Each team would somehow pick itself No boys were left upon the shelf No substitutions, sulks or shame If you showed up, you got a game. . Not 2-3-5 or 4-2-4 But 2-8-12 or even more Six centre-forwards, five right wings Was just the normal run of things . Lined up then in such formations […]
Picture this, you’re gazing down Upon that smoky factory town. Weaves of streets spread out, converge And from the houses boys emerge. . Boys in boots and boys in wellies Skinny boys and boys with bellies Tiny boys with untied laces Brainy boys with violin cases . The match was played to certain rules By […]
Dad on the Line . I’m playing in this big game New kit, great pitch Proper goals with proper nets All of a sudden With rattle and scarf And a flask of tea … there’s Dad Come on, my son! says Dad Square ball! says Dad We are the champions! says Dad Que sera, sera. […]
Who Kicked Cock Robin? . Not I said the owl Gazing down sleepy eyed I’m not that kind of fowl And we’re on the same side. . Not I said the bee Buzzing back to his hive Cock Robin kicked me Then took a dive. . Not I said the grub My excuse is complete […]
Michael Owen Michael Owen, Michael Owen Runs so fast his boots are glowing. Kicks the ball for all his worth Now it’s orbiting the earth. Roger Stevens (1970 – ) . . . Tuesday 27th October 2015 Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division k.o.:- 7.45pm Longlevens […]
You Tell Me . Here are the football results League Division Fun Manchester United won Manchester City lost Crystal Palace 2 Buckingham Palace 1 Millwall Leeds nowhere Wolves 8 cheese roll and had a cup of tea 2 Aldershot 3 Buffalo Bill shot 2 Evertonil Liverpools’s not very well either Newcastle’s Heaven, Sunderland’s a very […]
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river wallows, born aloft Or sinking as the light wind […]
Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wave; All mimsy were the borogroves, And the mome raths outgrabe . “Beware the Jabberwocky, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jujub bird, and shun The furious Bandersnatch!” . He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long […]
The Grey Boys Oh Mother may I go to play With the grey boys in the street For I hear the thud of booted ball And the clattering of feet . My window overlooks the street The street lamps light the game The boys are mad to kick the ball And I feel just the […]
I closed my eyes Drew back the curtain to see for certain What I thought I knew Far Far away Someone was weeping But the world was sleeping Any Dream Will Do . I wore my coat With golden lining Bright colors shining Wonderful and New And in the East The Dawn was breaking […]
