What is this football poetry website?
Is it …
An Association of art and alliteration?
A bedrock of budding bards?
A cornucopia of cadence and chorus?
A den for dodgy ditty devotees?
The edaphic Eldorado?
A football fandom fiefdom?
A google galaxy of germane gems and gratification?
A hoary homage to heroes?
An impelling invitation?
A jaunty jocular juxtaposition of jubilation and joy?
A kaleidoscope of kinship and kicking cant?
A lexicon of lovable lyrics lauding lardy legs?
A mish-mash of musing on many matches?
A natty network of newsworthy notation?
An oracle oozing with oxymorons?
A plagiarists paradise, or a prosaic pact with pithy players?
A quintessential quorum of quirky quips and quixotic quotations?
A restorative refuge for refulgent referees?
A ship shape shop of sacred sonnets … or snoozeville?
A tangible testimony to the teachings of teamwork? (be it tactical or taxing)
An upbeat Utopia?
A veritable vessel of vaunted verse?
A welcoming window to the World Cup, Wembley, Wimbledon and winsome waxing?
An exotic expanse? An excursion into excellence?
A yardstick of youthful yearning?
A zone where zealouts zoom in on the zeitgeist?
Whatever it may be …
We hope you find it
And exit happily
For me? Read all of the above (except Snoozeville).
Edaphic – of the soil – I chanced upon this word minutes after seeing the World Cup Final 2006 venue being dug up and the turf sold on the internet for charity.
About This Site
Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
My Account
Latest Poems
joe morris
6th May 2024
joe morris
4th May 2024
Crispin Thomas
2nd May 2024
joe morris
2nd May 2024
joe morris
28th April 2024
Richard Williams
26th April 2024
joe morris
25th April 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
25th April 2024
kevin halls
23rd April 2024
Alex Saynor
23rd April 2024
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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23rd April 2024 at 3:59 pm
Hi Crispin,
Yes sorry mate. Villa are still in Europe. Mistake rectified.
Cheers
Joe
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20th April 2024 at 12:04 pm
Hi Joe
Shouldn’t your title read your poem Farewell Europe England to everyone exccept Aston Villa ?
I know you mention them in your poem , but I do feel sorry for Villa re the national press .
Largely ignored. the hype was was all about Man City & Arsenal with a bit of a nod to the Hammers..but hardly a mention of Villa..
So well done to them
C
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19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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