Paul Conneally
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 2 years, 2 months ago
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a pied wagtail flies
touchline to touchline
ice cold rain.
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 8 months ago
my mum remembers
that my dad was on the books
of Huddersfield Town
called to National Service
he returns a bricklayer -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 12 months ago
#19
she carefully
unwraps and eats
her sister’s rabbit#20
the pitch side crowded
with daffodils -
Paul Conneally‘s profile was updated 5 years ago
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years ago
a face in the crowd
the low sun and a pigeon
slowly cross the pitch -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 3 months ago
a Boxing Day drink
on the way to the football
strangely quiet streetsa ‘topping up’
in the Sir Robert Peel
before the match
talk of Christmas and how
we’d be pleased with a drawoutside the ground
we […] -
Paul Conneally‘s profile was updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 4 months ago
not wiped out but mapped
our dreams and the ground
helicopter blades -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 7 months ago
the barber says
”I’ll do what I can”
straggling locks
of thin grey hair
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 7 months ago
before the match
we drop in The Gate
to find its now Legends
cheap beer loud music
and a room full of geezers -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 7 months ago
running the line
for the under fifteens
a row of daisies
finding my heart’s in it
but my body’s not -
Paul T Conneally commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 7 months ago
Looking forward to welcoming Wolves to the King Power Stadium this season… where hopefully we will beat you! 😉 But truthfully welcome back to the top division! – Paul
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 7 months ago
late summer
brings its own struggles
new boots and shin pads -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 10 months ago
when Saturday comes
a pint a pie
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 11 months ago
spring fixture
a fan hands a policeman
an ice-cream -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 2 months ago
We pass the old tram shelter
every time we go to the matchJust like us this tram shelter
has never seen a tram in LeicesterDonated to the city in 1934
by hosiery magnate Robert RowleyIt never served its […]
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 2 months ago
walking to the match
the Statue of Liberty
signs ‘Up the Foxes’ -
Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 2 months ago
when Saturday comes
the smell and sizzle
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 4 months ago
three pints happy
we leave The Font
on Gateway Streethead towards
The Sir Robert Peel
and turn rightagainst red bricks
behind a black spiked fence
hangs Jesusstadium bound
fans genuflect and
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Paul T Conneally published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 5 months ago
in the concourse
a text home
and the half-time scores - 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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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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