‘This Season’+Poem Of The Week+KIO Workshops
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So..into September already and summer almost gone (what August?) All poems about THIS SEASON from the previous and current month will appear listed below throughout the season.. .keep them coming in. Send us your poems on the games you can or can’t get to .Your hopes, dreams, moans and predictions . Like an old ground , we are currently desperately trying to attract funding to sustain, improve and up-date our antiquated site . All volunatary remember. News as ever, of forthcoming workshops, and a few links. Go well! Crispin
CONTENTS
1.ON QUALITY AND GRAMMAR
2 POEM OF THE WEEK – AMIE
3 2006/2007 WORKSHOPS WITH CRISPIN/FOOTBALL POETS
4 INTERESTING LINKS
5 THIS SEASON POEMS AUG/SEPT 06-07
1. ON QUALITY ,GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE
.Without wishing to totally discourage new writing, we have to maintain certain standards. Please check spelling ,and puctuation before submitting and please keep it clean.The site is archived by The British Library remember and viewed by millions . The Editors
2. POEM OF THE WEEK
04 Sept Kick Racism out of Football Amie
Such simple words.. 6 weeks away from Kick It Out Action Week..
It’s not just players wearing shirts for a day….what are you doing?
For community ideas check out Kick It Out
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3. FORTHCOMING 2006 WORKSHOPS with Crispin
Oct 06 Black History Month / KICK IT OUT WEEK
4 BIRMINGHAM C Blue Zone Kick it Out Workshop
7 SHEFFIELD United Bramell Lane KIO Workshop +Gig (Evening)
9 OXFORD U Leanring Zone Kick it Out Workshop
12 NOTTS F Kick it Out Workshop
14 CHELSEA FC Kick it Out Workshop with Paul Canoville
17 FULHAM FC Kick It Out Workshop
18 CHELSEA FC with Paul Canoville
20 BRISTOL CITY Study Support Centre
26/27 WALES Prisons ‘Making A Difference/ Anti-Racism’ (+Ted)
2007
Feb
3/4 MORPETH King Edward V1 School.
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4. 2006 / 2007 FOOTBALL POETRY WORKSHOPS
We run and book Football Poetry Workshops all year round.
Recent sessions in schools have included :
Angmering, Ascot, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol,
Bishops Castle, Brockworth, Gloucester, Hull, London, Littledean, Morperth, Porto- Portugal, Soudley, Stroud , Trowbridge and even a workshop in Worksop.(Honest !)
Football Clubs visited include :
Charlton Athletic, Chelsea FC, Everton FC, Fulham FC,
Northampton Town, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City &
West Ham Utd. For info on workshops contact
Crispin Thomas ctm@crispinthomas.orangehome.co.uk
or phone 01453 757376 & 07837 798463
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A FEW WORKSHOP LINKS
Click on link or poem to view then close page or hit Back button
WORLD CUP WORKSHOP BISHOPS CASTLE PHOTOS 10.6.06
Check out some pics from the day with students and Crispin.
EVERTON FC ‘ Making A Difference’ Workshop Review Crispin Thomas
Session at Everton FC Extra Time Study Support Centre
FOOTBALL STUFF Crispin Thomas
BBC Video Nation (Real Player)
Crispin Live at Forest Green Rovers with poem, Casio and a ball
5. ‘THIS SEASON’ POEMS- AUGUST/SEPT 06
09 Sep The Blues are down the Pub
Denys E. W. Jones
09 Sep The Best in the Nation Peter Goulding
09 Sep Liverpool woes? Emdad Rahman
09 Sep On Swapping Arsenal For Shrewsbury on e Bay! Crispin Thomas
08 Sep And We’re Looking For Respect! kevin raymond
06 Sep Player Power? kevin raymond
05 Sep Season of Hope S B Ingle
04 Sep One Game One ommunityCrispin Thomas
03 Sep The Agony and the Ecstasy Peter Goulding
03 Sep Shelbourne 0 Derry City 1 Peter Goulding
03 Sep Crewe V Huddersfield 2/9/06 Alan McKean
03 Sep Germany 1 Ireland 0 Peter Goulding
02 Sep Ireland For European Cup Glory Sandra Wallett
02 Sep What about the Highbury faithful? Emdad Rahman
01 Sep They’re Changing Sides At Arsenal and Chelsea Crispin Thomas
30 Aug A Match Made in..Sunderland mark merriman
29 Aug Eleven Ten on Penalties Peter Goulding
29 Aug A Keane Appointment! kevin raymond
29 Aug Boro v Portsmouth Haiku khadim Hussain
28 Aug Up The Villa! kevin raymond
28 Aug New Paint Number Ten
24 Aug It’s Boro Who Deserved Victory! kevin raymond
24 Aug Boro v Chelsea (23-08-2006) George Kirby
24 Aug Boro Haiku Khadim Hussain
24 Aug Industrial Archaeology: My Birthday Stuart Butler
21 Aug Reading v Boro (19-08-2006) George Kirby
20 Aug The Old Ground Looks The Same! kevin raymond
19 Aug Say it ain’t so Iain. Say it ain’t so. John J O’Connor
19 Aug Here We Go…..Again! kevin raymond
17 Aug Up There With The Feeling Crispin Thomas
17 Aug Shall I Compare Thee Crispin Thomas
16 Aug Title Race Khadim Hussain
15 Aug Predictions Christian Kantel
09 Aug Accy’s Back Alan McKean
27 Jul The Wensum Bridge Disaster William Ottosson McGonagall
26 Jul New Season Alan McKean
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!
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Latest Comments
24th September 2023 at 5:14 pm
Very accurate indeed!
Palace home for me is always a tough journey as well. From the wilds of west London to Selhurst is a random journey into the unknown.
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20th September 2023 at 1:37 pm
Lovely stuff for one of the best.
We love him to death down at the Palace.
I’ll post my Roy poem a bit later. You’ve inspired me to finish it.
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19th September 2023 at 5:06 pm
I’d like to think some of my scarves might get passed down the generations, but can’t see some of the “quality merchandise” I have making much past my son’s generation. They’ll fall apart before he even has kids, I reckon!
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7th September 2023 at 2:43 pm
Very true Crispin. Thanks!
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3rd September 2023 at 6:55 pm
Play Up Pompey indeed Richard .
My first ever proper game when i was 10 was Chelsea 7-4 Pompey on Xmas morning 1959, Greavesie got 4.
First visited Fratton Park with Chelsea (2-2) and stood among loads of sailors back in the old Second Dvision early 60s . That’s when I first heard the Pompey Chimes..
Last visited in the mid 2000s to run a football poetry workshop on racism with local young students in the Study Centre you had then at the time.
Had a great chat with some of your fans when you came here to Forest Green last season…
best wishes
Crispin
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1st September 2023 at 7:17 pm
Cliché heaven or hell..we get it all
Welcome to Football Poets John
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28th August 2023 at 10:54 am
Thanks Crispin – noted re the boxer! Never know, perhaps we’ll get Forest Green in the cup… or Chelsea!
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27th August 2023 at 4:47 pm
Hey Rowan
Tough line up of opening fixtures but werlcome to the National League and to Football Poets.
I’ve often passed your ground but never actually been.
Had to remove the boxert poem , sorry ….only poems about football, though i did read your tenuous link!
best wishes
Crispin -Editor
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6th August 2023 at 3:46 pm
Don’t worry Apollo, I have examined the evidence on YouTube – he looks great, the real deal!
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7th July 2023 at 5:26 pm
Let’s Hope for your sake Denys, that he doesn’t turn out to be from La-la-Land!
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