Football Poets

They have lost the habit of losing
And boring 0-0 draws
They’re classsy sassy full of fire
Think Henry when he scores
So what if passions flare and scorch
Those gallic souls so frail
It’s all for one and one for […]

The curling swirling free colours
Of a Wayne Rooney goal
Perfect symmetry coming together
Like the shades of a rainbow
The arc of a free kick
Stretching over the agonised fingers
Of the goalkeeper…
Those […]

Shankly’s spirit looks down from high
It’s been 23 years since he said goodbye
And now in heaven with Bob and Joe
He cheers the Reds through rain and snow
The days are quieter titles scarce
But history’s lessons […]

That blessed head
Netting goals
Like fishes and loaves
Galilee’s fishermen
Looked on in envy
For by the banks of the Mersey
You were catching men’s souls.

Fiery red hair
Matched the red shirt
And burning boots
Like Blake’s arrows
You fed our desire
And flamed our dreams
A pitch scorched with passion
The Kop roared, roared you on
And as Razor cajoled the ball
Your […]

Scottish Steel and Irish Fire
Both now new weapons must acquire…

A voice that whispered in my ear
Spoke: “Those of faith will all meet here”
The Shankly Gates flung open wide
My Father’s Ghost waits there inside
And home the heart whose passions spent
And followed love as […]

Stop the world for a moment
Drag down the boundaries and fences
Pull up the stone barriers and rip up the flags
Dispense with slogans and spin
Bin the logos and neon spanglers
Pull down the billboards and […]

All of life
Coursing through
Each thirsty vein
Binding dreams
And racing off down a road
That opened its journey
Upon the shoulders
Of the broad elephantine figure
The little cannon
Carrying a nations desire
Hopes […]

Dancing through defences
The easy rhythm
Poured from the
Ancestral soul
Whose bright colours
Spoke the strength of sun
The breath of blood
The joy of earth
Packed into those tireless boots
So richly blessed.

The old knees
with their battle-weary scars
That spoke so many grand stories
The voice gentle as velvet
Yet not always so secure
and the rogue’s heart
that took to wandering
with a smile
with a shrug
carried the p […]

The patron saint
Of aerial combat
His tireless lion heart
Pursued lost causes
With the passion of St. Jude
And gave them all a home.

The loved man
Whose vigorous limbs
Moved with a sensual fever
Across the fertile turf
Eager to touch his golden boots
Ran off the beat and the breath
And the dreams of the passionate hearts
Gathered upon the […]

Just being you
Wearing the same red shirt
Borrowing your name and angles
Making me good at maths
On a football pitch
I was a ghost stitched to your shadow
Copying every move
Awkward growing limbs
Hesitant but […]

The town is culture to a core
Blue or red through Lennon’s door
The Cavern stage is set to see
Another saint, so let it be

The snarling wisdom, sarky verbs
My working class summed up in verse
Yea Anfield’s green […]

Up and down towns Saturday
Shops bristle with a quieter life
Roads congest a little less
Whilst at football grounds
Hearts and Souls meet
Join in prayer and love
And bond hope with faith
As songs break through […]

Strong in defence
Kept his head and used it wisely
Not scared to go out alone
And create myriad chances
Upon dusty neglected pitches
And with one perfect piece of precision
Connected God Man and Football
A pulse […]

We’ll sing a song, a Kopites song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o’er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning’s light,
Here in […]

Sad red hearts strewn the length
Of the East Lancs
The chill wind of defeat catches throats
Songs fall silent
Yet none walk alone.

Tell Heaven’s XI to get their
Boots and shirts on
The manager’s just arrived….