Friday, 31 August 2012

dead lines

image from skysportsnews.com


                                                                           breaking news
                                                                           deadlines nigh
                                                                           read between
                                                                           yellow lines.
                                                                           in the studio
                                                                           on location
                                                                           roving reporters
                                                                           live to the nation
                                                                           as the news it breaks
                                                                           it drops
                                                                           it falls
                                                                           deadline day
                                                                           a free for all.
                                                                           now we're live
                                                                           to Matt or Jim
                                                                           let's hear what's
                                                                           going on within
                                                                           the deepest bowels
                                                                           the inner sanctums.
                                                                           chairman hid behind
                                                                           pulled blinds
                                                                           players sign
                                                                           on dotted lines
                                                                           managers lean
                                                                           from gleaming cars
                                                                           deadlines loom
                                                                           days turn to dark.
                                                                           while the whirlwind
                                                                           outside unfurls
                                                                           you're caught up
                                                                           in its heady world
                                                                           like a trader
                                                                           in the ring
                                                                           BUY! BUY! BUY!
                                                                           your voice it sings;
                                                                           you need that striker
                                                                           defensive cover
                                                                           midfield maestros
                                                                           not just another
                                                                           year of endless misery
                                                                           carpe diem
                                                                           opportunities
                                                                           to make the difference
                                                                           live the dream
                                                                           travel Europe
                                                                           worlds unseen.
                                                                           the time is nigh
                                                                           it's all but done
                                                                           another year
                                                                           another run
                                                                           at the big time
                                                                           a title tilt
                                                                           push for promotion
                                                                           feel no guilt
                                                                           of the vast swathes
                                                                           of money spent
                                                                           in a country
                                                                           swallowed by debt.
                                                                           but now's no time
                                                                           for reality checks
                                                                           sign more players
                                                                           gargantuan cheques
                                                                           another year
                                                                           another day
                                                                           in which us fans 
                                                                           can hope and pray.
                                                                           the clock has ticked
                                                                           midnight falls
                                                                           it's live to Jim
                                                                           the deal has stalled.

Thursday, 30 August 2012

real worlds

image from the guardian

nurses plead
patients bleed
power reigns
gluttony
greed

fireman break
no longer take
the fall
the grief
the heartbreak

policeman strike
before they're struck
a middle-man buck
but with whom
does it stop?

footballers sales
four-billion pounds
laws unknown
oblivious worlds
but then,
who cares?



Saturday, 25 August 2012

felix



image from the soccer room

the weakest link

(or so they said)

the heavy smoker

the paper man.

stood alone 

in solitary navy

while boys in yellow

danced to victory

cementing your name

in history.




Thursday, 23 August 2012

roulette wheel

image from expressandstar.com


merry-go-rounds
roulette wheels
bargains, extortion
last minute deals

strikers & stoppers
midfield enforcers
new kids on the block
horses for courses

over the odds
over the hill
prices too steep
on-the-side deals

impatient fans
coaches moulding their squads
chairman and agents
protecting their wads

shiny new kits
kissing the crest
another new club
they wear on their chest


Thursday, 16 August 2012

one door shuts

image from guardian.co.uk

while football mourns 

the death of your

lifes work,

let us rejoice

that the only passing

is a career

not a life.

Sunday, 12 August 2012

rags to riches

image from reuters

ring loud the bells

wonted greed

rich getting richer

laymen seethe


smiles all round

suits in their ties 

raising a glass

their riches rise


the man in the stand

who works 9 'til 5

wondering where

the game went so awry



Sunday, 5 August 2012

in the spirit

caughtoffside.com


no
need
to
adhere
to 
the 
games 
spirit
when
all
you've
ever
done
is
break
it.

Thursday, 2 August 2012

wing and a prayer

image from whoateallthepies.com


fine sand through fingers

drifting through teams

ethereal motion

floating through dreams.

swaying with winds

cutting through skies

leaping from seats

the masses do rise