Matthew Paul
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 1 year, 11 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, 5 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 7 years ago
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years 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, 2 months ago
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 10 years, 11 months ago
poplars in May
a long ball over the shoulder
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 12 years, 2 months 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 2 months 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 4 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, 5 months ago
November winds:
the centre circle
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
penalty –
ninety thousand whistles
hit the spot -
Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 7 months ago
sunshine through the goal-net bumblebees
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Matthew Paul published a poem on the site Football Poets 21 years, 8 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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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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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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