A brilliant collection of football poems by Nick Toczek containing such classics as 'Don't Put Noel in Goal', 'Football Family Man' and 'Why Groundsmen Never Relax', but mostly packed with brand-new poems. from A Football is the Ball for Me I don't want a bowling ball built like a brick and volleyball is horri-ball it gets on my wick. I want a ball, a ball, a ball I can kick.