Christmas Football Poems 2007+Reflections 2000- now
Hi..Time for some new Christmas Football Poems and haikus (!) PLEASE and the annual chance to to also dig out some of the past Christmas Football Poets contributions since our inception on 2000..enjoy …Crispin.
CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES 1914 & IRAQ 2007
Xmas In The Trenches
Crispin Thomas
Football In The Trenches Stuart Butler
Another Christmas In Iraq Crispin Thomas
THE ARCHIVES ‘CHRISTMAS TRUCE’ 1914
The archive section on Football at Christmas from 2000.
www.footballpoets.org/archive.html
CHRISTMAS TRUCE FOOTBALL HAIKU FRIENDLY
These haikus largely written by children first appeared here in 2000.
www.footballpoets.org/XmasHaiku.asp
CHRISTMAS POEMS 2000-2007 &
Dec 2007
14 Dec Christmas 1952. John Oliver
14 Dec So here it is Merry Christmas.. P Maguire
13 Dec Christmas Daze! Kevin Raymond
12 Dec A Boy’s Christmas Wish Jim Dolbear
12 Dec Hitching To A Game At Xmas Crispin Thomas
12 Dec An Old Firm Christmas Eve Game
Daniel McDonagh
12 Dec A Celtic Christmas Daniel McDonagh
10 Dec It’s the Pantomine Season! Me
08 Dec A Christmas Wish Come True Peter Goulding
07 Dec Tackled by Christmas Paul H Tubb
Dec 2006
28 Dec Among These Hills At Christmas Crispin Thomas
28 Dec Christmas Past and Present Stuart Butler
28 Dec Nil-Nil The Bitter Pill SB Ingle
27 Dec Carrow Road, St Stephens Day > kevin raymond
27 Dec Christmas Truce 2006 SB Ingle
27 Dec Long Time Ago at Christmas SB Ingle
25 Dec Letters to Santa Part 2 mark merriman
25 Dec Merry Christmas, Jose L D R
24 Dec Letters to Santa mark merriman
24 Dec A Mother’s Dilemma! kevin raymond
20 Dec Team Talk John Cox
15 Dec A Christmas Tale (2006) Mark Thomas
15 Dec Come Back Dad (Again) Stuart Butler
14 Dec On The Straw Behind The Goal John Oliver
13 Dec A Sad Christmas Tale Peter Goulding
13 Dec Whatever Next? Stuart Butler
Dec 2005
One Christmas At War Haiku
Crispin Thomas
Christmas Anoraks For Goalpost Crispin Thomas
Young Bertie Hislop (No Man’s Land hero)John J O’Connor
Dec 2000
There In The Trenches Haiku
Crispin Thomas
War & Christmas Stuart Butler
Ceasefire Christmas 1914 Haiku Clik The Mouse
The Christmas Truce 1914 Mark Thomas
Lions Coached By Donkeys Verdun
The World’s Greatest Team Tommy & Fritz
Play Football Not War Tony Lewis Jones
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Latest Comments
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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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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