Friendly Matches by Allan Ahlberg

A superb collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game. Written in a variety of verse forms - sonnets, rhyming couplets and more. As good as previous collections!

Taylor: "I am delighted to be Newcastle United's Reading Star for 2008/09. The two books I have chosen are, for children, Allan Ahlberg's Friendly Matches' which is packed with great poems and verses about youngsters playing football, and for adults, Bobby Robson My Kind of Toon. Sir Bobby gave me my Newcastle United debut in 2004 and I have a great deal to thank him for. The book is not just about football but the City of Newcastle upon Tyne too and it's a great read."