Dulwich Poet
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Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
I’m sat on a cheap bus
Going to FC Groningen v. AZ
The last day in my forties
Not long til I’m dead.
Hopefully that’s a while yet
It’s day like this I’ll miss
Thought they had gone forever
When I was […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
I’m at a club called Volendam
I’ve been here once before
The ground has completely changed
And I can’t recall the score.
It would have been very early Nineties
As booze was just getting a grip
Soon every […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
Football can be rubbish
Such a pile of cack
What a difference a week makes
The Dulwich boys are back!
From humiliation at home
Thrashed by an average Harrow Borough
To going on a long mid-weeker to […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
In the extremely unlikely circumstance
Where I was offered a gong
Would I choose to accept it
When selling out my principles is wrong?
I’m not from African stock
So no forebears turning in their grave
I […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
We’re away to AFC Sudbury
The first game is here
So why am I so miserable
Unable to raise a cheer?
That’s the problem with work
It pays for the games I go
But when I’m stuck in the library
The day drags […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 2 months ago
Perhaps it’s the fact they’re rubbish
That brings me back again
Millwall Lionesses playing Bristol City
Tonight here at The Den.
It’s a pleasant evening
Something to do after work
I’m just here for the […] -
Dulwich Poet became a registered member 7 years, 9 months ago
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Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
It’s an unseasonal summer Sunday
Sat in a sunny Glasgow non-league ground
A very minor womens football game
With hardly any people around.
This is Benburb FC
Who had a proud old ground next door
Now on that plot […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
Right now I’m full of sadness
At the Adolf-Jager football ground
Not sure if this is my last visit
Soon it won’t be around.
A new home will be built
But new stadiums are never the same
Gone will be the ghosts that […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
I can’t believe it’s finally arrived
Cup Final day at last
Something I have long dreamed for
Coming round so fast.
Yet it’s got nothing to do with Dulwich Hamlet
Or Millwall in the play-offs tomorrow
It’s the […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
Two minutes left on the clock
The Hamburg Cup was almost ours
The Altona ‘Class of 2016’
Would go down in folklore as stars.
But then Norderstedt had that last chance
Found the back of the net
Deep down I knew it […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 11 months ago
Calming my nerves at half-time
That’s what poetry’s for
I really can’t believe it
One nil’s the current score.
With this be a famous giant-killing
I think I know the story…
Always the inevitable
Instead of a […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 12 months ago
It’s funny how as you get older
Your dreams they start to fade
All those hopes of Wembley
They begin to shade.
Amateur Cup quarter final
Back in Seventy Four
Too young to understand how close we were
Almost one […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 3 months ago
They say back in the day in Bermondsey
A sack of spuds could wear a red rosette
And Labour would still be elected
It was such a safe bet.
Such blind loyalty is how I feel
About some of our ‘New-veau’ fans
Almost […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
Almost there
It’s Christmas Eve
Looking forward to it
Even though I don’t believe.
Weather forecast’s ok
Football at the weekend
Groundhopping again.
First my Dulwich Hamlet on Saturday
For my holiday treat
Then […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
Is that a bandwagon?
Can’t you hear the noise?
Time to pile down The New Den
We’re all lifelong Millwall boys.
In the Tinpot Paintpot area final
Just one round from Wembley Way
Dreaming of another game under the […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
Some grounds are unlucky
We call it all a jinx
Just bad luck or not good enough
Despite what everyone thinks.
We tend to struggle at Bognor
That seems the rule of thumb
Which is why when you mention them
We come […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
I wonder where you were
When I was just a child
If you had been in existence
Would I have been so wild?
I was never good at football
But you would not have taken the mick
It’s all about respect and […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 6 months ago
We’ve all got strange quirky hobbies
Pray tell what is it you do?
Do you have a love of animals
And can’t resist a zoo.
Perhaps you’re nerdy old fashioned
Call yourself a trainspotter
Or keep on writing […] -
Dulwich Poet published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 7 months ago
It all seemed far too clinically clean
Newly built spick and span
But I didn’t come for the surroundings
I came to say goodbye to a great man.
Nearly three decades since you left London
But you never lost your […] - Load More
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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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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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