What is this football poetry website?
Is it …
An Association of art and alliteration?
A bedrock of budding bards?
A cornucopia of cadence and chorus?
A den for dodgy ditty devotees?
The edaphic Eldorado?
A football fandom fiefdom?
A google galaxy of germane gems and gratification?
A hoary homage to heroes?
An impelling invitation?
A jaunty jocular juxtaposition of jubilation and joy?
A kaleidoscope of kinship and kicking cant?
A lexicon of lovable lyrics lauding lardy legs?
A mish-mash of musing on many matches?
A natty network of newsworthy notation?
An oracle oozing with oxymorons?
A plagiarists paradise, or a prosaic pact with pithy players?
A quintessential quorum of quirky quips and quixotic quotations?
A restorative refuge for refulgent referees?
A ship shape shop of sacred sonnets … or snoozeville?
A tangible testimony to the teachings of teamwork? (be it tactical or taxing)
An upbeat Utopia?
A veritable vessel of vaunted verse?
A welcoming window to the World Cup, Wembley, Wimbledon and winsome waxing?
An exotic expanse? An excursion into excellence?
A yardstick of youthful yearning?
A zone where zealouts zoom in on the zeitgeist?
Whatever it may be …
We hope you find it
And exit happily
For me? Read all of the above (except Snoozeville).
Edaphic – of the soil – I chanced upon this word minutes after seeing the World Cup Final 2006 venue being dug up and the turf sold on the internet for charity.
About This Site
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.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
My Account
Latest Poems
Richard Williams
26th April 2024
joe morris
25th April 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
25th April 2024
kevin halls
23rd April 2024
Alex Saynor
23rd April 2024
joe morris
23rd April 2024
Crispin Thomas
22nd April 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
21st April 2024
joe morris
20th April 2024
Clik The Mouse
15th April 2024
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
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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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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