Football Poets

“beyond the gated community of stones”. Beautiful.

Brilliant imagery. A great poem.

A fine poem, much appreciated.

Brilliant.

So evocative! Love it.

Yes. We played footy in the street, and Peter Lorimer (not me) broke the window-pane at number twenty-eight. Kenneth Wolstenholme was particularly impressed, and Leeds meet Chelsea in the semi-final.

A touching tribute to a quaint old ground, with its compact pitch and small white gable.

The poetry of adversity. Flowers watered by our tears. Thanks for a great poem Kevin.

A wonderful poem. Profound and heartfelt.

Barry Hines’ story “A Kestrel for a Knave” was turned into a moving and powerful film. In one scene, the PE teacher (Brian Glover) intervenes in a muddy school game of football, takes the ball through, and […]

Kun Aguero’s way of celebrating was to pretend to have a “punch-up” with the corner-flag.

Hull City manager Brown had kept his side on the pitch at half-time in order to berate them publicly. In a later match, against Manchester City, the Hull goal celebration was to re-enact the scene, with one of the […]

I had also thought of calling this “The Silence of the Fans.”

At the 1994 World Cup, Romario, Bebeto et al. pretended to rock a cradle, to celebrate a goal by Brazil.

When Juergen Klinsmann came to Spurs, he had a reputation as a “diver.” Seeing the funny side, he celebrated his first Spurs goal with a huge parodic “dive.”

Hugo Sánchez amazed the crowd at the Mexico World Cup by celebrating a goal with a cartwheel.

A very touching salute to men like Nobby Stiles, who can no longer remember what the rest of us will never forget.

Thanks Andrew.