Dennis Swift
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Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 2 months ago
Wanderers fans divided
Ian Evatt is to blame
Fans are going mental
Because we don’t win every game
But many have a solution
They think they know it all
Then get them to the training ground
with a track s […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 9 months ago
They came to the reebok and rode out their luck
Morecambe so wise as the wanderers came unstuck
The shrimps parked the bus right in front of our goal
And prevented our players from scoring a shoal.Chance […]
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Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 9 months ago
Here is a story that’s directed
To all football fans who believe
That their team is the best and above all the rest
And regularly under achieve.When you struggle with a donkey centre forward
Who couldn’t b […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 7 months ago
I lost my football appetite when Bolton fell from grace
I didn’t renew my season ticket as the team were out of place
The premier league was special and the thought of not being there
And the return to the C […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 7 months ago
We’ve done it, the lads have gone and done it
The whites are going up
The celebrations ran through the night
As if we’d won the cup
It means so much for the fans of this club
After the mess they’d been put t […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 9 months ago
It was our final day of existence
When our club was saved by the bell
After those previous dodgy owners
Placed our fans through sheer hell
Their grasp was like a tightened vice
Unwilling to let it go
They […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 10 months ago
I miss going to Football
Covid 19 keeping fans away
It’s on TV so I suppose its ok
And it’s on every day
Artificial crowd noise accompany the play
Nothing like watching from stands I sayI miss going to […]
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Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 11 months ago
Another defeat and all to do
If were not to stay in division 2
Fans moaning doom and gloom
not good enough I can only assumeGames running out we need a win
Manager taking it on the chin
Same excuses week […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 11 months ago
A journey from the Premier league
To the point of going bust
How the hell did we end up
With owners we couldn’t trust
The EFL seemed blinkered
Not a care for club nor fans
They couldn’t pay the players or […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 11 months ago
Ohhh Covid you’re such an invaded pest
I cannot watch my football team
Your presence I do detest
I miss the football banter
Whilst watching from the stand
But as long as Covid is around
Us football fans a […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 8 months ago
Country stuck on lockdown
Can’t travel or go anywhere
Football Grounds are deserted
To what seem like germ warfare
All fans are in solitary confinement
Yet many ignore the pleas
Do as the Government t […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 8 months ago
I have never known a time so scary
Where football came to a halt
And should the season end so soon
It won’t be football’s fault
This nasty man-made virus has caused all sport to cease
And even the Champions L […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 3 months ago
What a day for the Whites
we’ve almost signed a team
Nine new players signed today
This week seems like a dream
Football Ventures took us over
what more could we ask
If we are to Survive in division o […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 4 months ago
Now that’s a big relief
A massive weight off the shoulder
Our football club has been saved
But still the problem smoulder
Were not out the wood as yet
And we start the season no less
with no big thanks to t […] -
Dennis Swift posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Atherton Collieries FC
What a tremendous effort
From the Atherton Collieries team
The topping of another league
Is every managers dream
But this guys in a league of his own
Michael Clegg you are a star
You have those special qualities
Which has taken your team this farNext season we’ll be watching
With an extra intrigue
As the Colls start a…[Read more] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 9 months ago
They charge a lot for admission
To watch our average teams
In an over hyped premier league
Because that is what it seems
They’re knocked out in the Champions League
But praised for getting that far
They a […] -
Dennis Swift‘s profile was updated 7 years, 10 months ago
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Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 10 months ago
There’s a new sensation that’s going around
Like changing the name of your team’s ground
It takes a while to get used to a new name
And to many of the fans it isn’t quite the sameTake Bolton Wandere […]
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Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 10 months ago
What a rotten lot are those on the board
They are ruthless without any thought
This now poor embarrassed Groundsman
Must feel helpless down and distraught
His 27 year stint just came to an end
Because the […] -
Dennis Swift published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 10 months ago
We shall never forget that January night
When Bolton fans turned Anfield white
A display by our team that tore Liverpool apart
The memories that still pull the strings of my heart
David Lee precise with his […] - Load More
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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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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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