Archive for June, 2005
A June Welcome ……
Before I welcome the poets new to us this month, a quick note in case you missed it : Site Outage Unfortunately we suffered a loss of service on Tuesday 28th June. Our Host providers are moving offices and servers – the upshot of this will be a more resilient service, however, the downside is […]
1945 Football Poetry Workshops in London June 2005 !
1945 Football Poetry Workshops London June 2005 with Crispin Thomas (Football Poets) & Peter Daniel The Football Poets have undertaken recent workshops in Hull, Bradford, Stroud, Liverpool (Everton Study Centre), London(Libraries & Chelsea FC), Charlton Athletic,Stoke,Ascot, and even Brockworth ! For information on Football Poetry Workshops contact Crispin Thomas on crispin@ctmuk.freeserve.co.uk or editors@footballpoets.org Children’s Football […]
We are august even though it isn’t August
We are delighted to say that we have been included in the glossy Citizenship Brochure given to delegates at the recent conference at Old Trafford; we are on the same page as the DfES; OFSTED; QCA; the Holocaust Educational Trust; the Institute of Race Relations; the Refugee Council; the Association for Citizenship Teaching etc., etc.. […]
June is now Football Poets Haiku Fortnight. + Children’s Football Poetry Workshops
Hi All 1. JUNE IS NOW FOOTBALL POETS HAIKU FORTNIGHT .! 2. CHILDREN’S FOOTBALL POETRY WORKSHOPS * For examples of work in Children’s Football Poetry Workshops … please scroll down to 2. (follows the Haiku section) The Footbal Poets have undertaken recent workshops in Hull, Bradford, Stroud, Liverpool (Everton Study Centre), London(Libraries & Chelsea FC), […]
Refugee Week – Poets, Teachers, Students, Basil and the Bard.
Refugee Week runs from June 20th to June 26th. You can find links and lesson plans on www.irespect.net (for lesson plans on that site, go to, unsurprisingly, “lesson plans” and then click on “Untold Stories”). We also hope some poets might contribute some new material on this theme; we have some from previous years – […]
Fame
Where the shady, sequestered sluice gate rots, O’ergrown and canopied by all the years, There grew some forgotten forget-me-nots, Bespattered by the old mill race’s tears, And there I saw my football autograph book, Writ in the swirling waters of the weir. It’s a magical walk into Stroud over the meadow and over the river. […]
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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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20th April 2024 at 12:04 pm
Hi Joe
Shouldn’t your title read your poem Farewell Europe England to everyone exccept Aston Villa ?
I know you mention them in your poem , but I do feel sorry for Villa re the national press .
Largely ignored. the hype was was all about Man City & Arsenal with a bit of a nod to the Hammers..but hardly a mention of Villa..
So well done to them
C
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19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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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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