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World Cup Winnie published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 10 months ago
It’s coming home!
It is….
Isn’t it?Not to wash or cook or clean
But on achievement of a dream
Where the Ladies
Will be lauded, applauded, and awarded
The freedom of every city
Achieving legendary statu […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 11 months ago
“C’MON YOU BLUES!”
My team
My chant
But I just can’t
Bring it to bear
Tonight…
Not because I don’t care
But because
There are teams of similar hue;
Don’t get me wrong
I’ll always be true
To me an […] -
World Cup Winnie published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 11 months ago
Come together….
Every man, woman and child
And watch our spirits run free
As we turn football wild!Let’s take all the shackles off
From playing with precision
And let the hearts dictate the pla […] -
Hy Koo published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 11 months ago
Tennis cricket golf
The fans are all out in force
Wrong type – new ball please!~ # ~
Kit calligraphy
“Subsumes history in hues”
New season coming!~ # ~
Numbers – talk to me!
Fantasy squads now […] -
Apollo Gees published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years ago
Iggy has a Lust for Life
I have a lust for the game
Since my initiation
My life has never been the same! -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years ago
Stepping out onto Albion’s shores
from the ironsides of Windrush
came future friends
future trends
future starsthey assimilated….
but it was a struggle
as the Muggles of middle minded Eng […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
It seems like forever
that we’ve heard that iconic-goose-bump-inducing signature tune…..
followed by incumbent presenter welcoming us all
to edited highlights, mapping a ball
then cameras rol […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 4 months ago
We pray to every God
For all the people lost and impacted in Turkey and SyriaBack in my early days
at almost every game
you’d surely hear the chant
“Chopper’s gonna getcha, la, la, la, la!”
and there w […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 6 months ago
And lo!
God set man upon earth
And Pelé unto footballGod gave humankind legs
So that we might walk
And Pele danceGod gave us brains
So that our minds might reach to the future with emboldened […] -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 6 months ago
SF1: MmmmMessi
Messi’s magical masterclass…
More memorable than most?
Mesmeric in front of the masses
Mercurial medallist dumbfounds (immoral) hostMorocco’s momentum
Offers a modicum of optim […] -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
Sat 10/12/2022
France 2-1 EnglandFor me, that was even stevens
Two great teams, giving it their all
Just what you want
When it comes to the very best of footballBut then….
Where there’s nothing to cho […] -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
Messi, Messi, Messi,
Bless he, bless he, bless he
Guess he, guess he, guess he
Doesn’t need advice from me!And when you draw breath and think about it
A misplaced pass from Messi
Is about as commonplace […] -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
There was a young fella named Bertie
Whose predilection didn’t include Gertie(s)
He went to Qatar
They found him bizarre
And now he’s banged up watching CR7 get shirty! -
Clik The Mouse commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
Stuart, you are not alone, in your dichotomy of doubt
but without dissention
you stand alone
in hogging our attention!
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World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
Hey Mr Cool
don’t be no fool –
make sure you give out
berate and sharply shout
at all those around you
whomsoever may confound you;
those not pulling their weight;
those late –
into a tackle;
those not p […] -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
One Love
garners no love
from the unlovable -
World Cup Willie published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
I’m Spartacus!
No, I’m…..well not quite.
I’m boycotting!….
England’s first game, for all the right reasons –
repudiating a Republic where rights are unreasonably
driven roughshod into the […] -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 8 months ago
We used to argue ad-nauseum
As to whether or not the ball crossed the line
Case-in-point: ‘66Now we have microscopic lenses
And digital wristbands
That pinpoints crossing ‘tween the sticks! -
Apollo Gees published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 8 months ago
That ball
has found its time
and its placeguided there
by my bonce
and a smile ‘pon my face;as it nestles gloriously
there
in the back of that netit is
for me
my most favourite goal yet! -
Clik The Mouse published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 8 months ago
I would opine
much more online
but…“password not accepted”
so I try password this
password that
password another
but I even forget
the maiden name of my mother!And so I switch
from the ether […] - 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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joe morris
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29th June 2025
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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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