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Football Poets & Spaniel In The Works Theatre Co present
TRENCHCOATS FOR GOALPOSTS
The Christmas Truce WW 1 and much more.

“A unique performance. Humour and history, poetry and poignancy combined. “ Stroud Life

POETRY- LIVE MUSIC & THEATRE with
Jonny Fluffypunk Crispin Thomas Stuart Butler John Bassett Bill Jones Uta Baldauf Paul Southcott Angela Findlay & Out To Lunch.

SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 8PM
KINGSHILL HOUSE, DURSLEY GLOS
£8.50 adv £10.00 on door ~ Box office 01453 549133

Click here for Direct Venue & Online Ticket link

To check out Kingshill House- 18th Century listed building click here

Following the success of ‘Trenchcoats for Goalposts’/Christmas Truce 1914 our two hour theatre/poetry /music show here in Stroud Glos, along with 6 other actors/poets and musicians. It’s based upon true events and a journey without return for two Forest Green Rovers players: Ernie Beale and Harry Watt who braved the Front in Dec 1914.

.We had an incredible audience of 178 and a great response from everyone who came. We plan to take the show further afield and are currently looking at Swindon, Bath, Cheltenham and London for which we are currently busy researching players who took part in the Great War for their respective clubs in those places. So watch this space and check out our Facebook page (link below) . Keep on and go well …
The Editors :Crispin, Clik and Stuart ~ editors@footballpoets.org

Be transported in Theatre, Spoken Word and Music to ‘No Man’s Land’ in a poignant re-creation of the 1914 Christmas Truce . A journey without return for two brave Forest Green Rovers players who set off from Nailsworth for the front . Un-missable!

“Dressed in authentic 1914 squaddie garb, with tinsel for barbed wire and an imaginary football they turn the venue into Flanders Fields…complete with carol singing, poetry and improvised narration. “ Behind The Scenes Gloucestershire

More Info Crispin 01453 757376 / 07837 798463

Forest Green War Heroes remembered /Crispin Interview~Stroud Life Article
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YOUR HILLSBOROUGH POEMS 2015-2010 + 2000-2009 Selection

With the truth finally out and justice it seems at last to happen, these are a selection of the poems we have received in the last 15 years since our inception which remember the lives of those 96 souls we lost. The tragic Hillsborough disaster and human crush occurred during the semi-final FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people, with a total of 766 other persons being injured. All of them were fans of Liverpool Football Club. New poems always welcome.

2016
01 Jan Time Will Tell Mike Bartram
2015
19 Dec Christmas 2015 Mike Bartram
13 Dec A Christmas Prayer Mike Bartram
21 Oct April 15th 1989 Eddie Cooney
09 Oct ‘Stand on Tiptoe’ Mike Bartram
12 Oct Ourselves Alone Mike Bartram
31 Aug My Friends They Say Mike Bartram
29 Aug The Eternal Flame Mike Bartram
27 Aug No Barrier Mike Bartram
14 Aug The Day You Never Came Home Mike Bartram
20 Jul Those Photographs Mike Bartram
16 July Andy Burnham Mike Bartram
18 Jun Sarah and Vicki Mike Bartram
21 May ‘Move Back Mike Bartram
13 May Katy Jones Mike Bartram
24 Apr The Swell Mike Bartram
20 Apr My Mate Rob at Hillsborough
Crispin Thomas
17 Apr The Never Forgotten Few Mike Bartram
15 Apr Hillsborough Emdad Rahman
15 Apr The Ringing Bells Of Heaven Mike Bartram
15 Apr Hillsborough, 26 years later Clik the mouse
14 Apr Taunt Us No More Mike Bartram
13 Apr Pieces Mike Bartram
13 Apr That Was The Day Mike Bartram
13 Apr Hillsborough (26 Years Ago Today)
Mike Bartram
07 Mar Darkness Descending Mike Bartram
06 Jan My Liverpool Home Mike Bartram
2014
16 Dec The 25th Christmas Mike Bartram
03 Oct A Disappearing Trick Mike Bartram
19 Sep The Winter Call Mike Bartram
12 Jun Posties and The Sun Mike Bartram
20 May The Decaying Picture of Justice Mike Bartram
11 May Tarnished Crown Mike Bartram
16 Apr “Forgive Me” Dulwich Poet
12 Apr Forget-me-not Alan McKean
11 Apr Animals ~ for the people of Liverpool Ralph Dartford
06 Feb Anne Williams Haiku Emdad Rahman
05 Jan This Limbo State Mike Bartram
2013
31 Dec Try To Let Go Mike Bartram
23 Oct Never Came To Me Mike Bartram
20 May Heaven And Heaven Mike Bartram
29 Apr Goodbye Anne Mike Bartram
28 Apr Injustice Garyn Jones
20 Apr Anne Williams.-Heaven Sent.
jim dolbear
19 Apr A Place (For Anne Williams) Mike Bartram
17 Apr Let the Truth Come, When the Lies Fall Emily Williams
15 Apr Hillsborough – Gone but never forgotten Emdad Rahman
15 Apr Imagine Mike Bartram
15 Apr Today Mike Bartram
18 Mar Think On Mike Bartram
12 Mar The Hillsborough Disaster Tracey Clifton-Jow
09 Mar Mothers Day Love Mike Bartram
2012
03 Dec Balloon stuart ashworth
30 Nov Unusual red moon stuart ashworth
07 Nov ’10/99′ Mike Bartram
30 Oct Solidarity Has No Colours Mike Bartram
23 Oct Resigned Mike Bartram
18 Sep All Apologies Darren O’Keeffe
18 Sep A New Chapter (12/9/12) Mike Bartram
16 Sep Ban them for life kevin halls
13 Sep The Truth is Out Emily Williams
13 Sep JFT96 P Maguire
13 Sep The Hand Of Justice Points The Finger jim dolbear
13 Sep When The Truth Turns Blame To Shame Crispin Thomas
12 Sep The Truth Will Out.( Haiku ) jim dolbear
07 Sep Hillsborough Haiku Hy Koo
07 Sep Sept 12th 2012 Mike Bartram
23 Jul What Goes On Mike Bartram
17 Jun Six Minutes Past Three in the Afternoon
Emily Williams
16 Jun Hillsborough Dads Mike Bartram
27 Apr A City United ( JFT96 ) Tony Stapo
27 Apr J F T 9 6 – Y N W A Tony Stapo
21 Apr Mirror Mirror Mike Bartram
15 Apr Don’t Go Mike Bartram
15 Apr Abandoned Clik the mouse
13 Apr The Sad Times Mike Bartram
09 Apr Hillsborough Emily Williams
03 Apr The Stench of Lies Mike Bartram
01 Apr Aprils’ Angels Mike Bartram
16 Mar Closing Ranks Mike Bartram
21 Feb Wembley (26/2/2012) l Mike Bartram
16 Feb Justice For The Ninety Six Emily williams
30 Jan Every Hillsborough Story Mike Bartram
19 Jan Establishment Curse Mike Bartram
16 Jan Time goes by Emily Williams
2011
13 Dec Justice Tonight Mike Bartram
15 Nov Liverpool v Notts Forest (Abandoned) Mike Bartram
04 Nov How about a song? Emily Williams
04 Nov Bonfire? Mike Bartram
11 Sep A Flame Emily Williams
05 Sep An Ordinary Day Emily Williams
24 Aug The 22 Year Wait Emily Williams
09 Aug Sunderland AFC (Thanks!) Mike Bartram
24 Jul How can no one hear Emily Williams
22 Jul Hillsborough Jim Bell
06 Jul The Glorious Fields of Anfield Road Mike Bartram
23 Jun Every Hillsborough Story Mike Bartram
21 Jun I Dread to Think Emily Williams
20 Jun 6 Minutes Past 3 Mike Bartram
16 Jun Count to 96 Emily Wlliams
16 Jun I was not there but I know Emily Williams
15 Jun The Legacy of Hillsborough > Mike Bartram
10 Jun Justice Cal Mike Bartram
04 May Peter Beardsley’s Shot Mike Bartram
30 Apr The scouse end Mike Bartram
19 Apr Goodnight Mike Bartram
19 Apr Victims Without A Number Mike Bartram
19 Apr The Nightmare of Hillsbrough Mike Bartram
19 Apr Hillsborough Memorial Emdad Rahman
15 Apr 96 haiku Clik the mouse
15 Apr Ninety Six William Curtis
11 Apr Gone But Never Forgotten Emdad Rahman
2010
15 Ap Why Oh Why Oh Why? Crispin Thomas
15 Apr The 96 The Bard of Burnley
15 Apr Twenty One Today. jim dolbear
15 Apr Souls Of Our Departed. Ken Bushell

2000-2009 Selection
20 Years to Yesterday S B Ingle
Just A Minute S B Ingle
Heroes mark merriman
Empty seats – the 96 legacy Clik the mouse
96 Haiku Hy Koo
Milan – Real Madrid 19/04/89 Minuto di silenzio P Maguire
The Day Truth Died P Maguire
3.06pm P Maguire
19Darren O’Keeffe
Hillsborough> Daniel McDonagh
Hillsborough P Maguire
how do you sleep? poet1978
96 poet1978
Hillsborough Justice For The 96 SB Ingle
96 Reds We’ll Never Forget P.Maguire
Hillsborough Memorial Mark Thomas
Anyone Mark Ballard
Souls Of Our Departed Ken Bushell
Do You Remember P.Maguire
Justice Part 1 Tina Bass
April 15th Hillsborough DJ Bullen
A Terrace called Leppings Lane Emsy
Hillsborough Roses Alan McKean
Remembering Hillsborough P.Maguire
The Funny Thing About Justice Mike Nicholson
Hillsborough 15 Years On Redlady
Justice For The 96 P.Maguire
At Hillsborough Stephen A Owen
Hillsborough Robert Romans
96 tears Clik the mouse
May We Never Forget Nikki Young
For the 96 Shaun Maddy
Cry me a tear mottman
96 Reasons Mark Ballard
Are You Sorry? P Maguire
96 Angels P Maguire
Justice P Maguire
Sorry Mike Nicholson
His darkest disgrace> Mike Nicholson
Why did you do it? Mike Nicholson
Wishing for their old Mum Mike Nicholson
What colour justice? Mike Nicholson
Liverpool Justice Louise Ann Lacey
Why Do I Care?Tom England
Justice for what? Chris Murphy

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2 .Munich Remembered 6.2.58 – 6.2.15 Your Poems

On February 6th 1958, 23 people (of the 44 passengers & crew) lost their lives when a plane crashed at Munich Airport, while attempting to take off in snowbound conditions. Among the dead, were members of Manchester United Football Club, who were returning from a European Cup match, having just played against Red Star Belgrade. Munich was a re-fuelling stopover. Listed below as many poems as we can find on the subject, that have recently, or previously been, uploaded onto this website by many of our contributors, paying their respects. Further thoughts of course welcome.

2015 -2010
06 Feb BA Flight 606 1958 Emdad Rahman
06 Feb Busby’s Babes Emdad Rahman
05 Feb The Day We Lost A Football Team (Revisited) Crispin Thomas
06 Feb Munich 1958 Emdad Rahman
04 Feb 2 Tragedies Mike Bartram
2012-2000 Selection
2012
04 Mar Roger Byrne Dachlan Cartwright
50 years on … – Clik the mouse
The Day We Lost A Football Team – Crispin Thomas
Like the Shirts! – Denys E. W. Jones
Standing Together – Mark Thomas
Sir Matt’s Babes – Emdad Rahman
(Just) a moment of silence – Emdad Rahman
sixty seconds of silence – Mike Garry
Munich anniversary – Clik the mouse
Munich, Feb 6th 1958 – Clik the mouse
Imagine if – Pogue Mahone
Diamonds in the Snow – Me
Belgrade: 6th February 1958 – Ted Smith-Orr
Matt Busby’s Babes Play On – Dennis Gould
Fifty Years Sixty Seconds – S B Ingle
6.2.58 – Alan McKean
8.8.3 – Alan McKean
2007
Glasnevin Cemetary – Peter Goulding
More Than A Football Club – Andy Lockett
Munich 58 – John Fisher
Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes – Gerry Lawrence
Lost For Words – S B Ingle
Forever & Ever – John Fisher
The Flowers of Manchester – Eric Winter
2006
Our Busby Babe – Caddy
The Day A Team Died – A.M.
2005
The Last of The Busby Babes – Poet Shot
2004
Sir Matt Busby – Parry Maguire
We Will Remember – Alan Laine
The Busby Babes – Paul Collins
Flowers of Manchester – Ben Andrew

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