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~ Many of these poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library.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 manyf 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 lost. Published: 2000-Now ~ 2019:Gordon Banks; Emiliano Sala; Hugh McIlvanney; 2018: Roy Bentley; Alex Young; Tommy Lawrence; Ray Wilkins; WW1 Centenary; 2017: Ronnie Moran; Alex Young; Ugo Ehiog; 2016: Johan Cruyff; ACF Chapocoense Air Crash ; 2015: Howard Kendall; Dave Mckay; Matthew Harding; Ron Springett; 2014: James Alexander Gordon; […]
Your Munich Poems
.Your Munich Poems 2004-2015 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 […]
Your Hillsborough Poems
YOUR HILLSBOROUGH POEMS 2000-2015 – Our selection of poems published on the original/old Football Poets website 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 on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough Stadium, […]
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
World Cup 2018 Poems (122) Contributors (16) : A massive thank you for your input and words during the tournament to the following contributors : Alex Saynor; Denys.E.W.Jones; Emdad Rahman; Gacina Bozidar; Geoff Tabrah; Graham Salter; Ianthe Exall; John J O’Connor; Kevin Halls; Kevin Raymond; Paul H Tubb; Peter Goulding; Sharon Wilkie-Jones; Stuart Butler; World […]
And we’re off @ World Cup Russia~ June 2018
Great to see all your World Cup poems already. Check out the new archive sections ‘Your World Cup Poems’ and ‘Your World Cup Haiku’ in Crispin’s Corner. All your World Cup poems get saved there. A new World Cup poem features every day. . Please TAG YOUR POEMS ‘World Cup 2018’/‘Russia’/’England’ or whichever country/countries you […]
2017 / 2018 New Season Dawns
Welcome. Great to see so many new and previous poets/posters on our growing site. If you are new here, you can register for free on the Football Poets website, enabling you to post/publish your football poems. If you posted poems on the old site you can also re-claim all your previous poems into your own profile. […]
Throw Back Cup Ties Rap
it’s a throw back draw it’s like days of yore when the chips are down you couldn’t ask for more I said what an amazing fifth round draw I said big up Lincoln and Sutton* too up at Forest Green …seen what they can do knocked out Rovers*to make Round two the so-called minnows have […]
New Site~New Season
Welcome. You can register for free on the newly re-launched Football Poets website, enabling you to post/publish your football poems. If you posted poems on the old site you can also re-claim all your previous poems into your own profile .These have all been re-formatted (!) and transferred from the old site. It’s easy to […]
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!
My Account
Latest Poems
Graham Salter
26th March 2019
Crispin Thomas
21st March 2019
Emdad Rahman
16th March 2019
Paul T Conneally
12th March 2019
Emdad Rahman
5th March 2019
Emdad Rahman
3rd March 2019
Gacina Bozidar
3rd March 2019
John J O’Connor
2nd March 2019
Clik The Mouse
28th February 2019
Emdad Rahman
28th February 2019
Crispin’s World Cup Corner
Butler’s Bench
Clik Here
Latest Comments
26th March 2019 at 10:16 am
As a child I drew crowds; row upon row,
fifteen thousand little circles for the fans,
such a great line…bewcause we all did…and golaposts nets and floodlights too…
See in context
25th March 2019 at 11:39 am
Thanks for the love
See in context
1st March 2019 at 11:35 am
Thank you, great story.
See in context
1st March 2019 at 11:35 am
Thank you and thanks for the share
See in context
1st March 2019 at 11:34 am
Thanks
See in context
1st March 2019 at 11:34 am
Thank you
See in context
28th February 2019 at 4:26 pm
John,
absolutely fabulous!
Poem & save!
We got our first colour tv for that Mexico World Cup.
The best ever as far as I’m concerned, on so many levels.
See in context
27th February 2019 at 11:57 am
So many great lines here Nicholas ..and a big welcome to Football Poets. Keep on and more please.
I’m really interstged to know where you live now…and which period you lived and played in – in S.Africa and where? I lived there during apartheid long before Mandela’s release – running a New Age clothing shop on Claremont Cape Town 1972-1979 (as you do!) Now I still perform poetry live and drum on the terraces with a New Age (Vegan) club in League Two (and the next village) Forest Green . Keep on my friend. C
See in context
27th February 2019 at 11:50 am
So many great lines here Nicholas. More please. A big welcome to Football Poets. What period did you live and play in S.Africa and where?. I lived in Joburg and Cape Town during aprtheid 1972-1979. Keep on.
See in context
23rd February 2019 at 8:21 am
As Phil Tuffnell would say on Question of Sport :
“Good shout John!”
See in context