Matthew Paul
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 10 months ago
Into added-on time and still the only highlight
this bitter Tuesday night has been the linoright in front of us tumbling into mud. Our lot
aren’t taking this latest pasting especially well:five names i […]
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 4 months ago
The day after a game, I used a slotted screwdriver
to loosen the radiator-hardened mud from the edge
of each boot’s plastic sole, matted grass and all; levered
in one unravelling, like peeling a h […] -
Matthew Paul‘s profile was updated 6 years, 11 months ago
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 11 months ago
It begins with all the boring stuff, which
makes ‘the match-day experience’ just so:
box office, police control room, the pitch-
marking gear, St John’s. Then the physio
waves us onto couches, fluor […] -
Matthew Paul became a registered member 7 years, 1 month ago
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 10 months ago
poplars in May
a long ball over the shoulder
hangs on the wind -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 12 years, 1 month ago
All summer, cheeking Parkie
with language we wouldn’t use at home
becomes routine, but he never responds in kind,
preferring to keep our ball when he can catch it.
Kickabouts arise with many a-side:
we b […] -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 12 years, 2 months ago
The hailstorm
forecast to drop any timeat last breaks over the city
at the full-time whistleson this final Saturday
of the football season(excluding domestic
and European finals),spotting cracked […]
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 12 years, 3 months ago
After just one replay of what himself will call
‘the Hand of God’, Colin Boyce from Walsallhas already seen enough and blusters out
from his cousin’s house to the hotand humid streets of the fervidly Loyal […]
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 13 years, 3 months ago
From the way Simon Stainrod does his keepy-uppy tricks
on the bouncetastic Omniturf pitch— the centrepiece an over-the-head juggle
nonchalantly caught by his nape—you would never suppose that not fifteen min […]
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 1 month ago
was heartily sick of not being pigeon-holed,
of people calling him Mr Versatile,
which his team-mates always took the Michael about,
like he swung both ways as some kind of deviant;
with no one position he could […] -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 1 month ago
Coneonlooklivelygiveitsomewellyplaytheballtofeetandstayinposition -you’remeanderingaboutliketheflippinDanubedelta…
mackerel sky
the little league ref
loses his whistle -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 8 months ago
the groundsman marks
where the bye-line will be
two magpies -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 9 months ago
knows he can’t sustain his pace
over ninety-odd minutes,
that’s he best used in cameos
as a last-ditch sub,
when his famous mazy dribble
might rescue a point.It’s time to do those UEFA badges
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 15 years, 9 months ago
Hucker rolls it out to Glenn,
tall, upright and balanced,who advances into space,
his eyes fixed on the movementaround and ahead of him,
waiting for a team-mate’sdiagonal run; then, challenged,
his leg steps […] -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 16 years, 3 months ago
losing again…
the flick of a divot
in the linesman’s sprint -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 4 months ago
November winds:
the centre circle
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 6 months ago
penalty –
ninety thousand whistles
hit the spot -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 6 months ago
sunshine through the goal-net bumblebees
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
beneath the floodlights
a winger’s shadow
darts in four directions - 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!
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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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