Football Poets

A black and white chain has been broken
Which has held strong for Forty One year
The Fairs cup winners today are in mourning
With the passing of Jackie Sinclair.
The wee man from north of the border
Who was to […]

Spare a thought for the fourth official
Who puts up with all of the hassle
He gets it everywhere he goes
From Rochdale to Newcastle.
He just has to grin and bear it
Manager’s forever on his case
Be it Wenger, […]

I know what you were thinking
That must have been a fluke
But in truth we should have scored some more
We let Villa off the hook.
Anything Chelsea or the Arsenal did
We thought we’d do the same
The entertainers […]

We got what we expected
We could have wrote the script
Black n White lambs to the slaughter
So seriously ill equiped
And as Mike Ashley sat there watching
The purse strings still tied tight
We all face a long hard […]

Mathews, Milburn, Mannion
Long ago when they were young
Played the game with style and grace
Like words from a poets tongue.
And at grounds in post war England
From Roker Park to White Hart Lane
Crowds flocked […]

Central station is heaving with
Black n White tops
Cash tills been jingling
In all the clubs shops
On route to Glasgow
For a pre season game
Many opinions may differ
But our faith stays the same.

Sol Campbell ? He must be clocking on
Owld Geordie asked his mate
35 so the Chronicle says
Aye and past his sell by date.
Why de the Toon buy owld un’s
Remember Pearce, Rush, and Channon
A combined age of One […]

He caused many a nervous breakdown
And many grown men wept
At big Titus’s defensive frailties
Which were frankly quite inept.
And now that he has joined the Mackems
For just One million pound
He’ll continue […]

Probables v the Possibles
Why can’t we bring them back
When the reserve team defenders
Faced the first team attack.
No quarter asked or given
And we all got in for nowt
The season curtain raiser
And what the game […]

The kitty is empty
Purse strings are tied tight
The club has issued a statement
Revealing our plight.
No more big money signings
Goodbye Michael Owens
Next season we’ll rely on
Free transfers and loans.
With no […]

Championship won
Mission complete
We await the fixtures
Of who, and when we will meet
Who will we get rid of
And who will we buy
Big money signings
Now pie in the sky
We probably won’t spend a penny
With prudence […]

Bouncebackability
We have just proved our point
And on Easter Monday
How we rocked the joint
By kick off time at a quarter to eight
And Forty Eight thousand packed in Gallowgate
With promotion by then already […]

When I’m not watching football
And feeling quite bored
I climb the stairs to the spare room
Where my memories are stored.
Great North Run tee shirts
Worn out old trainers
And a VHS video called
‘The […]

We have stocked up on pickles
Pease pudding and pies
Posted out invitations
To Keegan and Wise
Chris Hughton and Ashley
And old Joe Kinnear
Without all their efforts
We would just not be here.
Broon ale and […]

I’m an old time supporter
Who would just like to support
The game that I once knew
When it was just sport.
Before millionaire players
Before private suites
Before the game became blighted
By divers and […]

Knee deep in snow
Most games are called off
My striker’s have frost bite
And I’ve got this cough.
My players are moaning
At the end of their tether
Not many have witnessed
This kind of weather.
The ice bath is […]

Five thousand at Wigan
Twelve thousand at Boro
Dwindling attendances
A sign of tomorrow?
Third round of the F.A.Cup
Once a magical day
Now fans in their thousands
Alas stay away.

Half a crown inside my pocket
Black n white scarf wrapped round my throat
Wearing a pair of my brothers trousers
And another brothers coat.
I got that half crown at Christmas
Tips from my paper round
Jumped on the […]

The ‘club source’ has been at it again
But I doubt if a word is true
He is in today’s ‘Sunday People’
With an ‘exclusive’ just for you.
The ‘club source’ who is now ‘close to Ashley’
Say’s none of our young stars […]

The Animals singing ‘Gonna send you back to Walker’
Inside the smokey Club a Go-Go
With buses lined up on Gallowgate
And just about to go go.
The clocks were striking midnight
As we headed South across the […]