World Cup Haiku ~ Australia New Zealand 2023
Women’s World Cup 2023 haiku -Australia New Zealand
Aug 23 Spain Triumph ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 16 It’s…. (nearly!) World Cup Winnie
Aug 16 Time To Bring it Home ~ WWC 23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 07 England & Australia Last Eight Bound ~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 04 Morocco & Columbia Make The Last 16 WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 01 England- Denmark- Netherlands & USA (just!) Advance – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 31 Australia Nigeria Japan & Spain Through WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 30 I’ll Write On My Own~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 29 England France & Jamaica Triumph – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 20 New Zealand 1-0 Norway WWC Haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2022 haiku (4) – Qatar
26 Nov Watching Brazil Haiku Stuart Butler
24 Nov WC2022: social injustice silenced World Cup Willie
13 Feb 2022 Qatar 2022 – Haiku Paul H Tubb
13 Oct 2014 Qatar’s World Cup haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2018 haiku (91)~ Russia
A massive thank you for your words and contributions throughout the tournament to:
Dachlan Cartwright; Fred Slattern; Kevin Halls; Sharon Wilkie-Jones; Stuart Butler; World Cup Willie from the Editors Crispin, Clik The Mouse and Christian and to everyone who visits our site.Make your feelings known by clicking the heart/love/like button at the bottom of every poem …or comment in the comment section on a verse or a whole poem.
WC 2018 Day 25 Final haiku- World Cup Willie. 16 July
Varcically Les Bleus Haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.16 July
Belgium 2-0 England ~ Nuff Said ~ Crispin Thomas.15 July
No Time Now For Tears ~ Crispin Thomas.12 July
WC 2018 Day 23 haiku-Out World Cup Willie. 12 July
Early Morning Hopeful haiku ~ Stuart Butler .11 July
Mbappe Burns Bright ~ Les Bleus Final Bound ~ Crispin Thomas.11 July
WC 2018 Day 22 haiku- Allez Les Bleus! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 haiku free! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 World Cup Willie. 9 July
WC 2018 Day 20 World Cup Willie.9 July
Can We Start To Dream? ~ Crispin Thomas.8 July
France & Belgium Semis Bound -Day 20 ~ Crispin Thomas.7 July
WC 2018 Day 19 haiku World Cup Willie.4 July
Sweden England Next- Day 19 haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.4 July
On Charles Dickens Watching England Win ~ Stuart Butler.4 July
WC 2018 Day 19 (Pre) World Cup Willie.3 July
WC 2018 Day 18 World Cup Willie.3 July
Brazil & Mexico-Day 18 ~ Crispin Thomas. 3 July
WC 2018 Day 17 World Cup Willie.2 July
WC 2018 Day 16 World Cup Willie.2 July
Russia & Croatia Shoot Outs-Day 17 ~ Crispin Thomas. 2 July
France Uruguay-Day 16 ~ Crispin Thomas.1 July
WC 2018 Day 15 haiku~ World Cup Willie. 29 June
Three One Nils & A One Two-Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.29 June
Bowie in Berlin ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones 28 June
On Germany Losing Two Haiku to Nil ~ Stuart Butler .28 June
Brazil/Swiss Advance-WC Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.28 June
Germany/Sweden/Mexico Day 14 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
WC 2018 Day 14 shockaiku ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-13 ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
Denmk/France/ Argent/Croatia-Day 13 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
~ WC2018 haiku-WC Day-12 ~ World Cup Willie. 26 June
VARcical Spain & Portugal-Day 12 ~ Crispin Thomas.26 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-10 ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
Kane haiku ~ Stuart Butler .25 June
WC2018 Day 9 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
England/Jap/Seneg/ Colomb Day 11 ~ Crispin Thomas.25 June
Belgium Mexico Day-10 ~ Crispin Thomas.24 June
Another Way To Moscow haiku ~ Stuart Butler .23 June
On Brazil Switzerland Nigeria- Day 9 ~ Crispin Thomas.23 June
Heat haiku ~ Fred Slattern.22 June
Beards Snails & Stars-Day 8 ~ Crispin Thomas.22 June
WC2018 Day 8 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 22 June
WC2018 Day 7 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 21 June
No Nil Nils haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
1-0-1-0-1-0-haiku-WC Day 7 ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
A World Cup Flutter haiku ~ Kevin Halls 21 June
Japan Senegal Russia- Day-6 ~ Crispin Thomas.20 June
Sweden Belgium England Day 5 ~ Crispin Thomas.19 June
Olé Serbia Danes & Mexico Day 4 ~ Crispin Thomas.18 June
WC2018 Day 4 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
Heartbreak Moments haiku-Day 3 ~ Crispin Thomas.17 June
World Cup Haiku Cuckoo ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 16 June
Late Late Hat Trick Day-Day 2 ~ Crispin Thomas.16 June
Hapless Arabian Knights – Day 1 ~ Crispin Thomas.15 June
WC2018 Day 1 – History Haiku ~ World Cup Willie.14 June
Too Few Blues Haiku ~ Dachlan Cartwright. 10 June
World Cup Russia 32 Team haiku ~ Crispin Thomas. 31 May
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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!
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Latest Comments
13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
Welcome to Football Poets Beth
Great evocative poem Beth….
More please !
Haiku always welcome.
Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon
Best
Crispin
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26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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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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