Welcome to …. Alan, Joe, Steve and Kevin
When are new Football Poets like London buses?
When none come for ages, and then suddenly they come along in fours!
This week, a warm welcome to Alan Laine, who has contributed a few poems already. A welcome too, to Joe Ginn, Steve Marshall and Kevin Curran, who have all contributed one poem each so far. Shown below is one of Alan’s poems.
Black and White together
I once went to Newcastle
To go and watch them play
Against the Reds from Manchester
But I felt sickened on that day
Early in the second half
Incey scored a goal
But the way it was received
Made me want to dig a hole
‘Ince you black bastard’
A bloke behind me roared
It was shouted with such venom
But when Newcastle scored
The same bloke was upon his feet
‘Well done Andy, you’re black and white’
Cole headed home past Schmeichel
‘Watch Match of the Day tonight’
I wondered if he realised
What he’d had to say
His contradictory rant and
The poison spat out that day
So football people everywhere
The decent football fan
Stand up, say ‘no’ to racists
And slap them with a ban
We don’t want them following England
We don’t want them in our grounds
So let’s make sure, for racists,
They’re firmly out of bounds!
© Alan Laine
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Latest Comments
26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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23rd April 2024 at 3:59 pm
Hi Crispin,
Yes sorry mate. Villa are still in Europe. Mistake rectified.
Cheers
Joe
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