BRADFORD MIDDLETON
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Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years ago
MARCH 4TH, FIRST DEFEAT OF THE YEAR
Millwall lost this morning
For the first time in 17 since
We went to Walsall all the way
Back in DecemberFortunately it was only on
My radio, naturally […] -
BRADFORD MIDDLETON became a registered member 7 years ago
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Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
Wayne, Wayne, where are you?
Your beloved club are 2-0 down away in Greece
And the commentator hasn’t mentioned you
In what seems like a long whileWayne, it’s a question of worth
Are you really worth an ins […] -
Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
A news piece on the radio this morning piqued my interest
As it told of how when England play football
cases of domestic violence increase
So in this town, the party capital of the south,
they’ve erected a big s […] -
Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 7 months ago
Waking early on a Saturday is a rare thing
But today I woke at half 7 and couldn’t get back at all
Today has seen the end of the Ashes which we won
And the start of the football season
It’s that one game of the […] -
Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 11 months ago
The crowd chant ‘cheat’ and the commentator reports
‘the crowd call him a word starting with C and ending in T’
before suddenly realising that suggests something else entirely
He hazards in a ‘H’ to extricate h […] -
Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years ago
I wake in the morning by way of a change
And the first thing I do is turn on my radio
Before moving off to my kitchen for some breakfast
Which I plan on eating whilst listening to the headlines
And then it comes, […] -
Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years, 1 month ago
The radio is my home on nights like these,
usually hacked off, annoyed and frustrated.
As bad news filters through with inevitable regularity
as another season drones on in the grip of a fight for survival.From […]
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Bradford Middleton published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years, 2 months ago
A wet Tuesday night in May 78 and we’re already down
Relegated to Division 3 with some weeks to spare
My dad and me leave New Cross Gate
And head towards the only light we can see
The Den awaits and a seven year o […]
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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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