Crispin Thomas
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 12 months ago
searching for the words that can uncover
all the stuff you go through deep inside
expectation and anticipation
when you climb aboard to share the ride
this is how if feels to be rewarded
when you’ve […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
there’s no football in Ukraine this weekend
rivalries abandoned for a while
stadiums and streets lie torn and empty
no-one can be seen for mile on mile
women watching husbands go to battle
knowing not if […] -
Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
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 […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
Great imagery Joe …but I struggeled to read it in the fog at first…
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
Tell me about it Kev…!!!!!
Great emotion …just how we’re feeling here in leafy Glos!
best C
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
…Fan is short for fanatic.
Empires fall. Football’s
nowhere near
as important
as life and death…..Great words Greg..keep on …best… C
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 1 month ago
the half time news is sad and long
the bombing and the war goes on
you start to feel it’s bad and wrong
to watch a football game
to see the skills of some new star
to carry on the way we are
while in a c […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
they’ve changed so much these days
and long gone so many now
those looming giant Martians
that towered over towns
throwing light and shapes
replaced by modern soulless equivalents
but still they beckon […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
between the pitch and concourse
the seconds ticking on
her dad was early in in the queue
to beat the half time throng
not one to miss a second
his daughter stood alone
the sound of clanking seats was […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
never thought love could feel this way
never thought I’d hear it or ever see the day
sometimes the words aren’t deep enough to say
it’s just football love actuallyall of that stuff you just love to put m […]
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
you run the ‘gamut’ Rovers
upon this hill so high
you never know if rain or snow
or fog will wander by
and so it was on nights like this
with no wish to be bitter
you know that if it had gone on
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
“Are you – and this is the most important –
wearing your lucky pants?”(from ‘Reasons Why You Lost’ by Joe Williams)
ALWAYS JOE!
But when it’s cold like tonight at FGR v Mansfield its the Lucky Long […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
More thoughts on those leaving before the end of the game…and dead on the final whistle…
What really cracks me up is that fans set from home really early and often arrive sometimes an hour ot two hours before […]
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Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
so true.Sharon..
.in our stand at Forest Green we don’t leave til the whole team and the manager come over.. but the exodus of those desperate to beat the traffic in the main stand is unbelievable..
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 3 months ago
I’d never heard of Forest Green
nor had I glimpsed The Lawn
when I first came to live round here
just as the Eighties dawned
I’d always loved a bigger club
at home in London town
but found myself upon thi […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 4 months ago
if Lily Parr could be here now
you wonder what she’d say
as Chelsea took on Arsenal
on Wembley’s pitch today
and did our Lily realise
the breakthrough women made
their influence upon the gam […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 5 months ago
all those years ago
FA banned the women’s game
as ‘unsuitable ‘ ~
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 5 months ago
there’s something happ’ning on the hill
belief is growing as it will
with far to go this time around
we keep our feet upon the ground
but confidence is there to see
in Rob and Richie’s Green Armyaway […]
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Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 5 months ago
It’s ‘off’ again now Conte has banished it at Spurs
and just a few days later the matter’s even worse
where Stevie G at Villa has brought the hammer down
and with it those old ketchup wars are back again i […] -
Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 5 months ago
how long until diversity
embraces inclusivity
how long until the day begins
when ev’ry coach is welcomed in
to poerate ibn ev’ry league
regardless of their race or creedno referees in our top league […]
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Latest Comments
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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23rd April 2024 at 3:59 pm
Hi Crispin,
Yes sorry mate. Villa are still in Europe. Mistake rectified.
Cheers
Joe
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20th April 2024 at 12:04 pm
Hi Joe
Shouldn’t your title read your poem Farewell Europe England to everyone exccept Aston Villa ?
I know you mention them in your poem , but I do feel sorry for Villa re the national press .
Largely ignored. the hype was was all about Man City & Arsenal with a bit of a nod to the Hammers..but hardly a mention of Villa..
So well done to them
C
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19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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