Christian Wach
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 months ago
Black cushions of recycled Continental
are semi-volatile compounds
like the Sandhurst centre-back
channelling his week into a tackle.In Tiempos, feel the rubber crumb
of zinc-enriched non-organic […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 months ago
A great memory from a time long gone.
The Grandstand Teleprinter on BBC1!
David Coleman stood beside camera 3.
But only the Teleprinter appeared on TV!The Teleprinter would often stall or pause.
Kept […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 months ago
like them all before
I’m one more who makes their way
through this old turnstile ~
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Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 months ago
When close to the ground…you could always tell.
You were suddenly greeted by that Hot Dog smell!
On every corner, there was a mobile Hot Dog stand.
A seller at the ready, with a bread roll in his h […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 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 10 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 10 months 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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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
“football is
beautiful and cruel”
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Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
This was to be my comeback stage.
Playing once more at my advanced age.
This big match took place in my head.
It was a dream last night I had in bed!I came on as sub to ‘change the game’.
To live up to […] -
Phil Brennan published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Football’s back, the crowd’s go wild,
brand new kit for every child,
the beautiful game is back in play,
where players strut and display,
their outlandish haircuts, bold and bright,
a fashion statement, it’ […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
After all that transpired: injuries, bereavements, heartaches,
relegation to No.3 before a transfer back to Cardiff Met:
crucial stops at critical times.After everything you didn’t plan –
the sun behind a […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets a year 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 […] -
kevin halls published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Well it’s almost upon us
a new football season near,
some fans are pessimistic
others full of good cheer.
Myself I’m feeling positive
then again I always do,
putting trust in the team
who play in sky […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Through rain drifting across floodlight beams
and smoke off the hotdog hut
from a corner by the Thamesyou can see through black metal railings
through the smog and instant snap of fag ash
a distant heap […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets a year 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 […] -
Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Each day there is something new to learn.
When I hear of a brand new football term!
Is a ‘false number 9’ a number 9 or not?
That’s something I need to ask Arne Slot!‘Seriously, I just don’t understan […]
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Mike Bartram published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Onto the Wembley pitch Eddie races.
Wearing his jacket, tie and braces!
Fleet of foot, he leaves behind the law.
And why not Eddie, 2-2 now the score!
This is the famous Eddie Cavanagh tale.
One cop […] -
Gacina Bozidar published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
Roberto Mancini and Zlatko Dalic
and so what ? Who would have thought about this :
Roberto Mancini once visited
Medjugorje in 2012
He made pilgrimage in that
picturesque region of Herzegovina
He prayed in […] -
kevin halls published a poem on the site Football Poets a year ago
So it’s not coming home
as England lose to Spain,
it just wasn’t meant to be
for Gareth Southgate and Harry Kane.
So it’s not coming home
a case of so near but so far away,
but the Spanish were the better […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets a year 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 […] - 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.
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Latest Comments
7th June 2025 at 5:57 pm
Very well put! My recent favourite came when visiting Chesterfield. They have the ‘LMD Vacuum Excavation Stand’.
May be if you’re in the vacuum excavation business, it’s a beautiful sounding name.
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24th May 2025 at 7:19 am
Hi Steve
I’ve come across you before on the live poetry circuit…something I’ve also been involved in since the late 90s at slams, gigs and festivals. Did you ever get to Glasto?
I was also at Swindon when José subbed and berated Kevin in a League Cup game for Chelsea….
Salah as you point out went the same way…
Be interesting to see Kev’s next move?
Best
Crispin
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24th April 2025 at 1:05 pm
Hey Denys..love this
“You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days. ”
Not just Dylan but maybe an unintentional nod to and shades of Ian Dury’s enigmatic ‘What A Waste’ rhythmic scanning..eg:
I could be the driver in an articulated lorry
I could be a poet I wouldn’t need to worry
I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs
What a waste
What a waste
Was lucky enough to meet and interview him twice.
Best wishes from Forest Green to Genoa C
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8th March 2025 at 2:34 pm
Thanks Crispin
I’ve been to FGR a couple of times in the past – great food! Barnet look like they have the NL sewn up for this season, but I wish you well for promotion next season.
Regards, Beth
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11th January 2025 at 8:13 am
TO ADD THIS TO THIS POEM’S COMMENT:WELCOME BACK DAVID MOYES!!!
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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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