Crispin Thomas
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
great verse Ianthe…keep on..
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
Agreed Kev we did all feel cheated.but remember..re Thong suggestion ….in the words of Murray Lachlan Young: BBC 6 Music resident Poet:
“Is it wrong to wear the thong
with hair bouffant
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
We’re back for more endeavour
while some still holiday
a handful here from Tyneside
have found Another Way*we wipe away the memories
those seasons in a row
the cruel Play Off lottery
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Crispin Thomas posted a new activity comment 8 years, 2 months ago
good sides always leave it late…. re yesterday….phew…
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Crispin Thomas posted a new activity comment 8 years, 2 months ago
Hi John….do you do away trips?.Might you be at FGR(evening game()..your lot are looking great..Ddo you know Eddie Cooney /Singer songwriter diehard Tranmere fan..lovely guy..met him last season at FGR 0 Tranmere 2 …his Hillsborough song/poem is on this site..welcome aboard..C
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
I did nick/adapt one line here from a song by Jackson Browne (Barricades of Heaven) where he sings about being in his first band,”I was just trying to find my song” .
It perfectly describes our search. Not just […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
great line Alex….more please
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
Now the Blues are still trying for Rom*
Who we all thought was surplus and gone
But it’s part of the craic
If you want someone back
Just pray your bank balance is strong
*Romelu Lu […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
Magnus Opus: an under-used phrase
perfect for these early days
when all are equal ..players ..teams
and fans and poets share their dreams
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
Hey Dulwich Poet…
I love this verse…
“Crumbling cinder terracing fenced off
A few concrete steps in its place
Pre-War wiring in the wooden stand
We could disappear without trace.”It describes […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
Great imagery; ‘cycling in the air’
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
from its ancient ground
football poetry’s new home
welcome to the site
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 2 months ago
In the year of 66
glad to be alive
mirrors on my Vespa
TV 175
we were tasting freedom
school was long and gone
working in the city
trying to find our song
and I get misty-eyed sometimes
thinking back to […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
this wasn’t written in the script
they just had to turn up
so was it fear or maybe stress
that stole away the Cup?and even Christiano’s tears
would in the end show joy
and leave the French with broken […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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oh to be a moth
under floodlights in Paris
with Cristiano
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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dodgy pen aside
German pass and move is quelled
French resistence style
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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with a single leap
Christiano breaks hearts
who go home with pride
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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CLAP! pause CLAP pause HUH !
Iceland chant the French awake
tighter foe await
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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taken all the way
German class and patience brings
nervy shoot out win
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
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passion heart and strength
Welsh team spirit fires them through
Belgians choc’late-less
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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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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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