Goalkeeper Poems + Philosophical Football Shirts
1 GOALKEEPER POEMS – GOING GREEN
2. PHILOSOPHICAL FOOTBALL SHIRTS
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1. PHILOSOPHICAL FOOTBALL SHIRTS
Time to celebrate the football shirt …from Camus to Law.Do check out the brand new Adrian Mitchell Poetry Football Shirt and more from our good friends at PHILOSOPHY FOOTBALL .To visit their site click on :
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2. GOALKEEPER POEMS( Theme of The Year)
26 Nov The Future is Green-non humphries
22Nov For ‘the Robert Green Campaign’ – non humphries
22 Nov come on Capello! -hannah brown
22 Nov Everybody’s Talkin’!-kevin raymond
21 Nov To Capello – non humphries
21 Nov Going Green? – Clik the mouse
21 Nov Not Easy Being Green – Crispin
20 Nov Green Keeper – jim dolbear
20 Nov England v Germany -hannah brown
20 Nov Sean Connery! – kevin raymond
20 Nov rob green’s #1 fan- hannah brown
20 Nov With the backing of football poets – non humphries
20 Nov Steve Sherwood was better! – Apollo Gees
19 Nov Change Yer Name Son! – kevin raymond
19 Nov Rob Green Apprectn Soc.- English Banana
19 Nov I Lied – non humphries
19 Nov#1 Keeper – hannah brown
05 Nov Between The Sticks – Kevin Halls
04 Nov England’s No 6 – non humphries
04 Nov John (Stonewall) Jackson – John J O’Connor
01 Nov Big Pat From The County Down – John J O’Connor
29 Oct I Dreamt I Woz Gilmar!-kevin raymond
29 Oct Commitment – non humphries
28 Oct Statue In The Mist Re-visited – Crispin Thomas
28 Oct Fogbound and forgotten about! – Kevin Raymond
27 Oct Keeper of Dreams- Mark Thomas
27 Oct Banks of England- English Banana
26 Oct Arsenal versus Robert Green – non humphries
26 Oct Five foot Six-between the stix- John Oliver
25 Oct I Wanna Be A Custodian!- kevin raymond
25 Oct This position- non humphries
25 Oct Goalkeepers – non humphries
25 Oct Loneliness of The Goalie – Crispin Thomas
Oct 08 GK Skills – non humphries
Oct 08 Gloves With No Name – non humphries
Oct 08 Almunia – non humphries
…………….and from the archives….
Burning Black Star-Crispin Thomas
Arthur Wharton – Elaine Fearn
Frank Swift – Peter Goulding
God’s Goalkeeper-Clik The Mouse
The Polish Goalkeeper From Rome -kevin raymond
All Goalkeepers Are Mad Haiku-I Ku
Gloves Unkind – S B Ingle
Goalkeeper’s Limerick – Alan McKean
Death Of A Goalkeeper Alan McKean
The Apex of The Team-Tony Lewis Jones
Camus Played In Goal For Algeria-Christopher T.George
In Praise Of The Un-sung – Neale Blackburn
A Goalkeeper Called Rogerio Ceri – Héber Bensi
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Latest Comments
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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