Alex Saynor
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 3 weeks, 4 days ago
‘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 r […]
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Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Back when I lived in Blighty,
And went to football Grounds,
I’d sometimes hear a mocking chant
Around the place resound:“You’re supposed to be at home.”
Away fans they would sing,
When their team was two […] -
Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 month ago
it’s still a long road up ahead
we’ve only just begun
we’re right back where we started
among the fallen ones
the mountains that we’re facing
draw strength to just keep on
as our belief grows strong […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 month, 1 week ago
WE must NEVER forget
never, ever, forget
in the same way
that we never forget
our first match
our first goal
our first victory
our favourite dink
our favourite nutmeg
our favourite skill / tackle / […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 month, 2 weeks ago
She spoke to me, did Kamala:
“It’s OK, to feel sad and disappointed”I’d forgotten
that we had shared ground:
each a true Blue!But still
I imagined her woes today
seemed to Trump mine own (or maybe […] -
Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months, 1 week ago
Selling to survive is an art.
Some clubs do it exceptionally well.They flog their star player for a princely sum,
Then unearth two nuggets that make their Ground hum.
Two young, bright prospects who […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months, 2 weeks ago
like them all before
I’m one more who makes their way
through this old turnstile ~
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Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The whole week long we trained hard for this match.
We practised corners, throw-ins, penalties.
And free kicks too, from fifteen, twenty yards.
Next came an hour of dribbling around cones,
To make sure […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Toto,
you broke our hearts
but as life departs
we can only weep and pray
and thank God that we saw you play -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months ago
Football has always interjected into my life:
intervened at my lowest points
in reparative fashion, putting a smile on my face
and mapped a path, back to the rat-race;It has capped my highest […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 3 months, 1 week ago
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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Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Well I don’t know why we’re feeling this fright,
But it’s clear that something ain’t quite right.
And our noses feel so out of joint,
Three games played and not a single point!
Clowns in the Boardroom, […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 months, 4 weeks ago
“football is
beautiful and cruel”
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 months, 1 week ago
far from the finished article but back for the start
still reeling from two relegation seasons
we board the coach with renewed hopeEwan who I’ve never met before
shows me images from away games
and w […] -
Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 months, 2 weeks ago
When I was just a little boy,
I asked my mother who I’d support.
Would it be Villa, Leeds or Man U?
Here is her proud retort:“Que sera sera,
Whatever will be will be.
You’re gonna be a Toffee, […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 months, 3 weeks ago
whose woods these are I do not know
but to a hilltop ground they go
and as we climb in Summer heat
this well trod path beneath our feet
will lead us high above the town
and carry us both up and down […] -
Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 months ago
Two nations went to Germany
In search of Silverware.
Now read these lines of poetry
To see how they both fared.The Scots played with true grit and pride,
But they could not progress.
Their fans […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 months, 1 week ago
even though we swear we won’t
something sucks us in
armchair managers emerge
when the games begin
once again we do it all
ev’ry time it seems
caught up in the flow and vibe
caught up in the […] -
U Rowe published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 months, 1 week ago
So near and yet so far….
and yet here we are
beaten finalists
beaten by a better team
who tramped all over
our burgeoning dreamWorthy winners Spain
brought pain
to our shores…
we rowed our oars
to […] - Load More
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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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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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