David Foulkes
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
People want their Walsall back
I wonder what that means?
They’re marching to and from the site
Of comedy latrines.They’re calling for belated truths
And answers from the usurers
Jeff patrols the bargain […] -
David Foulkes became a registered member 6 years, 1 month ago
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 7 months ago
All the time you lied
Whilst chasing our poor backsides
Down motorways and through stations
In the name of civilization.Chelsea suits fought solicitor gangs
But at Saltergate we were the harangued
The ordinary […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 16 years ago
The striplights on the ceiling of the train.
Are driving me insane.
My now tubular brain
Is peering at the rain
On the windowMy God its only Leeds.
If only someone was here to listen I would plead
That there’s […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 17 years, 9 months ago
I didn’t see it in your eyes
Although I should have guessed
I didn’t sense it in your touch
Or the romance you suggestMy thoughts were overrun with love
In every bar on every night
Until I discovered tha […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 17 years, 11 months ago
Too long planning the trip to Crewe
Not enough time in B and Q.Too busy watching Match of the Day
Instead of saying the things I needed to saySat on trains for too many hours
And didn’t come home with c […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 17 years, 11 months ago
A funny thing happened
Near the saloon-bar door
As I was minding my own business
En-Route to division four
A raven-headed beauty
Took my hand and lead me silently
To the snug bar where she sat us down and […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 20 years, 11 months ago
And I’m still around?
On my way to somewhere, I don’t know
Someone else’s ground.
With someone else’s weather on the window
Those jokers in the rain on a snooker club car park.
My train, seriously stalled by some […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 3 months ago
I miss you
York away
The perfect curves of a Tetley glass
Such fine booze
On the banks of the Ouse
Where I would talk to the statue of Constantine
To the amusement of tourists
Who don’t know what it means […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 6 months ago
On the wet platform
The essence of football fans
Distilled and drenched. -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
Tea all over the floor
Women scream and pets scatter
A cefax goal. -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
Beautiful white clouds
Unphased by the consequence
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
It hurts
Top at half time
Bottom by five
The day that eras come alive
But you never how it’s going to fall
During this cruel time
It’s anyone’s call.Once the league cup first round eased us into the swing […]
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 10 months ago
They say that anything is possible
That any game is winable
That nothing’s unobtainable
If flesh and blood can kick a ball.You cling to these thoughts everyday
If you’re a follower of Whitley Bay
The club for […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 11 months ago
No man or club is bigger than it
Not the “R’zzz” of Reading
Or the Golden Tit
So I howled and whinced when I heard the tale
Of Wolves premature
Premiership season ticket sales.Just as Reading found with their […]
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 22 years, 2 months ago
All the pubs and trains and grounds I’ve sat in
Just to see him run like a demented chicken
The man can’t jump and he has no tricks
Just stumbles and stoops to obtain free-kicks.You’d think with his size he’d be […]
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David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 22 years, 8 months ago
It’s a tough life
sifting through the bargain bins
those out of date and dented tins
are metaphors, defeats and winsmy up and down world.
It’s physically hard
training
playing
falling down
to cat calls form the […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 22 years, 9 months ago
For those who think that hot air rises
Beware Methusela’s many guises
Like po faced chairmen baring gifts
and assistant managers who can’t button their lip.It was “u’Rzz” and not little old us
Who went and […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 22 years, 11 months ago
Gnawing the root of my nervous system
Swallowing everyday lifeThought
Speech
Appetite
SleepInertia’s idle demon
Who’s unborn seed in April’s womb
An unborn foe that grows and learns
The mechanics of our […] -
David Foulkes published a poem on the site Football Poets 23 years ago
They’ve got me on their nipple of lies
the drip fed deceit of the billboard’s surprise
coming home from work every night in the dark
just a taster…
one line…
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Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
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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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29th January 2024 at 10:03 pm
Hi Crispin,
How are you doing mate? Yes, you’re probably right but hey football is all about emotion and passion and I just love writing about the game. I try to keep my poetry to a reasonable length but there’s so much to write about the game and its literature just lends itself naturally to poetry. Sometimes I just get completely carried and I do apologise for the length of my poetry but it’s a great thrill to be associated with Football Poets.
Cheers mate
Joe
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10th January 2024 at 7:52 pm
You’re right of course Joe but…..it’s actually more of a big welcome break for everyone who is not into Premier League ..I’m talking fans of EFL National League and below…..
Btw …is this actually your longest poem ever !?
Best
Crispin
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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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