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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for your poem Emdad.
Interesting and forgotten tale. I also watched the Nevin documentary.
best C
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Eugene Abrams published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Last year, the world halted, froze mid-air
as the Danish midfield general collapsed
near halfway through the clash, untouched,
his heart succumbed and but for CPR
and then defibrillation he would, it’s s […] -
joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
At long last another
Claret and blue striker
West Ham strike gold
With another Italian stallion
Ladies and Gentlemen
Gianluca Scamacca
Now they say that
After a wholesome plate
Of pasta and spaghetti
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Eugene Abrams‘s profile was updated 2 years, 2 months ago
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
To be Jesse Lingard
Or not to be Jesse Lingard
That is the question why
Whether it be nobler to suffer
The slings and arrows
Of outrageous wage demands
A mind motivated by dirty lucre
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Eugene Abrams became a registered member 2 years, 2 months ago
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Emdad Rahman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
In Finland came young Scots to play
Van Basten’s Dutch they’d slay
Nevin and Mackay thick in the play
Fused by Maestro Paul McStayAlbania 3-0 the first game score
Turkey next shown the door
Dutch sen […] -
Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Parade of the pony-tails.
No wrestling in the box;
getting up and getting on with it.
Football as it should be played.Showing the men how to entertain,
putting them to shame.
The spirit of sport. […] -
joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Now here’s the story so far
Football’s baffling and head
Spinning ambiguities
The lack of clarity
The familiar adjectives
When transfer gossip
Reaches its loudest crescendo
The strange pronouns
The […] -
Greg Freeman commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
I remember Tony Dorigo! Australian full back. Scored the only goal for Chelsea in the Full Members Cup Final v Middlesbrough in 1990 (had to check Google). By pure chance I had a ticket for the press box. […]
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Greg Freeman commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
I remember Tony Dorigo! Australian full back. Scored the only goal for Chelsea in the Full Members Cup Final v Middlesbrough in 1990 (had to check Google). By pure chance I had a ticket for the press box. […]
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
watching on in pride
Lionesses roar as one…
could this be their year?
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Stuart Butler published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
It was all so just so Just William perfect:
Egg sandwiches, crisps and lemonade
Tucked into your duffel bag,
Together with autograph book, green, red and black biros,
And Ian Allan trainspotter books […] -
kevin halls published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Looking at the fixture list
stuck on the kitchen wall,
impatiently waiting for the first game
and a new season of football.
I keep checking daily online
for any latest transfer news,
who’s leaving our […] -
Gacina Bozidar published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
If you keep in mind
everything you ever knew
about football
the probability is this:
any player”s name can come
to your mind out of the blueHey, Tony Dorigo came !
I said out of the blue
Tony […] -
John J O’Connor commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Hi Clik, merci buckets. Great poem, and I also learned what Coterminous was. For all these years I had it down as the name of a Greek midfield general from back in the day.
Yes Chelsea were a bit of a feeder […]
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Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
I watch the Tour de France highlights
with a “rouleur’s” relentless interest.
I gasp as a chain chinks
and sit appalled as a prime performer punctures…
so many junctures
and yet as the “domest […] -
Clik The Mouse commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Fabulous John!
You had me going until I copped it!
So glad we got Charlie back from you, he steadied the ship when we had a bunch of youngsters coming through.
We also got Jerry MURFEE from you […]
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joe morris published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
You’ll never guess
It isn’t conjecture
Guess work
Surmising on
What could happen
The land of hyperbole
Could be the truth
It’s happened
Ladies and Gentlemen
Stunning announcement
Another new face
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John J O’Connor commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
Thank you Sharon, same to you.
bestest
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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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