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Archive for January, 2002

Winter turns to Spring

It’s been a good start to the New Year so far, what with the Observer’s sports magazine giving us further media recognition and then there’s Dave’s planning and Crispin’s ideas for 2002 too. Very exciting – but discretion prevents my revealing these – but we think you’ll like them. More revelations as the winter turns […]

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World Cup Willie Blake’s Haiku Blues

to see the World Cup in a grain of sand and heaven in a football scarf think big in Japan or your Korea will be brief and just for a laugh ********************************************************************************** with apologies and big respect to my main eternal man- William Blake.(Longtime Albion Supporter of course!)

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Sorely Misty In The Footy Worldlode-A Tribbly To Sir Stanley(Unwin)

good peopley..far and wide… in the roundy ball write and rhymey world.. and series in the thoughts now.. for better time… never was than now. to menshy-menshy the name Sir Stanley.? and not Matthews in the Stoke shirt of course all brycreemed down the wingy lode.. but Unwin..jokey..jokey..all nonsey funny but make no sensey but […]

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ZOLA- I Want To Thank U 4 Giving Me The Best Goal Of My Life

Z-O-L-A (I Want To Thank You For Giving me The Best Goal Of My Life) Well he’s not the world’s most handsomest guy and he ain’t that tall when the corners come by but he’s still got a power like the sun in the sky it’s like solar- gian-franco zola and everything he does goes […]

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Football Poetry on Toast & That Ol’ Zola Marmalade

were you chancer or dancer or real hope enhancer for those who lose touch with the game was it wistful or magic or even pelagic* ive watched it again and agian was it planned or impromptu the place it had gone to or totally out of the blue surrounded by yellow how charming and mellow […]

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Ode To All Would Be Footballers Wives ( Re-Visited)

so what’s so wrong about wanting yeah to marry a big soccer star and what’s so wrong about shed-loads of money and shed- loads of clothes and a car cause you know what you get when you’re sorted with you nice little footballer man you get fat weekly wages for starters that bring in at […]

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On Limericks and Stuff Like That

there once were some poets from Stroud who did great stuff but not very loud it may sound quite absurd for the punters preferred that like children or Steps they were seen but not heard but my god how they did the game proud the invention of megaphones boosted their task with hooters and rattles […]

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/news/2002/01/