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Day 9 WC14 Poem/haiku of the Day+Nostalgia

We’re just about keeping up…but hey…more please! Editors..

INDEX
1 Football Poets on Facebook World Cup Poem/hailku of the Day
2 Nostalgia / Football Memories Poems 2014 (+ 2010-2013

1. FOOTBALL POETS ON FACEBOOK WORLD CUP
POEMS OF THE DAY

20 Jun It’s The Hope That Kills
David Sanderson

In which David get deep in Brazil.Which is where he is (deep in Brazil) as opposed to Brizzol…which is where he will have to come back to one day..but when?

FOOTBALL POETS ON FACEBOOK WORLD CUP DAY ~ HAIKU OF THE DAY

20 Jun Pirlo Haiku
kevin raymond

In which Kev gets all blue eyed with more ‘Pirls’ of wisdom in 3 lines on a page.

If you are on Facebook ( we have over 300 of you who are already) you wil find these and many more Poems/Haiku of the Day with stunningly apt (?) accompanying image.

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2 NOSTALGIA CORNER/FOOTBALL MEMORIES POEMS 2014 & 2010-2013
The place for your football memories in verse .These poems have been coming at random since our inception in 2000. We’ve only been archiving them in this section since 2010. You’ll also find many more via the search button by entering player team or key words. More please!

2014
May
26 May The day European football came to Connemara Peter Goulding
(Galway /Groningen)
26 May Our Bob Bev Cornell
(West Ham/ Fulham/ England /)
18 May Javier Zanetti – San Siro hero Emdad Rahman
14 May An Upper Room in Westbourne Grove Alex Saynor
14 Apr The Net Result Llew Beaton
11 Apr I’ve Never Been Good At Football
Luke Innes
11 Apr Bishop’s Park haiku Alex Saynor
27 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 live? Crispin Thomas
24 Mar 1960’s-The Golden Age of Football-Haiku kevin halls
24 Mar Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini: 1930-2014 Emdad Rahman
23 Mar Montalban and Kilbane Gacina Bozidar
20 Mar When the Groundsman Rested Alex Saynor
20 Mar My Bloody Bilston Début Haiku
Robbie Kennedy Bennett
20 Mar Life, Football and Mandela Gacina Bozidar
23 Feb Keith Houchen’s FA Cup final header
Emdad Rahman
21 Feb ‘Keepers S B Ingle
19 Feb Hursty v Banksy haiku Emdad Rahman
19 Feb Pelé, Banks, Moore Emdad Rahman
05 Feb Final Ties Graham Salter
04 Feb One Morning at Battersea Funfair
Alex Saynor
03 Feb Andrew Watson Llew Beaton
01 Feb On the Tyneside Street where we lived John Oliver
27 Jan The Final Whistle/Echo PinkJohn
Oliver
07 Jan Broch an’ Roll Hugh Morris
03 Jan That Guy Dickie mark merriman
2013
31 Dec Keegan two, Heighway one kevin raymond
24 Dec Pride of Scotland Frank McKeown
16 Dec Crocked kevin raymond
13 Dec The Squad of ’64 Ianthe Exall
13 Dec Christmas 1914 Stuart
Butler
21 Nov The Knots in the Lace Ianthe Exall
19 Nov The Mighty Magyars kevin halls
12 Nov When The Dynamo Came By Crispin Thomas
07 Nov Durban Derby Days Ianthe Exall
09 Aug I watched a match on Ceefax mark merriman
31 Jul Teenage Crush Karen Lindsay
25 Jul They Lived Down Our Street Andrew Detheridge
23 Jul A Walk in the Park for Parkin Robbie Kennedy Bennett
20 Jul Bickerstaff Bryan Murphy
18 Jul The Name Of ‘Sailor’ Hunter Robbie Kennedy Bennett
17 Jul Bobby Hundreds Anthony Arnott
15 May Claret and blue Harry Orr
14 May Ghosts of legends stuart ashworth
11 Apr Hughie Curran Hung High Robbie Kennedy Bennett
10 Apr Who the hell are you ? The spurs poet
08 Mar Bring It Back kevin halls
07 Mar John Lennon P Maguire
07 Mar Rock & Roll is the New Football
P Maguire
03 Mar The History Boys P Maguire
03 Mar The Echoes of Childhood P Maguire
03 Mar Fine dreams of Heaven (A Liverpool Child) P Maguire
03 Mar The Liverpool Way P Maguire
14 A Scots Laddie Called Cameron Buchanan Robbie Kennedy Bennett
21 Jan Musings From An LCC* Changing Room kevin raymond
2012
26 Dec Christmas Eve Stuart Butler
24 Dec Christmas Truce of 1914 Emdad Rahman
05 Nov First Match (Trilogy) Phil Whyte
Sept 2012
29 Sep It’s a Man’s Game Football M’bet
27 Sep Back to the 60’s kevin halls
25 Sep Totò Schillachi Emdad Rahman
22 Sep Those Were The Days Phil Whyte
16 Aug Sunderland 0– 2 Everton FA Cup QF 2011-12 Simon Moore
15 Aug Plastic Pitch Astro Turf
05 Jun Here’s To The Team. kevin raymond
01 Jun Back In The Nineteen Fifties Crispin Thomas
01 Jun Stuart Butler
20 May El Diego Nicholas Griffiths
20 May King Eric the Red Stan Warburton
02 Apr Looking through old Scrapbooks and Annuals kevin halls
01 Apr Ginga Bob terry oldham
31 Mar R.I.P. Our Big Man terry oldham
26 Mar Molineux Days Steve Hill
24 Mar Memories of Wembley mark merriman
15 Mar He smokes cigars Lesley Palmer
13 Mar Waiting for Roy of The Rovers Crispin Thomas
05 Mar Shankly in the Sixties Dachlan Cartwright
04 Mar Roger Byrne Dachlan Cartwright
01 Mar The Bridge of the ‘Rising Sun’ Apollo Gees
01 Mar Oh for another few inches ! * chris barber
29 Feb The Birth of Everton Dachlan Cartwright
26 Feb The Old Days Dennis swift
13 Feb Touchlines Matthew Paul
13 Feb Boro Days louis spence
12 Feb Bill ‘Dixie’ Dean Dachlan Cartwright
07 Feb The Battle of Wrexham Dachlan Cartwright
16 Jan Chalkie mark merriman
10 Jan On being a Boro fan louis spence
09 Jan Through a child’s eyes R Kydd
03 Jan The Seventies, And Today S B Ingle
03 Jan Goalkeeper Don Mullan
2011
31 Dec Oi Mister. Give It A Rest kevin raymond
30 Dec Mid Morning. St Stephens Day kevin raymond
23 Dec Dunlop and Macedo Gacina Bozidar
21 Dec LUFC 1987 Jason Stevens
20 Dec Let’s Get Physical kevin raymond
07 Dec The Hand of God Matthew Paul
06 Dec That Carlos Alberto Goal Chris Barber
25 Nov The Spion Kop Mike Bartram
17 Nov Down The Dell Philip Douch
17 Nov Southampton’s Secret Factory Philip Douch
02 Nov Giving the boots the boot S B Ingle
19 Oct The Season We All Believed Billy Pendrill
28 Oct Jumpers 4 Goalposts 0 Clik the mouse
14 Oct Fifty years of Football kevin halls
10 Oct Knighted by a Wagstaffe Cross
Robbie Kennedy Bennett
06 Oct 40 Years Of Motty Crispin Thomas
30 Sep Bill Shankly Emdad Rahman
28 Sep @ron ronnie ronaldo Ethan
20 Sep A Celebration kevin raymond
17 Sep Being a supporter of.. ron dixon
16 Sep Fifteen years Peter Goulding
14 Sep René “El Escorpio” Higuita Emdad Rahman
12 Sep Land Mark Darren O’Keeffe
05 Sep Can You Hear That Emily Williams
04 Sep On Tommy Burns Patrick J. Murray
04 Sep The smells of Football kevin halls
02 Sep Man of the People (Bill Shankly) mike bartram
25 Aug Enfield Playing Fields 1989
Laurence Cotterell
25 Aug The Wind off the Thames Mike Hopkins
01 Aug Jimmy Hill kevin halls
July 2011
27 Jul In Awe Of Your Foe kevin raymond
27 Jul When Saturday came around. John Oliver
20 Jul Hooked On A Feeling kevin raymond
09 Jul My introduction to a fantastic dream.
Stuart Ashworth
07 Jul Snatched Memory: Bobby Robson
Calvin Erlington
06 Jul The Glorious Fields of Anfield Road
Mike Bartram
04 Jul Now & Then kevin raymond
01 Jul Ibrox Calvin Erlington
June 2011
23 Jun Goodbye Part XVI Nathan L
23 Jun La Mano de Dios.1986. Oops CV kevin raymond
21 Jun Paul McGrath Emdad Rahman
21 Jun McGrath Emdad Rahman
20 Jun Stan Bowles Emdad Rahman
09 Jun Upon The Hands Of The Fans Sudbourne Primary
03 Jun A Hero That Could Fly Mike Bartram
01 Jun Peter McParland Emdad Rahman
30 May The night Villa ruled Europe Emdad Rahman
29 May Shoe shine Joe Cullen
29 May Made in London Kevin Francis
28 May There is a place Kevin Nolan
26 MayThe way it used to be Kevin Francis
25 May Blow the whistle Kevin Francis
23 May Roger Osborne broke my heart Kevin Francis
21 May The Fisherman’s Song Mike Bartram
19 May Football Collections Jools Hampton
17 May The Sound of Music kevin raymond
16 May An Ode to Walter Scott McGhee
15 May The legendary Walter Smith Emdad Rahman
09 May Two heroes Gacina Bozidar
08 May 1991-Gazza Stripped Laurence Cotterell
06 May I (almost) subbed Martin Chivers Laurence Cotterell
05 May Where the heck is Dennis Law? Robbie Kennedy Bennett
01 May Song of the Old Sweeper Laurence Cotterell
30 Apr Laudrup The Danish Prince Emdad Rahman
30 Apr Jairzinho Emdad Rahman
25 Apr The real damned United kevin halls
19 Apr The halfwayline terry oldham
25 Apr United in grief Clik the mouse
22 Apr The Liverbird and our history Stuart Ashworth
19 Apr André the Giant Darren O’Keeffe
16 Apr Le Carré magique Emdad Rahman
06 Apr The Life of a Table Football Player Jools Hampton
31 Mar In Praise Of The Underdog kevin raymond
31 Mar Streets of the Boro Gordon Farrel
24 Mar Walking From Games Crispin Thomas
23 Mar The Away Game kevin halls
22 Mar Ricky Villa’s solo moment Emdad Rahman
18 Mar Everton And Neretva Gacina Bozidar
06 Mar The Sky Blue Lament Jools Hampton
06 Mar The Rovers Stuart Butler
03 Mar Nostaalja S B Ingle
23 Feb Roy of the Rovers Jools Hampton
21 Feb Field Of Dreams Jimmy Whelan
15 FebThe Real Ronaldo Darren O’Keeffe
14 Feb Ronaldo (Luiz Nazario de Lima)
Emdad Rahman
14 Feb Young versus Old in Irwell Road Simon Icke
01 Feb The Smell of Panini Stickers Jools Hampton
30 Jan Saturday Afternoon Heaven. Jools Hampton
28 Jan Nat Lofthouse-The Legend . Ann Madden-Walsh
21 Jan A Lion Sleeps Tonight. jim dolbear
18 Jan The Lion of Vienna Nat Lofthouse Emdad Rahman
16 Jan Tanka-1970 Tony Lewis-Jones
16 Jan Chris Lawler Lol Ross
16 Jan The Lion of Vienna kevin halls
16 Jan Sleeping Lion Alan McKean
16 Jan No More A Wandering Nat Lofthouse Crispin Thomas
12 Jan Character Building? kevin raymond
11 Jan The Once Special F.A.Cup John Oliver
11 Jan Saturday On The Somme Andy Lockett
10 Jan Early Retirement Package Emdad Rahman
10 Jan Brisbane Road Steve White
09 Jan Kevin Keegan Picture Card Doug E Harper
07 Jan Burrows’ Ballon D’Or moment Emdad Rahman
07 Jan Game of two halves Greg Freeman
06 Jan The Centre Circle of Life Kevin Yates
05 Jan Stadio Artemio Franchi1983 kevin raymond
03 Jan Ibrox disaster 1971 Emdad Rahman
2010
The Future of Football Andrew Detheridge
19 Dec Loftus Road ’82 Matthew Paul
12 Dec Roger Miller Traps Higuita Emdad Rahman
12 Dec Those Were The Days kevin halls
01 Dec Proud to Wear the Shirts mark merriman
25 Nov Swapping Garrincha Kevin Halls
22 Nov I’m A Collector Get Me Out of Here Crispin Thomas
18 Nov Any stickers to swap ? John Oliver

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