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Ian Martin

Ian Martin

I have been attempting to write poetry since I retired 8 years ago and my interest in football poetry started when I evade a no. League football clubs , club poet for a year. I then went on to write articles and interviews for them for a further two year which was a joynas they […]

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Crispin Thomas
13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm

Welcome to Football Poets Beth

Great evocative poem Beth….

More please !

Haiku always welcome.

Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon

Best

Crispin

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John J O’Connor
26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm

Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.

I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.

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Clik The Mouse
10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm

Hi Crispin,

I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…

a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….

the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!

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Crispin Thomas
26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm

Hi Denys…

Re Man City:

OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.

Manchester City

BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .

Best

Crispin

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joe morris
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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joe morris
28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm

Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.

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Denys E. W. Jones
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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joe morris
25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm

Hi Denys,

Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.

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Denys E. W. Jones
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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joe morris
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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