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~ Many of these poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library.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 ~ 2024 Stan Bowles; 2023: Terry Venables; Bobby Charlton : Francis Lee; Trevor Francis; John Motson; Gianluca Vialli; 2022 : Ivic Osim; John Jackson; Pelé; George Cohen; Chem Abad; Terry Neill; 2021 : Ray Kennedy; Ron Flowers; Roger Hunt; Jimmy Greaves; Gerd […]
Football At Christmas Poems
YOUR FOOTBALL AT CHRISTMAS POEMS 2000-Present 2023 26 Dec Boxing Day fun and games joe morris 22 Dec Just days to Christmas joe morris 2021 16 Dec Football at Christmas always seemed too much. joe morris 2020 10 Dec So Here it is Merry Christmas Sharon Jones 3 Dec One Christmas During Covid Crispin Thomas 3 Dec Rodborough Robin […]
Christmas Truce Poems
Your Christmas Truce 1914 Football Poems~ Selection 2000-2023 2023 19 Sep The Christmas Truce Phil Brennan 2021 19 Dec The First World War football truce joe morris 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 […]
Your World Cup Poems
2023 Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Sep 01 Ruined By A Kiss ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas Aug 23 Spain Triumph ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas Aug 21 The Ecstasy and the Agony Denys E. W. Jones Aug 21 Spain reign on the plains joe morris Aug 20 The Women’s World Cup Final joe morris Aug 18 WWC23~The Gold Gacina […]
World Cup Haiku ~ Australia New Zealand 2023
Women’s World Cup 2023 haiku -Australia New Zealand Aug 23 Spain Triumph ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas Aug 16 It’s…. (nearly!) World Cup Winnie Aug 16 Time To Bring it Home ~ WWC 23 Crispin Thomas Aug 07 England & Australia Last Eight Bound ~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas Aug 04 Morocco & Columbia Make The Last 16 WWC […]
Kick It Out Poems
KICK IT OUT/ANTI RACISM POEMS 2000- Present (Selection) There are hundreds of poems about racism in footballl on this site. Many of them stretch back to 2000 .You will find poem from students in numerous schools and from football poetry workshops undertaken by the Football Poets over a ten year period. This is purely a […]
Your Hillsborough Poems
YOUR HILLSBOROUGH POEMS 2000-2021 – 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 original 96 (now 97) souls we lost. The tragic Hillsborough disaster occurred during the semi-final FA Cup tie : […]
Your Euros Poems
2022 ~Your Women’s Euro 2022 England Poems~ Aug 1 We Can Be Heroes Sharon Jones Jul 31 Let’s hear it for the ladies joe morris Jul; 31 Homecoming Greg Freeman Jul 15 A pride of Lionesses (and all the other teams) Greg Freeman Jul 13 Lionesses Roar As One Crispin Thomas ~ Your Euro 2020 (2021!) Poems ~ 24 […]
Your Munich Poems
.Your Munich Poems 2004-2021 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 […]
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
kevin halls
18th March 2024
Richard Williams
18th March 2024
joe morris
18th March 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
17th March 2024
joe morris
17th March 2024
Clik The Mouse
14th March 2024
joe morris
14th March 2024
joe morris
10th March 2024
joe morris
6th March 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
3rd March 2024
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Latest Comments
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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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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31st October 2023 at 4:26 pm
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
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6th October 2023 at 11:49 pm
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
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