Your Nostalgia Poems
Hi – Your Nostalgia / Football Memories Poems ; 2000-Present ~ Many of these poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library. In many cases you can click on poem title to link to poem and click on poet name to link to […]
Your RIP Poems
Your RIP / Remembrance Poems for those that we have lost. Published: 2000-Present ~ 2021 : Gerd Muller; Frank Worthington; Peter Lorimer; Ian St. John; Bobby Kellard ; Colin Bell: 2020: Paolo Rossi; Gérard Houllier; Diego Maradona; Ray Clemence; Nobby Stiles; Jack Charlton; Norman Hunter; Peter Bonetti; Harry Gregg: Hans Tilkowski 2019 : Justin Edinburgh; […]
Your Euros Poems
~ Your Euro 2020 (2021!) Poems ~ A big thank you for all your Euro 2020 (in 2021!) poems /haiku to the following contributors: Carol Stewart. Dave Martin, Gacina Bozidar; Greg Freeman, John J O’Connor; Kevin Halls; Kevin Raymond; Sharon Jones; Stuart Butler and U Rowe; from the editors Crispin, Clik & Christian . 2021 […]
Kick It Out Poems
KICK IT OUT/ANTI RACISM POEMS 2000- Present (Selection) 17 Jul (2021) Rough Musick Stuart Butler 16 Jul (2021) A New England: Reasons to be Cheerful Sharon Jones 7 Jun (2021) Black and Blue (for Paul Canoville) Greg Freeman 9 Dec (2019) Kick It Out Rap (2019 Remix ) Crispin Thomas 11 Dec (2018) Kick It Out – kevin halls 09 […]
Your Hillsborough Poems
YOUR HILLSBOROUGH POEMS 2000-2020 – Our selection of poems published on the new site since 2015 and the original/old Football Poets website (2000-2015) now preserved/archived by the British Library. They recall and remember the lives of those 96 souls we lost. The tragic Hillsborough disaster occurred during the semi-final FA Cup tie : Liverpool v Nottingham Forest […]
Your Munich Poems
.Your Munich Poems 2004-2020 On February 6th 1958, 23 people RIP (of the 44 passengers & crew) lost their lives when a plane crashed at Munich Airport, attempting to take off in heavy snow. Among the dead, were members of Manchester United Football Club, returning from a European Cup tie v Red Star Belgrade. New […]
Football At Christmas Poems
YOUR FOOTBALL AT CHRISTMAS POEMS 2000-2018 2018 05 Dec One Christmas in the Trenches ~ Centenary Crispin Thomas 2015 13 Dec A Christmas Prayer Mike Bartram 16 Mar World Cup at Christmas? S B Ingle 2014 Dec Festive Fixtures E Power 23 Dec Merry Christmas Geof Dawson 19 Dec Team Sheet Alan Mckean 17 Dec The 25th Christmas Mike […]
Christmas Truce Poems
Your Christmas Truce 1914 Football Poems~ Selection 2000-2018 2018~ 100th Anniversary of WW1 End 27 Dec It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Stuart Butler 05 Dec One Christmas in the Trenches ~ Centenary-Crispin Thomas 23 DecThe Truce traduced –Clik The Mouse 2014 ~ 100th Anniversary of WW1 Start 24 Dec Bydand Trent Morris 22 Dec […]
World Cup Haiku ~ Russia 2018
World Cup 2018 haiku (91) A massive thank you for your words and contributions throughout the tournament to: Dachlan Cartwright; Fred Slattern; Kevin Halls; Sharon Wilkie-Jones; Stuart Butler; World Cup Willie from the Editors Crispin, Clik The Mouse and Christian and to eveyone who visits our site.Make your feelings known by clicking the heart/love/like button […]
World Cup Poems ~ Russia 2018
Women’s World Cup France 2019 2019 Jul 02 WWC 2019 Semi-Final: Lyonesses World Cup Winnie Jun 23 Within The Women’s Game ~ WWC 2019 Crispin Thomas World Cup 2018 Poems (122) Contributors (16) : A massive thank you to the following contributors : Alex Saynor; Denys.E.W.Jones; Emdad Rahman; Gacina Bozidar; Geoff Tabrah; Graham Salter; Ianthe Exall; John […]
About This Site
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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Latest Poems
Crispin Thomas
16th September 2021
Christopher T. George
9th September 2021
Clik The Mouse
9th September 2021
John Paul Kirkham
2nd September 2021
John Paul Kirkham
2nd September 2021
Simon Icke
1st September 2021
Simon Icke
31st August 2021
Crispin Thomas
29th August 2021
Gacina Bozidar
28th August 2021
Brian Mein
24th August 2021
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
4th September 2021 at 1:18 pm
This is so true. Both of my sons played at junior level and I gave words of encouragement, but never shouted or ranted from the sides like some parents, one bloke went over the top most games and his lad you could tell was nervous and embarrassed. I just wanted my lads to enjoy playing football and not as a competition etc. My eldest son ended up playing professional football, while my other one played at a decent level. The youngster who was ranted at by his crazy father never carried on playing. Let kids enjoy the game but they wont if forced to by obsessive parents.
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29th August 2021 at 12:06 pm
maybe see you at the Fully Charged New Lawn then? Have had some great chats with CU fans before League & Cup games…best C
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27th August 2021 at 10:58 am
Boxing Day 2018
Carlisle 6
Oldham 0
It doesn’t often get that exciting at Brunton Park
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24th August 2021 at 9:14 pm
Great feeling of being in amongst the fans as the goals fly in. 5 nil? Whose paddock is it though?????
We had a mad day like that on Saturday at Forest Green v Crawley (6-3!)
Welcome to Football Poets Brian..more please !
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11th July 2021 at 3:19 pm
Thank you!
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9th July 2021 at 12:35 pm
lovely imagery Carol
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8th July 2021 at 7:56 pm
A more than able Kane – nice one.
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8th July 2021 at 7:54 pm
Apologies, just spotted your rhyme scheme. Don’t do end rhymes too often.
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8th July 2021 at 7:52 pm
I noticed the officials too and wondered what all the kerfuffle was about. Seriously?? Such a shame there always has to be some sort of controversy. Love how you managed to get all this into verse and so quickly. Not sure how you feel about enjambment, but I’d be tempted to tweak line 4 to ‘Danish national anthem booed, flipped over’. But that’s just me. I most certainly agree with your fair play sentiments.
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6th July 2021 at 11:11 pm
Love the wry humour. Good piece.
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