On First Looking at English Football

[Magpie]

Hi, read this again after a couple of weeks (and a couple of defeats and a step closer again to relegation). I like it more now, I think  I preferred elements of the other one that weren't in this but overall this is a better poem. 
Really like the third stanza -

Especially I admire the stoic goalie,
and dread the penalty kick,
that seems too much like an execution;
follow the commentators’ strange poetry
and the thundering chants from massed spectators, 
like cinematic Zulus 
who threaten with distorted hymns.

and I know it's not a critique forum, so forgive me for 

I admire the stoic goalie,
and dread the penalty kick,
- seems too much like an execution;
I follow commentators’ strange poetry
and thundering chants from massed spectators, 
like cinematic Zulus 
who threaten with distorted hymns.

I think this is an excellent short poem in itself 

Cheers for the reread 

mark