Greg Freeman
@gregoryfreeman
Active 3 months, 3 weeks ago-
Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 6 months ago
Impatient men and boys waited
outside newsagents at six o’clock,
for vans to deliver their bundles.
News or Standard? Rival
papers competed to produce
Saturday night sports papers,
all the football s […] -
Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
early October’s comforting chill,
scarf snug round the neck.
Blood pulses through arteries,
moving as it should. Heart lifts
with every step towards the s […] -
Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 7 months ago
It seems like a dream now:
the 1-4 scoreline;
Lampard’s goal that never was;
watching the game with Carol Ann Duffy.She turned up amid the half-time gloom
in the pub, asked if it was ok
to sit near the T […] -
Greg Freeman posted an update 2 years, 7 months ago
My debut full collection Marples Must Go!, which includes some football poems posted here, is now available from publishers Dempsey & Windle https://www.dempseyandwindle.com/gregfreeman.html
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Greg Freeman‘s profile was updated 2 years, 7 months ago
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Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 10 months ago
‘The goalkeeper’s fear of the penalty’ –
but shouldn’t a striker fear it
so much more? The keeper isn’t
expected to save; the forward
is obliged to score. A penalty
can help break the duck,
if you’re […] -
Greg Freeman posted an update 2 years, 10 months ago
Highly recommended! Brian Bilston’s ’50 Ways to Score a Goal and other football poems’ (Macmillan). An ideal accompaniment to the Euros that’s not just for kids. Here’s my review on Write Out Loud https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=115831
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Greg Freeman‘s profile was updated 2 years, 10 months ago
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Greg Freeman commented on a poem on Football Poets 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for this, Crispin, a souvenir of a memorable night. Reading it brought tears to my eyes. Commiserations to City fans, I thought your name was on the trophy this time.
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Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 11 months ago
As the boos rang out at the Riverside
I remembered my team’s
first black player
coming on as sub in the 80s,
the storm of hate from the Shed.The shock and anguish I felt,
wondering if I could c […] -
Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
A winter’s day, a darkening sky. Warned
by the ref midway through the first half
for over-enthusiastic touchline coaching:
I don’t know what you’re on, but I want some of it.
Those games meant […]
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Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
Look at it not so much as a game
of two halves – although it was that,
too – but the result of fixture congestion.
Pure and simple. Two crucial matches,
far too close together. A great win up north,
d […] -
Greg Freeman commented on a poem on Football Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
‘Get stuck in’ … the same managerial advice we were offered as 3rd Tolworth Cubs, back in the day. And at half-time, the same refrain, slightly amended: ‘The trouble is, you’re not getting stuck in enough …’
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Greg Freeman‘s profile was updated 3 years, 2 months ago
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Greg Freeman‘s profile was updated 3 years, 2 months ago
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Greg Freeman changed their profile picture 3 years, 2 months ago
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Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 2 months ago
It may be just a pre-season friendly,
he’s the wrong side of thirty; I still
get the same joy watching him play.
Diehard tackles, rampaging forward,
exhorting teammates, lusting for goals.I’m double his […]
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Greg Freeman became a registered member 3 years, 2 months ago
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Greg Freeman‘s profile was updated 3 years, 2 months ago
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Greg Freeman published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 10 months ago
Definition of the ultimate stoic?
A season ticket holder at Stockport.
Apparently insouciant amid
rain and defeats, shouting nothing,
just chewing furiously
on his briar, the only sign perhaps
of piqued pride. […] - Load More
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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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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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