World Cup Diaries
TWO personal World Cup Daily Diaries for your delectation!
My attempt is under the pseudonym of WORLD CUP WILLIE.
My thanks for the wonderful offerings from Peter Goulding
So, Italy triumph, despite all the troubles they face back home – or perhaps even because of? Did the accusations of corruption and bribery unite them?
World Cup Winners 2006 : ITALY
Runners Up : France
Third : Germany
Fourth : Portugal
PETER GOULDING WORLD CUP WILLIE
An abiding memory
DAY 31 DAY 31 Sunday 9th July
DAY 30 DAY 30 Saturday 8th July
DAY 29 DAY 29 Friday 7th July
DAY 28 DAY 28 Thursday 6th July
DAY 27 DAY 27 Wednesday 5th July
DAY 26 DAY 26 Tuesday 4th July
DAY 25 DAY 25 Monday 3rd July
DAY 24 DAY 24 Sunday 2nd July
DAY 23 DAY 23 Saturday 1st July
DAY 22 DAY 22 Friday 30th June
DAY 21 DAY 21 Thursday 29th June
DAY 20 DAY 20 Wednesday 28th June
DAY 19 DAY 19 Tuesday 27th June
DAY 18 DAY 18 Monday 26th June
DAY 17 DAY 17 Sunday 25th June
DAY 16 DAY 16 Saturday 24th June
DAY 15 DAY 15 Friday 23rd June
DAY 14 DAY 14 Thursday 22nd June
DAY 13 DAY 13 Wednesday 21st June
DAY 12 DAY 12 Tuesday 20th June
DAY 11 DAY 11 Monday 19th June
DAY 10 DAY 10 Sunday 18th June
DAY 09 DAY 09 Saturday 17th June
DAY 08 DAY 08 Friday 16th June
DAY 07 DAY 07 Thursday 15th june
DAY 06 DAY 06 Wednesday 14th June
DAY 05 DAY 05 Tuesday 13th June
DAY 04 DAY 04 Monday 12th june
DAY 03 DAY 03 Sunday 11th June
DAY 02 DAY 02 Saturday 10th June
DAY 01 DAY 01 Friday 9th June
clicking on the day you want to read, brings up the poem in another window
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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.
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Latest Comments
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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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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