Football dinks about and occasionally A long pass looks straight but indirectness Tends to be the name of the game you see So when Van de Ven slid by sad Rashford We assumed a pass was then on the cards. Instead, he was off, Lipizzaner-like, Galloping into the United half Red shades failing about him, […]

Mick Jones, feet slightly splayed, white boots bearing Down on goal, muscle and heft and steaming; Alan Clarke, malice and cunning, rat-sharp, Arms isoscele’d, sleeves gripped tight, net keen. Lorimer of the thick hair, burl, looking To kill with a kick that fat old leather ball With no twist or swerve – mere velocity. Johnny […]