Football Poets

Does God support the Redmen Dad?
Is Jesus Anfield bound?
Does Moses warm his fiery heart
In the Kop on Saturdays found
Does St. Peter copy Kenny’s moves
Whilst James and John link up
And pass to Matthew on the […]

These are the nights we live for
Great European nights oh what legends
Are born from such fires
The Kop singin’ our anthem YNWA
My heart burst long before me ears
Shanks smilin’ down his pride ringin’
Around […]

I love listening to Roger McGough
On the radio, in the afternoon
Reading his own words
Speaking his own poems
In that educated Scouse of his
I love the journey from Me and My Cat to
A Square Dance to The Fallen […]

(if you weren’t you, who would you like to be?)

Harry Bradshaw Raby Howell Joe McQue
Malcolm McVean Alex Raisbeck
Ted Doig Arthur Goddard Sam Hardy
Jack Parkinson Sam Raybould

Tom Bromilow Harry Chambers […]

I love the colour Red
The vibrant passionate hue of warmth
First colour in the rainbow
James Dean’s jacket, a warning, a sign
Danger…

I love the colour Red
Those redhearts, bleeding, loving
Dreaming, coursing, […]

The ball just sticks to Larsson’s Boots
He seems to score each time he shoots
And like The Lawman when he wore the blue
To send the Mancs down to Division 2
Their former idol the King himself
He put ther dreams […]

Shining brightly in the Anfield rain
A new number 10
A new hero
How well you conjured your magic
Weaving and threading
Like a master craftsmen
New songs will be sung
New legends forged
In the fires of Liverpool […]

Dalglish and Lydon
Anfield and Probe
Joe Strummer came by
Into Liverpool strolled
The Clash and Crass
John Cooper Clarke
The Cramps and still Lennon
The Boys from the tAR

Desnos and Bronte
Dead Kennedys Nash
Red […]

Football can’t stop bombs going off
Can’t stop planes crashing into buildings
Can’t stop children being used as political pawns
And bargaining chips…
Football can’t save lives when help arrives
Too late
Can’t […]

Not far off your age Dad
Not far off the age God took you home
Far too early too many words still to be said
I feel old, sometimes
And then again I think of you
And you’re far too young
To be dead
The Reds are […]

Do you remember?
What were you doing that day
When Justice suffocated with the
Twisted limbs and truth of Hillsborough
Put out the washing
Listened to the game on the radio
Where were you at 3.06 pm
When time and […]

The LiverBird hangs her noble head
Her tears stains the earth with blood
For 96 of her children were lost that day
Her daughters and her sons

The chimes of Justice silent still
The days still waits to dawn
To […]

Our striker comes from Toys R Us
Our goalie B & Q
Our midfield lads a pick and mix
From a car boot sale in Crewe!

Our gaffa comes from PoundStretcher
Our chairman down from SKY
Our defence a flat back four
Intact […]

This English orphan grew miracles for feet and
Played his football for Northampton Town
On his shirt there were no logos or sponsor’s names
Screaming out in the neon haze
Of money and power
On his boots there w […]

In 1930 the World Cup was born
And its birth pangs sang its joy
Jules Rimet the guardian and maker
The victors Uruguay
The strength of Meazza and Monti shone free
1934 in the glory that was Rome
Zamora and Langara […]

The beauty of Zico his colours of light
The free kicks of Carlos they turn in mid-flight
The vision of Gento, the grace of Eder
The chants from the terrace for Roger Milla
The music of Kopa the rhythm of Jair
The […]

The season sets off with a loss to The Arse
Lauren and Henry grab the points from the park
And then Mikey thumps 3 past the Villa
Didi does City and our season can start
Flew off to Bucharest and the UEFA Cup
In […]

In The Kop we have witnessed the
Sons of our glory
And we told of their deeds
To the stars in the sky
And we looked to our heroes
Led out by Bill Shankly
Wrapped up in his red scarf
Our heavenly guide

In The Kop […]

He joined the reds at 17
A boy of tender years
His legend burns a blazing light
For those who worship here
He’d race the flanks down either side
His heart flew like the wind
And once he put a hat trick past
The […]

Come back the reds who served us well
Come back the brave whose deeds we tell
Come back Lawler the silent knight
Come back The Mac and bring your light
Come back “Bionic Carrot” save us again
Just like you did […]