Football Poets

1945 Football Poetry Workshops in London June 2005 !

1945 Football Poetry Workshops London June 2005
with Crispin Thomas (Football Poets) & Peter Daniel

The Football Poets have undertaken recent workshops in Hull, Bradford, Stroud, Liverpool (Everton Study Centre), London(Libraries & Chelsea FC), Charlton Athletic,Stoke,Ascot, and even Brockworth ! For information on Football Poetry Workshops contact Crispin Thomas on crispin@ctmuk.freeserve.co.uk
or editors@footballpoets.org

Children’s Football Poems created during these workshops….

1 Pimlico, London: Pupils of Westminster Cathedral School 19.06.05
2 Bayswater, London :Pupils of St Mary Of The Angels 20.06.05

1………..SUNDAY JUNE 19TH 2005 ………………………….
Steaming 2 hour session with Pupils of Westminster Cathedral School at Pimlico Library.A session about Chelsea v Moscow Dynamo 1945, in which we acted out ,looked at football artefacts and pictures,discussed and then wrote some fun poems,which we then read, performed and sang (!) together…in 90 degrees heat!

UNITED FOREVER AGAIN

I remember the day
When my dad came home
From several long years of the War
My mum was crying
To see him again
As he walked back through our door

He dropped his sack
Swung me on his back
And said we’re off to football
Smiling he said
We’ll go the match
Mother daughter and all

I remember the day like yesterday
The women the children the men
When soldiers and families came together
United forever again

© Rachel Fardon 18.06.05

I love this poem so much. Written about the pivotal Chelsea v Moscow Dynamo game. Played on 13th Nov 1945. Over 100,000 crammed into Stamford Bridge, risking life and limb, lining rooves and touchlines to see the Russians. With the War barely 3 months over,soldiers and sailors and airforcemen were returning.The way Rachel has approached and written this poem , really moved all of us. I also read it aloud on Rachel’s behalf ,to an audience of stunned teachers and club officials at Chelsea’s ground earlier this week.CT
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DO YOU RECALL THE THIRTEENTH OF NOVEMBER ?

Do You Recall the thirteenth of November?
1945 can you remember?
To Stamford Bridge the crowd was pourimg
To see Lawton score a goal
Sha La La- La La La La La
Sha La La- La La La La La
Sha La La- La La La La La
To see Lawton crack one in

Do you remember the paratrooper
On the roof the view was super
Fell through the glass in a drunken stupor
And landed in an empty seat
Sha La La- La La La La La
Sha La La- La La La La La
Sha La La- La La La La La
He landed in an empty seat

Written and sung .very loudly to “Is This The Way To Amarillo” by:
Jack Ferrin (Age 11) Yr 6 , Roye Etin uSanga Yr 5,
Michael Costa Age 11 Yr 6 & James Wittich Yr 6 –

19.06.05

A paratrooper really did fall through the roof into an empty seat!.CT
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1945

The war is over
The soldiers gather to see
The game of the year
Moscow v Chelsea

Greeted at Stamford Bridge
with a bunch of flowers
The Chelsea crowd
Had waited for hours

Tommy Lawtron
Scored the first goal
The Chelsea crowd cheered
With heart and soul

Moscow had their penalty
And it was a very good one

The match ends with
A score of 3-3
for Moscow
And Chelsea

© Nadine Charlemagne – Pimlico 19.6.05

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At The Shed End

At the Shed end it all goes on
Chanting cheering all day long
At the Shed end rain or sun
It doesn’t matter we’re having fun

At the Shed end we just can’t bear
When they score we shout out there
At the Shed end we are the crowd
The players love it becasue we’re loud

At the Shed end we all choose
To cheer the Blues win or lose

Jack James Ferron Yr 6 Westminster Cathedral School 19.06.05
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Chelsea Is The Best Team In The World

Chelsea is the best team in the world
And we know it
Chelsea is the best team
Because we have seen it
La la la la la las la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la las la la
La la la la la la la la la
Chelsea Chelsea we are the best
We are better than George Best!

Charlie Donohue 9. Yr 4 Westminster Cathedral School 19.06.05

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CHELSEA – Acrostic

Champions once again
Hear the crowds cheer
Eidur scores a wonderful goal
Lampard is man of the match again
South and North of the stands
Everyone knows that we’re the best
All the fans from the East to the West

Jack Donohue Yr8 / Westminster Cathedral School- 19.06.05
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MONDAY 20TH JUNE 2005
Pupils of St Mary’s of The Angels.Bayswater.

CHELSEA 1945 Acrostic

Champions of Russia flew into town
Heading for the football ground
Everyone wanted to see the game
Legends with their Russian names
Soloviev took the penalty
Everybody was standing quietly
As it bounced off a fan so suddenly!

Year 3/4 St Mary Of The Angel 20.06.05

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Show me The Way To Chelsea v Moscow

When the day was dawning
On that lovely Tuesday morning
All the crowds were chanting
We want to see the football match
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
We want to see the football match

They were locked out from the ground
There were thousands all around
They were making a colossal sound
To see the Moscow play Chelsea
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
To see the Moscow play Chelsea

One of them was a paratroooper
On the roof the view was super
he was in a drunken stupor
And then he fell through the glass roof..
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
sha la la- la la la la la…
but landed in an empty street

Show me The Way To Chelsea v Moscow
I’ve just got back and I might get lost – o
And I don’t care how much it costs-o
I want to see the football match!

Class J1 Year 3/4 –
Spontaneous Group Poem / Song
Class J1 Year 3/4 – St Mary Of The Angels 20.06.05

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MOSCOW DYNAMO Acrostic

Moscow is a long way from here
On the 13th November 1945
Soldiers arrived to see the Dynamo
Cheering with happiness that were a still alive
Outside the gates the chaos reigned
War was over and they longed to see the game
Dynamo gave the Chelsea squad flowers
Young boys passed down the front for hours
Now they can see perfectly
As Dynamo take their penalty
Massive crowds way back then
One day will we ever see them again?

Class JD Year 3-
Spontaneous Group Acrostic Poem
St Mary Of The Angels 20.06.05

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On A Winter Morning

on a winter morning
with their rattles the crowd were singing
they were going to Stamford Bridge
to see the Moscow Dynamo
sha la la la la la la la..
sha la la la la la la la
sha la la la la la la la
to see the Moscow Dynamo

the gates were closed and that was that
some of them broke into a flat
they only wanted to see the match
and see them play against Chelsea
sha la la la la la la la..
sha la la la la la la la
sha la la la la la la la
to see them play against Chelsea

JN YR 4 / Spontaneous Group Poem / Song
St Mary Of The Angels 20.06.05

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We Love Football (We Will Rock You)

Dynamo were in town
down at the football ground
everyone was waiting to see them play
the ground was packed
oh what a match
rattles and scarves
and blue and white hats
because
we love
we love
football..

football’s cool -football’s cool

we love
we love
football..

football’s cool -football’s cool

@Crispin Thomas 20.06.05

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