Starter For Ten

Added on 07 July 2010

At last The Dutch Are back in the final For the first time Since the Age of Vinyl But will they play Total Football or Total Pish Squirming around Like an argumentative fish Out of water That is the question

The Hand of Dog

Added on 05 July 2010

It had seemed it would be A South American World Cup That's what the world was thinking But the dull iceberg Of European football Stood in the way And now the ship is sinking Only Uruguay lie in the path Of European domination There by the grace of the Hand of God That sorrowful abomination And wh...

Their Heads Hung Low

Added on 03 July 2010

There were four As the world crumbled And ambition and hope lay shredded Brazil The playground bullies Who could not stand When someone else stood up The Netherlands How we hated them For spoiling the party But only for a few hours And now they are the heroes And redemption Rests on their Arrogant...

How Many Men

Added on 02 July 2010

At last a return to football After two days In majestic impotence Once more the giants will Walk the fields of glory Spraying passes of gold Like streams of urine In the water closet of World Cup dreams But how many grown men Will grab their leg And cry like children How many men will clutch thei...

A Perfect Storm

Added on 01 July 2010

Another day without football The second in succession It seems to stretch on for years Like the global recession An arid desert of tennis and golf And sports that are called Minority sports As if sports that aren't football Are not all a minority sport But at least today It is the first round of 2...