Andrew Harris
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years ago
These men make their slow journey on the path into the thickets
in their own manner, guided by a map that no other can read.
We can but glimpse the loneliness, the terror, the resignation
the cruel, creeping […] -
Andrew Harris commented on a poem on Football Poets 7 years, 4 months ago
Thanks Peter – lovely to hear from you and thanks for all your efforts. I enjoy your work. Agree with your assessment – someone puts lead weights in England players’ boots – perhaps its the urge to be cautious a […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 4 months ago
Recently ‘twas asked why the England shirt weighs so heavy?
Perhaps there are other questions behind this continuing levy?
Were we too imperious in showing the world the Britannia way
only for others to have t […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 5 months ago
Could those of us who coldly judged
match the example of his effort
Sunk in half a foot of sand and mud
flying unseeing at boots, into fists,
the foreheads of gap-toothed tigersUnprotected but for […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 5 months ago
Love, come inside and leave those wet shoes in the alcove,
dinner’s in the fry pan but you’ll have to re-heat the stove.
I’m afraid we couldn’t wait and it’s a little past its prime,
Silly me, I should’ve […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 6 months ago
Perhaps the footballing lion heart,
the athleticism, the Corinthian spirit
blinded us to the other dimensions;
his being, his experience, his realityFor was he first not a player but a man
entitled to be […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 6 months ago
The cardboard “Shoot League Ladders” to glue to your wall
“Soccer as I see it” presumably ghost written for Alan Ball
Sideburns, sock-tags, the gapped tooth smiles of another age
The charmingly egalita […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 7 months ago
A man’s life defined in one ten second frame,
ball lightly traversing the canvass of sunlit grass
his moment unfolding with joyful certainty,
irrevocably recasting the parabola of his destinyCan there be a […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 7 months ago
The ghosts of yesterday’s football
flit and start, flickering, teasing.
How time sped, arching, arrowing
away like some desperate, miscued shotLost in the rituals of endless games,
the intimacy of the i […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 7 months ago
The portly ex-pro who stands and points like a conductor
Your dodgy calf and what the hell is a strained abductor?
The through ball that runs tantalisingly over the dead ball line
The club disciplinary […] -
Andrew Harris became a registered member 7 years, 7 months ago
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 8 months ago
If no footballer can be an island, never to drift
alone over the sea-green of the surface,
breaking the binds of the leaden-foot gaoler
how close he came, how unique his giftsExpecting the pass, demanding the […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 9 months ago
The elegance of the menace
sensing the weakness, the softness.
The calm composure of the assassin
without sympathy, a guile unbound
preying upon the panicked,
the ill-composed and underpreparedLaying deep, […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
Arrowing over the skies to the deep wilds of Essex
to the unfamiliarity of the compact, concrete dressing room
its confines offering comfort from the crowd, the cold,
the February wind screaming across the bare […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years ago
We were home internationals, one team boys to a man
brillcreamed, baggy panted, all Kevins, Billys and Stans.
Promotion, a championship and FA Cup winners,
On retiring, only three cheers, stilted board room […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years ago
There he is again
swooping from the dark of the floodlights
to perch on the frame of the goal.
Crossbar carrion bird
eyeing me warily, picking his mark.
Why here, why this field, why now?
With all the beauty of […] -
Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
The nuanced flair drew the eye
But his joy for the game held the fondness
One shoulder hung low, an arm crocked
Stud defying, rolled down socks
Tongue poking the corner of his mouthEyes in his toes, […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
A moment from the future of the game
Or one from a gladiatorial past
Played without mercy
Played without a ball
Battiston, presented with half the field
By the safecracking feet of PlatiniThe Frenchman, eyes […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
When the world began to come too close
And argument grew from honest debate
It became time for the boy to go where he goes
Ball at his feet, gently lifting the latch on the gateThe boy, the ball and nothing […]
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Andrew Harris published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
Its dusk and Mr Mochrie sweeps the streets of suburban Brisbane
Bundling the kids of printers, plumbers, labourers into his station wagon
Unbound, bouncing around as coconuts until the last pick up presses
The […] - 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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19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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29th January 2024 at 10:03 pm
Hi Crispin,
How are you doing mate? Yes, you’re probably right but hey football is all about emotion and passion and I just love writing about the game. I try to keep my poetry to a reasonable length but there’s so much to write about the game and its literature just lends itself naturally to poetry. Sometimes I just get completely carried and I do apologise for the length of my poetry but it’s a great thrill to be associated with Football Poets.
Cheers mate
Joe
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10th January 2024 at 7:52 pm
You’re right of course Joe but…..it’s actually more of a big welcome break for everyone who is not into Premier League ..I’m talking fans of EFL National League and below…..
Btw …is this actually your longest poem ever !?
Best
Crispin
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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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