truly to be seen and not heard
Referees assistants? yeah right
Not famous like Poll
Grabbing headlines with cards
Never controversial
Like Riley
Well perhaps
When the urge takes
An […]

Jeff Stelling Jeff Stelling
Is really compelling
Like James Bond
As slick and as smooth
Kamara has passion
McQueen now in fashion
And Thommo is biased, it’s true!

Jeff Stelling Jeff Stelling
His name I love […]

The finest the best in the land
He’s a star with the mic in his hand
He’s big and he’s brave with his words
And he’ll moan and he’ll groan and he’ll curse

Up with the lark for the game
The kick off at noon its […]

Caught in the The Mariners’ whirlpool
The Premiership big fish struggled
And gasped for air and explanations
As Kalala’s exquisite volley
Thundered past Jol’s patience
And the Spurs defence
To nestle in the […]

When I was at Junior School
The boy who sat next to me
Said that Pele’s legs were twice as old
As the rest of his body
All because of the tricks and flicks
The “bicycle kicks”
But mostly those late tackles […]

Football could learn so many lessons
From this one life
Walking the walk
Knowing that those who follow
Do so in footsteps
Not in pursuit of revenge or glory
But Justice
Fair Play for all
And always running the […]