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I am a long-time Liverpool FC fan, born January 10, 1948 in Liverpool Maternity Hospital Street, the same hospital where John Lennon was born eight years earlier. My mum and dad and I emigrated to the United States by January 1955. I returned to go to school in Liverpool in the “Swinging Sixties” while living with my maternal grandparents, during which time I was able to stand on the Kop at Anfield and experience the Reds winning the First Division Championship in 1963-1964. Attended first team and reserve matches with my maternal grandfather George T. Matchett and elder brother Liverpool music hall comedian Billy Matchett. Able to be at Wembley in May 1965 to see the Reds win the FA Cup in extra time for the first time versus Leeds United due to the flying header from centre forward Ian St. John. I returned to the U.S. in August 1968. I now live with my wife Donna in Newark, Delaware, and am a member of the Official Liverpool Supporters Club located in Wilmington, Delaware. We regularly gather at Catherine Rooney’s pub in Trolley Square, Wilmington to watch the team play. My poems have been published worldwide.
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About This Site
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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Latest Poems
joe morris
1st July 2022
John J O’Connor
30th June 2022
joe morris
26th June 2022
Clik The Mouse
24th June 2022
Alex Saynor
21st June 2022
joe morris
18th June 2022
Sharon Jones
16th June 2022
Greg Freeman
15th June 2022
joe morris
14th June 2022
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
3rd July 2022 at 9:36 pm
Thank you Sharon, same to you.
bestest
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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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