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Welcome to Football Poets ~ Preserving your Football Poetry since 2000. Publish your football poems here, comment/discuss with fellow fans. Featured Poem & Image: Harry's greatest saves by John J O'Connor. New: your Nostalgia, RIP, Hillsborough & Munich Poems. Archived by The British Library. Registration is now open! Read the FAQ or sign up now.

Harry’s greatest saves

John J O’Connor 17th February 2020

As passengers moaned and writhed with pain
some were saved by Harry
from Coleraine.
As injured victims for life did beg
back into the plane dived Harry Gregg.

A Man United and Northern Ireland great
A hero in February of 58
Playing with United less than a year
on that fateful day he showed no fear.
An accomplished keeper
calm and brave
he could be counted on
to pull a top shelf save.
But for all the saves
he made as a pro
the best of the lot
were in the Munich snow

R.I.P Harry

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Graham Salter
27th January 2020 at 7:10 pm

The website is actually called Goal Nets and Stanchions.

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Graham Salter
13th January 2020 at 4:27 pm

Please insert after line 15 “Where life was hard and occasionally brutal”

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kevin halls
10th January 2020 at 3:19 pm

I meant to write 4th round. Oops !

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Clik The Mouse
23rd December 2019 at 3:07 pm

I loved all Mishi’s poems!

His passion shone through so brightly.

Every club needs a Mishi.

God Rest His Soul.

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Crispin Thomas
21st December 2019 at 10:24 am

Editor Note
Welcome to Football Poets Tony. More please! Keep on.

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Dachlan Cartwright
10th December 2019 at 11:47 pm

Hi Denys, it’s great to have another Toffee posting on Footy Poets. I haven’t contributed for some time, but if you click my name you’ll find some Everton poems going back several years.

Yes, now we’re all made up about the Chelsea result. And the return of the team spirit. And the two strikers formation.

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Crispin Thomas
21st November 2019 at 10:11 am

Thank you Al and Welcome to Football Poets..

Too often in the shadow and wake of Hillsborough, Bradford and Heysel, your powerful and emotive lines remind us of a tragic day when 66 died and many more were injured at Ibrox .

RIP

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Crispin Thomas
4th November 2019 at 9:51 am

great three lines Alex…table football..says it all

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A Bidewithme
16th October 2019 at 10:50 pm

Kev….. the Rev, of that place that rhymes with Les Fridge!

🙂

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Clik The Mouse
23rd September 2019 at 6:39 pm

Lewis Carroll or Andy Carroll?

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