This Month’s Games+Poem Of The Week+Workshops
POEMS OF THE WEEK 2.12.06
I’ve Seen it All Paul Hansbury
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CONTENTS
1 DIARY/BLOG
2 ON QUALITY AND GRAMMAR
3 2006/2007 WORKSHOPS with Crispin/Fooball Poets
4 INTERESTING LINKS
5‘THIS MONTH’S GAMES ‘ Poems – November 06
1. DIARY & BLOG STUFF
One more workshop to go for 2006! In November I was invited to work in libratries for Kick Into Reading with Mansfield Town and West Bromwich Albion (and Baggy The Bird!) .In October it was hectic month of Kick it Workshops at
Plymouth Respect Festival, Off The Shelf Festival, Sheffield, two Welsh Prisons ,Oxford , Fulham, Chelsea ,Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United , Birmingham City , Bristol City Week of Action Launch and a partidge in a pear tree! Kick It Out were fantastic in making many of the dates happen. Thank you Zakir, Alison, Fatima, Becky and Piara.
Amongst the media coverage of the Week of Action there was a moving feature on Chelsea’s first black player Paul Canoville on Football Focus accompanied by a KIO rap-poem especially written by myself. The item aired on Saturday October 21st on BBC 1’s Football Focus. Watch it online here, it’s stlil there..but just !
FOOTBALL FOCUS Paul Canoville & Crispin Thomas BBC 1 (Real Player.)
When you see a list of videos .click on MORE scroll down and click on FEATURE ..Chelsea’s first black player.
For info on KICK IT OUT click here Kick It Out
(Poems on racism by students at KIO workshops appear under Butler’s Bench)
Poems about THIS MONTH’S GAMES appear at the end of this page.Like any ‘old ground’, we are STILL currently desperately trying to attract funding to sustain, improve and up-date our antiquated site. All voluntary . News of workshops, and links. Go well! Phew! Crispin
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2. ON QUALITY, GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE
Please check spelling and puctuation before submitting and please keep it clean.The site is archived by The British Library remember and viewed by millions. The Editors
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3. FORTHCOMING 2006/2007 WORKSHOPS with Crispin
Dec 06
2007
5 W.DRAYTON School.Footbal Poetry Workshop
Jan 07
18-19 CHELSEA FC Education Through Football with Roy Bentley
22-24 CHELSEA FC Education Through Football with Roy Bentley
Feb
3/4 MORPETH King Edward V1 School
March 07
1 MANSFIELD TOWN Study Support Centre.World Book Day
June 07
7/8 WALSALL School Excellence
11 WARMINSTER Get Into Reading
19 EDGWARE School
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4.A FEW WORKSHOP LINKS
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WORLD CUP WORKSHOP BISHOPS CASTLE PHOTOS 10.6.06
For pics from the day with students and Crispin click here:
EVERTON FC ‘ Making A Difference’ Workshop Review Crispin Thomas
Session at Everton FC Extra Time Study Support Centre
FOOTBALL STUFF Crispin Thomas BBC Video Nation (Real Player.) Crispin Live at Forest Green Rovers with poem, Casio and a ball
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5. Poems on ‘THIS MONTH’S GAMES NOVEMBER
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20 Nov East Angling Derby – Ipswich v Norwich 06-07 S B Ingle
15 Nov It’s A Mystery S B Ingle
14 Nov Musing Peter Goulding
Super Red Takes Over Christopher T. George
13 Nov Waterford 0 Derry City 1 Peter Goulding
So Mr.Newell kevin raymond
12 Nov Boro v West Ham George Kirby
Arsene Whinger mark merriman
10 Nov nice to see the away fans Kerrie Brealy
08 Nov Just What Did Poll Say To Cole? kevin raymond
07 Nov Monsieur Wenger’s Rage /a>Emdad Rahman
06 Nov Eat, Think & Be Healthy S B Ingle
05 Nov Is Arsene A Purveyor Of The Noble Art? kevin raymond
05 Nov Come On You Spurs! kevin raymond
05 Nov Watford v Boro (04-11-2006) George Kirby
Behind the Goal Peter Goulding
The Ironic Mt Kenny Peter Goulding
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02 Nov You’ve Been Psyched kevin raymond
01 Nov Play-Acting Thrives But Passion Still Lives Crispin Thomas
30 Oct To the Claret and Blue Peter Goulding
Gimme Five S B Ingle
29 Oct Battered and Bruised Alan
McKean
27 Oct Dear Jim! mark merriman
26 Oct Kamikazi Football’s Back Christopher T. George
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Latest Comments
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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29th January 2024 at 10:03 pm
Hi Crispin,
How are you doing mate? Yes, you’re probably right but hey football is all about emotion and passion and I just love writing about the game. I try to keep my poetry to a reasonable length but there’s so much to write about the game and its literature just lends itself naturally to poetry. Sometimes I just get completely carried and I do apologise for the length of my poetry but it’s a great thrill to be associated with Football Poets.
Cheers mate
Joe
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10th January 2024 at 7:52 pm
You’re right of course Joe but…..it’s actually more of a big welcome break for everyone who is not into Premier League ..I’m talking fans of EFL National League and below…..
Btw …is this actually your longest poem ever !?
Best
Crispin
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