Football Poets

Sol Campbell hides his springs well
He rarely ever shoots
Pure muscle on the 10 yard line
His head as hard as boots
Quiet like but what a man
The 2 goals in the pot
The Highbury Library stood to cheer
Moysie’s […]

Moyes is back down to the dust
His wings clipped by 5 goals
The Toffees hopes they came unstuck
They need a friend to phone
EasyJet will sponsor them
For European jaunts
That last as long as MFI’s
Lamenated […]

Dream of dreams
Racing across the eternal pitch
The promise Heaven sheathed
And kept for the eyes
Of her own terrace
Sun moon merge into one
Night day spin
Whilst one star
Shines out from time
And memory
Like […]

There’s “Toilet Kids” who can’t sit down
“Blanket Grandad” it’s cold at the ground
“Giant Haystacks” knows it all
“Spy Kid” shouts and screams and bawls

The “Rattle Girl” winds up the front
Whilst “Stella Boy” he […]

A murmur gathers on the breeze
A voice behind the clouds
A glimpse I see of heaven’s grace
For heaven surely I am bound
The dazzling light the homely charm
The friends all gathered near
Familiar faces all well l […]

Eyes cool as icicles
Shining gold primed boots
A nod to the terrace
And then
As the moon climbs
Beyond the rain of clouds
The striker heaven bound
With quizzical limbs
Hunts for goals
In the swan silent
Stealth of dreams.

It’s not in the blue of the sky up above
It’s not in your shoes or boots or your gloves
It’s not in the stones and the gravel of the park
But in the blood and the faith that pours through your heart
It’s not in […]

Down the Walton Breck Road the red scarves fill the air
Mates meet with mates and legends are shared
A pint at the Albert a chance for a song
The faces familiar and each face belongs
Through the gates of Bill […]

The lads in the gold shirts
Dance Samba rhythms
But “Digger” he wore Red la
This is Anfield rap like
The brilliance of miracles
A mould broken
And a pair of football boots
Made up in Brazil.

The “Golden Bomber”
From whose graceful crop
Came the rich harvest
Of goals
The yellow fire
Illuminated with
Dreams of glory
Outshining the noise
From the turbulent terrace.

Footballer
Unfasten your wings
And lace up your boots

Burst forth
Boots stinging
To ignite dreams

The slow shadows
Of defences crouch beside
The dust of your studs.

Cloudbursts, rainbows and genius
With the ball stitched to your toes
On invisible threads
Wove a tapestry of brilliance
As those twisted limbs unraveled
To reveal such beauty
Gracing football pitches
A fast […]

England’s “Artful Dodger”
Goalmouth pickpocket
Whose boots packed
With beestings and fireworks
Bewitched a terrace
Heavy with anticipation, hope
And nicotine.

The man in black

“The Octopus”

with the feline vertebrae

whose elastic muscles flexed

with lithe perfection

to slide through skin

into legend

smooth

like the decadent slide

of a jazz trombone.

Twisting and turning
Like a sidewinder
Total football
Captivating
Upon a canvas
Silent as stars
Creating light from darkness
Not quite God perhaps
But just as Heavenly.

The ink is dry upon the page
The date to sign is set
The medical is going well
At least that’s what is said

Soon we’ll get the soundbites
The newspin and the like
The badge is kissed a shirt is signed
Oh hype oh […]

The quietly spoken Cid
Man of passion and vision
Building dreams
Down by the banks
Of The Mersey
Arrogance declares by words
Genius delivers by deeds.

A ball motionless on the pitch
Hunting boots sniffing out goals
Laced with the scent of glory
Beckons towards the
Creator of Dreams
Shaping history from angles
To nestle in the immortal world
Of past and […]

The Premiership is up and running
Like groundhog day we all return
To moan and groan about the prices
It seems as fans we never learn
Ah well it’s for the glory moments
Silver cups and titles won
God loves a trier […]

The footballing gods have a humour
And relish the chance one again
To join with the kopites at Anfield
And mingle with Jose’s blue men
Rafa will sort us out sound
Before we head off to the Bridge
And Jose wrapped […]