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Archive for March, 2004

Welcome to …. Anne & Josh

Conscious of the fact that poems don’t get to stay too long on the home page, because of the increasing popularity of the site, I’m going to use this editorial slot to occasionally showcase some of our new talent. No favouritism is intended. Just a chance for newcomers to shine a little longer. This week, […]

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The Tinkerman and Cartesian Dualism

Claudio Ranieri’s Football philosophies Spring from an artesian Well being Cartesian, But unlike Jaap Staam, “I tink therefore I am.”

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History and Football Pieces

HISTORY History can sometimes feel like a dead weight, A yoke of worm-eaten dry as dust irrelevance, That somehow keeps its shape, meaning and pressure: All that love of stately home heritage, All that fetishisation of tradition and deference, All that limitation on freedom of thought, And all those manacles on the imagination. But sometimes […]

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Welcome to …. Oluwaseun

Conscious of the fact that poems don’t get to stay too long on the home page, because of the increasing popularity of the site, I’m going to use this editorial slot to occasionally showcase some of our new talent. No favouritism is intended. Just a chance for newcomers to shine a little longer. DREAMS COME […]

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South-South Divide (A Tale of Two Districts)

everybody’s talkin’ bout the South-South divide everybody’s waitin’ for the turnin’ of the tide everybody’s known for years – way down deep inside for Manchester and Liverpool it’s time to step aside from Elland Road to Tyneside the end is drawing near the wind that filled the Northern sails is losing strength I fear the […]

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WSC and Sectarianism and Roy of the Rovers

To be honest, I normally speed read When Saturday Comes and rarely remember anything I’ve read. I recommend this month’s issue wholeheartedly, however. An interesting feature on sectarianism, bigotry and racism in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, coupled with a feature for Crispin who is crafting a poem on Roy of the Rovers. Also, new […]

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John Charles tribute by John Toshack

Football fans were very saddened at the death of John Charles this week. There were many touching tributes to him, including a poem that John Toshack wrote and read at the funeral. We reproduce it here : ‘The Gentle Giant’ by John Toshack It really was an awesome sight, to see him moving in full […]

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Note from the Editors

From the Editors : we’ll listen to any objections anyone may have with any of the poems on the site, but please, do have the curtesy to provide a valid e-mail address if you wish for a reply or any further action. It might take time, but we do fully intend to have some form […]

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