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kevin halls published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
Final game of the season
nails bitten to the quick,
will we be on cloud nine
or just left feeling sick ?
The CBS Arena will be rocking
a packed out sea of sky blue,
they’re up against the Boro
and a win […] -
Charlie Mawer became a registered member 2 months ago
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
And so it came to pass
An explosion of rejoicing
A cascading torrent of celebration
Ecstasy in excelsus
Merseyside rules OK
Scousers jumping and jiving with joy
Liverpool win the Premier League
For the 20th […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
In Heaven, did you hear the Kopites roar?
Liverpool FC, are Champions once more!
We won it at a canter…it’s not even May.
So to Yew Tree Cemetery, I made my way.
A bunch of red flowers, I left at Dad […] -
Emdad Rahman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
Anfield roared, the banners flew
Spurs in town, the title due
For Ange, all this a boyhood dream
Now faced the might of Slot’s Red teamSolanke rose, the old ties strong
A headed goal, a jarring song
Yet L […] -
joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
So here we are on the verge
Of vibrancy and vivacity
Monumental triumph
Epic victory
It’s FA Cup semi final weekend
Could it be Forest
Foraging among the chaotic profusion
Of thousands of grand, imposing […] -
Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 months ago
Hey Denys..love this
“You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days. ”Not just […]
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Gacina Bozidar published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months ago
The expression
“Football lost its soul”
is very very oldIt has been repeated for years
Who knows how old it is
1/4 of 21st Century had goneBut whatever is the soul of football now
the football fan […] -
joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Oh what a Good Friday morning
For the English contingent
In European fields of
Burnished brass and
Glorious gold
Last night it was Spurs
And not forgetting Manchester United
Who now find themselves
On […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Nothing came easy, 15/4/89 the date.
For every bit of truth, they made us wait.
Stuck together like glue, skilled in lying.
The first lie was told as fans were dying.Duckenfield said fans stormed the […]
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Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
‘Please help us Policeman, help us please.
Don’t turn your back, walk away or freeze.
My friend needs help, he’s gasping for air.
He’s just a young lad, he needs your care’
‘Move back’ you s […]
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
So there it is
Southampton relegated
From the Premier League
Oh woe by the South Coast
Too late to boast
Conclusive proof
That those in the Championship
Were far too aloof
Could never quite hack […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
I was told this today, of which I wasn’t aware.
Liverpool’s Croxteth Park, my Dad went there!
With his Niece Janet, my Dad went to play.
To think, I was in Croxteth Park the other day!
They played foo […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
In Season 65/66…in came a new law.
It changed English footy for evermore.
If an injured player could no longer play.
A substitute player could ‘enter the fray’Barrow’s Bobby Knox, in this new role. […]
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
There used to be a time when
Two points for a win
Meant pleasure personified
At 5.00 on Saturday afternoon
When Pools coupons represented
Eight draws and
Satisfaction guaranteed
And James Alexander […] -
John Gilbert Ellis published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Look at me
in my thirty-two panelsdesigned for touch
and to be more magical.My hexagon and perfection
pentagonshave made me a black-and-white
football icon.So, get me over […]
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Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days.But you gotta support […]
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Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
The Kop cover The Beatles and Cilla Black.
Give me a time machine, I wanna go back!
The accent is one, the accent is scouse.
Not a tourist to be seen in the house!Working class scousers, t […]
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Beth Rogers published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Howl a tribal scream
Feel like a mighty mountain
The net bulged for us!Groan of anguished soul
Seared heart plunges to cold feet
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 months ago
So the Geordie boys have done it
Finally, at long last
Climbing aboard the winners
Victorious podium
Acclaimed Carabao Cup winners
We feared it would never happen
Ever again
Rejected, snubbed and […] - Load More
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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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15th June 2025
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Latest Comments
7th June 2025 at 5:57 pm
Very well put! My recent favourite came when visiting Chesterfield. They have the ‘LMD Vacuum Excavation Stand’.
May be if you’re in the vacuum excavation business, it’s a beautiful sounding name.
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24th May 2025 at 7:19 am
Hi Steve
I’ve come across you before on the live poetry circuit…something I’ve also been involved in since the late 90s at slams, gigs and festivals. Did you ever get to Glasto?
I was also at Swindon when José subbed and berated Kevin in a League Cup game for Chelsea….
Salah as you point out went the same way…
Be interesting to see Kev’s next move?
Best
Crispin
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24th April 2025 at 1:05 pm
Hey Denys..love this
“You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days. ”
Not just Dylan but maybe an unintentional nod to and shades of Ian Dury’s enigmatic ‘What A Waste’ rhythmic scanning..eg:
I could be the driver in an articulated lorry
I could be a poet I wouldn’t need to worry
I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs
What a waste
What a waste
Was lucky enough to meet and interview him twice.
Best wishes from Forest Green to Genoa C
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8th March 2025 at 2:34 pm
Thanks Crispin
I’ve been to FGR a couple of times in the past – great food! Barnet look like they have the NL sewn up for this season, but I wish you well for promotion next season.
Regards, Beth
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11th January 2025 at 8:13 am
TO ADD THIS TO THIS POEM’S COMMENT:WELCOME BACK DAVID MOYES!!!
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27th November 2024 at 5:55 am
‘You’re Supposed To Be At Home’ is an excellent and moving poem Denys.
You start off thinking it’s just about another oft-sung chant, one we personally heard a lot last season throughout our second relegation in a row here at Forest Green(FGR) ! I always love poems where you think they are saying one thing and then they suddenly pull you deeper to somewhere or something else else.
I’m currently helping in a local school for FGR in a voluntary capacity using football to help young students with reading. At an upcoming session we will tackle racism, just like we did in workshops at football schools and grounds when we first started this site 24 years ago. I’m gonna try and weave your poem into a session.
We’ve added it to the Anti- Racism/Kick It Out section under Crispin’s Corner.
Best C
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26th November 2024 at 1:59 pm
Great poem and great to see you back Wyn.
Don’t leave it so long next time my friend!
More please.
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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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