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Crispin Thomas

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    we’ve come so far and its nearly here :
    The Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand

    there’s just so much to admire and enjoy
    within the Women’s Game and guess what
    this time we’re one of the […]

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    on any street at any time
    and right across the world
    you’ll see them glaring from the shirts
    of grown ups boys and girls
    these gambling match day sponsors
    who boldly underline
    that betting is for e […]

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    once in a blue moon

    comes a day when you can say

    oh yes I was there

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    BBC confirm

    here within our national game

    free speech ain’t allowed ~

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    classic shots and lines from games
    there are loads I know
    the freezing figure of the man
    just standing in the snow
    blizzard howling round his head
    empty pitch and stand
    the patron saint of sheepskin […]

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    call him old fashioned but he had his own style
    churned out facts like an old speed dial
    started out way back in sixty nine*
    Motty was a one off in his own time
    call him quirky and say what you like
    Motty […]

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    If you’ve ever been there
    If you’ve had the call
    If you’ve had that feeling
    Writing’s on the wall
    Like some guilty party
    In your heart you know
    There is no alternative
    When it’s time to go

    Whe […]

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    The blue Azzurri fire that burned
    when I first saw you on my screen
    one Nineties Sunday Channel 4
    Sampdoria your long time home

    the passion in your play that shone
    as bright as bright for all to […]

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    I was 10 years old when I first saw you
    that steamy Summer of ’58 the World Cup …Sweden
    when before you – for me
    there had only been one hero…Jimmy Greaves.

    we’d only had our tele a year
    but there y […]

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    one club man our George

    gentlemanly on and off

    his old Cottage pitch ~

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    whose ground this is I surely know
    unrecognizable in snow
    and I my glee can barely hide
    to find these gates all open wide
    my little dog must think it strange
    to stop with neither fan nor game
    he gives his […]

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    it’s a dream that would blossom two decades ago
    when the Spirit of Football gave birth
    to a symbol that’s more than just something you kick
    but unites everyone on this Earth
    and it’s rolled and been kicked by […]

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    Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 7 months ago

    Hi Guys

    Re ‘Lets Boycott Qatar ‘ poem

    You probably hate me banging on..and problably know (like me) that my/your not watching the World Cup in Qatar will make no difference.

    Of course it won’t. That’s not […]

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    let’s boycott Qatar
    it’s wrong for heaven’s sake
    however little diff’rence
    our non-viewing will make
    let’s go watch a small club
    while games go on at home
    while they just greenwash endlessly
    to justify […]

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    migrant workers meagre wages
    lacking in support
    dying in the searing heat
    in the name of sport
    all are welcome so they claim
    we know that’s not true
    there’s no understanding
    of LGBTQ
    women made to live […]

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    It rarely garners plaudits
    it often ushers pain
    those masters of the darkest art
    who waste our time again
    the dragging to the corner flag
    that Shangri-La of spaces
    the long slow walk to be replaced […]

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    Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Shoot! (Something we’ve also been screaming in vain at our team all season !)

    Great memories Joe . Before Shoot, it was Roy of the Rovers comic too, dropping through my letterbox.

    Anxiously waiting each week […]

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    Even if your owner’s an eco millionaire
    When the bubble bursts a bit you learn to fight despair
    Remembering that months ago we had ourselves a time
    Cheering dancing in the stands the champagne flowed […]

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    oh dear another four years on
    and just like Russia and South Africa
    the question arises again
    Qatar – will we watch or not
    and equally will we write poems about it ?
    the football that is

    yeah it’s […]

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    Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 9 months ago

    Great memories Greg. Took me right back.

    Today I stand on a small terrace in the hills where I live watching Forest Green Rovers in L1, and keep up with Chelsea on highlights.  It’s a far cry and a world away fro […]

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