Christopher T. George
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Christopher T. George‘s profile was updated 9 months, 1 week ago
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 months, 3 weeks ago
For Adrian Henri (1932-2000)
The worn flagstones of Mount Street
opposite the Liverpool Institute
— the head’s office, I remember
his cabinet full of silver trophies
as he turned me down as a new […] -
Christopher T. George‘s profile was updated 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Christopher T. George became a registered member 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years, 10 months ago
The characteristic run
of your favorite player,
the characteristic boos
from the opposition fans.
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 1 month ago
Man City will win it, no, Man U, Man City!
It couldn’t have been a more exciting finale
— everything any neutral might hope for —
thrills and spills and handbags too!Christopher T. George
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 2 months ago
“Couldn’t find his bum with his own two hands!”
“Missed a busload of sitters!”
“Me owld grandma coulda put that in!”But one moment of magic,
a flick of his pony-tailed head,
and the ball’s in the back of the […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 2 months ago
Carroll rises magnificently and heads home.
Tevez scores a hat trick to keep City’s title hopes alive.Christopher T. George
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 3 months ago
The orange men of QPR force
the ball over the line by two feet
before the Bolton goalie clawsit out; the goal’s not given; once more,
the sub warms the bench; when will
Goal Line Technology get a […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 4 months ago
Barcelona scores six goals against Valencia
and Messi bags four of them.Liverpool knocks Brighton for six
including three own goalsand a streaker invades the pitch.
Christopher T. George
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 13 years, 2 months ago
Kenny, come back to Bootle,
Tuebrook, Eggy Vale, aye,
we’ll welcome you back,
not just to Anfield! Tour
with the team in the open-
deck bus with the Prem
trophy (Rafa will “let” you
hold it!), down Scotty […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 13 years, 2 months ago
I’ve been writing the same for a while. . .
about the FA Cup being defiled,
the opposition not taken seriously,
another manager acting imperiously. . .Aye, he said it wouldn’t happen again,
but then he did it, […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 13 years, 2 months ago
Whether you’re a Red or a Blue,
this is for all of Liverpool, too.Let bygones be bygones,
bury your differences,
go and cheer them on.Your club is not mine
but let it be the Blues in ’09!Christopher T. George
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 13 years, 3 months ago
7:00 AM: I’m riding on the Marc to D.C
in front of Sven-Göran Eriksson: the ex-
England-and-now-Mexico football coach sitsdrowsing behind me (we’re facing
backwards toward Baltimore), and it
isn’t Sven but just […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 14 years, 10 months ago
Lad, it hurts me to say it —
I wish you might have been
a Liverpool lad forever more —
but you’ve done well at Toon.You grabbed the shining jewels,
swept them up, a Magpie who
cleaned up in the last […] -
Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 14 years, 10 months ago
I achieve a “Who’s on First” moment”* when
I tell my Mum: “Liverpool’s playing Toulouse.”A so-so match made special by a net-bulger
by Andriy Voronin just before the half: arethe Reds headed for the Champs […]
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 14 years, 10 months ago
Three days after Beckham made
another million coming off
the bench in a downpour to helpthe LA Galaxy lose to DC United,
as I drive into the garage, I spy
Rodney with his cap and goldtooth wearing the […]
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 7 months ago
We couldn’t do it on the football pitch
but then we wouldn’t want to evoke
another touchline tantrum from Monsieur Whinger,
wouldn’t want him to blot the good name
of the Beautiful Game, so we let ’em win,
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 8 months ago
Ah that’s better! Instead of the dire fold
to the Red Devils on Sunday, some fight!The battling Reds of Liverpool are back again,
keeping us on the edge of our seats, knockingin the goals between the poles: […]
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Christopher T. George published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 8 months ago
Liverpool go down to defeat again:
another dire result as Scholes jabs
one over Reina’s parrying arm and
Ferdinand rifles in from the right
side of the penalty area. A knock-
out, one goal each half: that’s how
it […] - Load More
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1st July 2022 at 8:53 pm
Good to see you are still writing your wonderful football poetry John. All the best.
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30th June 2022 at 8:30 pm
Thank you Clik. Football like Christmas never fails to take us back along the corridors of childhood.
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24th June 2022 at 3:05 pm
A simple pleasure.
And crafted beautifully.
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27th April 2022 at 10:01 pm
Many thanks for featuring my poem. It’s been one hell of a journey but for all the bad times I’m still here supporting my home town club. Play Up Sky Blues !
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27th March 2022 at 11:36 am
Re: first verse of ‘My dad’ by Joe Morris..
Great words Joe…Moving.
It also reminds me, of all the people that I’ve been with in my life that just didn’t get football at all, full stop. So basically you never mentioned it, unless you enjoyed dumbfounded stares or extensive yawns! .
People who I talked with at length , often on their level, about loads of other stuff we both loved and like you basically everything but football!
This coincdentally included my strange dad : David Thomas : a brillant bohemian beatnik CND and Peace loving artist. He was someone who, being a very young writer and artist myself , with whom I could have had and shared so much stuff in common, but who I only finally met when I was 15.
As a result, and with the over-riding presence at atmosphere of his new partner and new step-son, I only actually got to see him intermittently very briefly for around 20 years, before he passed on..
Your poem also reminds me of John Lennon’s words from the song ‘Julia’:
Half of what i say is meaningless,
but i say it just to reach you..”
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26th March 2022 at 7:04 pm
Haha, thanks Crispin, I hope you can at least see your pie well enough to eat it!
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26th March 2022 at 6:58 pm
Great imagery Joe …but I struggeled to read it in the fog at first…
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24th March 2022 at 9:28 pm
Looks like FGR are going up as champs Crispin ? A season is the proverbial rollercoaster ride, up and down and twists and turns. As Greavsie said ” It’s a funny old game. ” We love it though. ⚽️
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24th March 2022 at 9:12 pm
Tell me about it Kev…!!!!!
Great emotion …just how we’re feeling here in leafy Glos!
best C
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22nd March 2022 at 10:18 am
…Fan is short for fanatic.
Empires fall. Football’s
nowhere near
as important
as life and death…..
Great words Greg..keep on …best… C
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