Sharon Jones
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Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
‘Trump Baby’
Pumped full of hot air
Blows football off the pages
Grabs the Ingerland press headlines
High Flyin’ in the London sunshine
A gargantuan blimp
In the best mode of Carnival
The crowd howls with […] -
Sharon Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
i should say so!
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Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
Gareth Southgate and his World Cup boys
Gave us an England free of snarling yobs
And instead a smile a hug a warm embrace
Of eternal hope over short lived hate
And the heart of football found its home
In a […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
The Welsh Spaniard now flown
Elegance of a Bolivian no.2 cigar
By his boots ye shall know him
Unlike lesser kings
Who chase the white rabbit of fame
Rangel found his aelwyd hearth
Within the grace of […] -
Sharon Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
is this being seen (wrongly i think) as a representation of the old minstrels show?
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Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
The scent of the white owl cigar
Pervades the Firhill dugout
Of a different time and place
No fire without smokeHis name resolutely hewn
From the same immortal rock as
Shankly Busby Stein, football […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 11 months ago
I love Gareth Southgate’s M&S waistcoat
And Harry Kane’s (almost) golden boot
And Harry Maguire’s bullet head
But although we cry ‘God for Harry….’
I won’t say “Football’s Coming Home!”
Not no nae never, […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 12 months ago
Football loves its trinities
And like the Holy Ghost
Always feels more at home
When the other two are closeHansen, Souness and Dalglish
Or the 3 Jocks as they’re known
Leaped right over Hadrian’s Wal […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
Who knows what will happen when England play Sweden
Nae more Turnips v Swedes that’s fae sure
And yon Southgate in his smart waistcoat
Put that ghost of ’96 to sleep
A lesson in patience resilience […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
The incredible Inexplicable
Unexplainable bewitching
Ineffable passion of football touches us all
In some way somehow somewhere
Bigger than @realDonaldTrump
Wilder than Rock & Roll
Bosser than […] -
Sharon Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets 6 years ago
Aye, my thoughts too, but this is a start……
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Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
In the twist of human logic
Between the guilt of bloodied hands
Now points the finger of the truth and frees
The voice of 96 lost fans
When the stronger arm of Justice
Stretches longer than the law
There’s […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
Bowie in Berlin
Flew high from Low in Hansa
Nae mentioned Fußball. -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
Williams flips the bird
Nae rockin’ robin more t*t
Putin on the ritz! -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
Maradona magician with a neat sleight of hand
Moore quite immaculate the emperor commands
Beckenbauer libero the pitch in his boots
Zoff a colossus even Caesar salutes
Deschamps so graceful gave sight to the […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
The man in black
“The Octopus”
with the feline vertebrae
whose elastic muscles flexed
with lithe perfection
to slide through skin
into legend
smooth
like the decadent slide
of a jazz trombone. -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 1 month ago
In 1930 the World Cup was born
And its birth pangs sang its joy
Jules Rimet the midwife and nurse
The victors UruguayThe strength of Meazza and Monti shone free
1934 in the glory that was Rome
Zamora and […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 1 month ago
There were so many roads home
For the brilliant Belfast boy
But the only real home for this
Dazzling swaggering wee genius
Was upon the football pitch
For here, and only here,
Let loose on those Elysian […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 1 month ago
Football welcomes its battlers
And they more than most fire up the terrace choristers
Honest graft and the steam of sweat wrung out from the hard-won match worn and torn shirt
And that there caustic […] -
Sharon Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years, 1 month ago
You speak of Kant who said
”Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild..”
Citing pure reason with deference, but
I tell you of Cantona whose raw passion
Nailed the pitch
“To be is to do” […] - Load More
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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.
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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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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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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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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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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