This Month’s Games+Poem Of The Week+Workshops
POEMS OF THE WEEK 2.12.06
I’ve Seen it All Paul Hansbury
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CONTENTS
1 DIARY/BLOG
2 ON QUALITY AND GRAMMAR
3 2006/2007 WORKSHOPS with Crispin/Fooball Poets
4 INTERESTING LINKS
5‘THIS MONTH’S GAMES ‘ Poems – November 06
1. DIARY & BLOG STUFF
One more workshop to go for 2006! In November I was invited to work in libratries for Kick Into Reading with Mansfield Town and West Bromwich Albion (and Baggy The Bird!) .In October it was hectic month of Kick it Workshops at
Plymouth Respect Festival, Off The Shelf Festival, Sheffield, two Welsh Prisons ,Oxford , Fulham, Chelsea ,Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United , Birmingham City , Bristol City Week of Action Launch and a partidge in a pear tree! Kick It Out were fantastic in making many of the dates happen. Thank you Zakir, Alison, Fatima, Becky and Piara.
Amongst the media coverage of the Week of Action there was a moving feature on Chelsea’s first black player Paul Canoville on Football Focus accompanied by a KIO rap-poem especially written by myself. The item aired on Saturday October 21st on BBC 1’s Football Focus. Watch it online here, it’s stlil there..but just !
FOOTBALL FOCUS Paul Canoville & Crispin Thomas BBC 1 (Real Player.)
When you see a list of videos .click on MORE scroll down and click on FEATURE ..Chelsea’s first black player.
For info on KICK IT OUT click here Kick It Out
(Poems on racism by students at KIO workshops appear under Butler’s Bench)
Poems about THIS MONTH’S GAMES appear at the end of this page.Like any ‘old ground’, we are STILL currently desperately trying to attract funding to sustain, improve and up-date our antiquated site. All voluntary . News of workshops, and links. Go well! Phew! Crispin
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2. ON QUALITY, GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE
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
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3. FORTHCOMING 2006/2007 WORKSHOPS with Crispin
Dec 06
2007
5 W.DRAYTON School.Footbal Poetry Workshop
Jan 07
18-19 CHELSEA FC Education Through Football with Roy Bentley
22-24 CHELSEA FC Education Through Football with Roy Bentley
Feb
3/4 MORPETH King Edward V1 School
March 07
1 MANSFIELD TOWN Study Support Centre.World Book Day
June 07
7/8 WALSALL School Excellence
11 WARMINSTER Get Into Reading
19 EDGWARE School
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4.A FEW WORKSHOP LINKS
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WORLD CUP WORKSHOP BISHOPS CASTLE PHOTOS 10.6.06
For pics from the day with students and Crispin click here:
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
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5. Poems on ‘THIS MONTH’S GAMES NOVEMBER
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20 Nov East Angling Derby – Ipswich v Norwich 06-07 S B Ingle
15 Nov It’s A Mystery S B Ingle
14 Nov Musing Peter Goulding
Super Red Takes Over Christopher T. George
13 Nov Waterford 0 Derry City 1 Peter Goulding
So Mr.Newell kevin raymond
12 Nov Boro v West Ham George Kirby
Arsene Whinger mark merriman
10 Nov nice to see the away fans Kerrie Brealy
08 Nov Just What Did Poll Say To Cole? kevin raymond
07 Nov Monsieur Wenger’s Rage /a>Emdad Rahman
06 Nov Eat, Think & Be Healthy S B Ingle
05 Nov Is Arsene A Purveyor Of The Noble Art? kevin raymond
05 Nov Come On You Spurs! kevin raymond
05 Nov Watford v Boro (04-11-2006) George Kirby
Behind the Goal Peter Goulding
The Ironic Mt Kenny Peter Goulding
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02 Nov You’ve Been Psyched kevin raymond
01 Nov Play-Acting Thrives But Passion Still Lives Crispin Thomas
30 Oct To the Claret and Blue Peter Goulding
Gimme Five S B Ingle
29 Oct Battered and Bruised Alan
McKean
27 Oct Dear Jim! mark merriman
26 Oct Kamikazi Football’s Back Christopher T. George
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27th November 2024 at 5:55 am
‘You’re Supposed To Be At Home’ is an excellent and moving poem Denys.
You start off thinking it’s just about another oft-sung chant, one we personally heard a lot last season throughout our second relegation in a row here at Forest Green(FGR) ! I always love poems where you think they are saying one thing and then they suddenly pull you deeper to somewhere or something else else.
I’m currently helping in a local school for FGR in a voluntary capacity using football to help young students with reading. At an upcoming session we will tackle racism, just like we did in workshops at football schools and grounds when we first started this site 24 years ago. I’m gonna try and weave your poem into a session.
We’ve added it to the Anti- Racism/Kick It Out section under Crispin’s Corner.
Best C
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26th November 2024 at 1:59 pm
Great poem and great to see you back Wyn.
Don’t leave it so long next time my friend!
More please.
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13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
Welcome to Football Poets Beth
Great evocative poem Beth….
More please !
Haiku always welcome.
Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon
Best
Crispin
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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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