Football Poets

There once was a team called Vicenza,
That strolled into town full of chutzpah.
But three goals they then shipped,
Got their ears soundly clipped,
Sure they weren’t granted any clemenza. […]

Well I’m quite keen on football,
As keen as anyone.
Out here I follow Genoa,
In England Everton.

I’ve never had a problem
With lapping it all up,
But now we have reached Overkill,
It’s all getting […]

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
So says Juliet in her Balcony Speech.
And when we hear or read it, most nod and agree.
Only I beg to differ. Con […]

It was thirty years ago today,
In a very merry month of May,
We’d been playing all year long with flair,
We were slicker than young Tony Blair,
So we’re calling just to remind you,
That we’re able to […]

You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days.

But you gotta support […]

The Reds were celebrating,
All primed and set to party.
They thought they had the match wrapped up,
They’d reckoned without Tarky.

The game was drawing to a close,
Just seconds on the clock.
The […]

I will follow thee where’er thou goest.
Be thou in highest place or in lowest.
Runn’st thou the swiftest or the slowest.
When autumn leaves fall, when fruit on branch groweth.
When reaper reaps, when […]

They said we were ungrateful,
When we sacked Allardyce.
I dread to think what folk will say,
Now that we’ve dumped Sean Dyche.

But football is a business,
There is no place for ruth.
If you can’t […]

Do you recall Everton back in the day?
In years long gone by, before Ninety-Five?

Up front we had men who could stick it away,
Like Bill Dean, Bob Latchford, McKenzie and Gray.

Our midfielders shone […]

Back when I lived in Blighty,
And went to football Grounds,
I’d sometimes hear a mocking chant
Around the place resound:

“You’re supposed to be at home.”
Away fans they would sing,
When their team was two […]

Selling to survive is an art.
Some clubs do it exceptionally well.

They flog their star player for a princely sum,
Then unearth two nuggets that make their Ground hum.
Two young, bright prospects who […]

The whole week long we trained hard for this match.
We practised corners, throw-ins, penalties.
And free kicks too, from fifteen, twenty yards.
Next came an hour of dribbling around cones,
To make sure […]

Well I don’t know why we’re feeling this fright,
But it’s clear that something ain’t quite right.
And our noses feel so out of joint,
Three games played and not a single point!
Clowns in the Boardroom, […]

When I was just a little boy,
I asked my mother who I’d support.
Would it be Villa, Leeds or Man U?
Here is her proud retort:

“Que sera sera,
Whatever will be will be.
You’re gonna be a Toffee, […]

Two nations went to Germany
In search of Silverware.
Now read these lines of poetry
To see how they both fared.

The Scots played with true grit and pride,
But they could not progress.
Their fans […]

We’ve had the Premier League Campaign,
Plus two domestic Cups.
Three European Tournaments,
Now isn’t that enough?

No, we have not yet had our fill,
Our thirst is still not slaked.
There’s more to […]

Man City won the Premier League,
Their fourth one in a row!
And they have won much more besides,
From strength to strength they go.

But judging by this dear website,
The world would hardly know it. […]

“Twenty-five percent possession?
Doesn’t sound that much.
Twenty-five percent possession?
Surely not enough.
Twenty-five percent possession?
Reckon we’ll need more.
Let the Red Shirts hog the ball, […]