A Welcome in May 2009
In May 2009, we welcomed the following new contributors to this site :
Jez Danial
Alan Weston
Jeremy Smith
A welcome to all our contributors from Speke Secondary Modern School school :
Ray Smallshaw
A welcome to all our contributors from Kings Hedges Primary School school :
with this combined A-Z poem
A welcome to all our contributors from Wombwell School, Barnsley :
with this collection of poems under the theme ‘I Was There’
Ryan Butterworth
Luke Tomlinson
Jake Allert
Jake Raynor
Max
Luke Peel
Luke Bamford
Liam Stuart
Click on the names above to see that person’s poem(s), or browse some selected first efforts below :
Oblivion in Norfolk
Out with the rust, the has-beens! Torrid reckoning now is due,
Green and Yellow still their colours, but both indicate anew,
A lack of chops and lack of bones as did they lose and lose again,
To Reading, Forest, arch-foes Ipswich, and all else ‘till season’s end.
Long receded Bayern awe, and wins before the Spion Kop,
Kept us a throng for far too long as Norwich slithered to the drop.
‘League One’ nomenclatura: take no heed of false bravura,
As Sunday May the Third sends City Reeling to the Third!
© Jeremy Smith
The end of seasons dream
The play off final and it is all come down to this
Promotion from the blue square premier is what no one wants to miss
In their thousands arrived the confidant fans
Wembley Sunday 17th May 2009 was where they had plans
The first 20 minutes promised gave a positive viewing
But 15 minutes later and Cambridge are losing
As the referee blows for the break
Some fans head to the bar are finding it hard to take
As second half Cambridge set off out of the traps
Bouyed on by the amber army’s cheers and claps
All of sudden a mistake is made and Bolland receives a booking
Fans begin to start questioning was the referee really looking
As the minutes and hopes begin to fade away
Still the fans try to sing and join in the sway
Football is cruel sport as Sills scores number two
Time is running out now as Cambridge run out of clues
As tears start to flow from Fans young and old
The dream is over it’s a funny old game so we are told
Inquests begin where did it go wrong
Even the fans struggle to muster a song
Fans walk away down Wembley way thinking is football really their thing
‘Of course it is’ come August they will be back ready to sing
The only way to get out of this league is to win it outright
But for that my friends we will have to put up a fight.
© Jez Daniel
Writing about Cambridge United’s second play off final defeat…
Football Farce
Football managers and players should hang their heads in shame,
For what they’ve done to our traditional football game.
Now sportsmen in the game are a dying breed
with managers and players getting rich with greed.
Sportsmen! They are not, for they will cheat and connive,
winning free kicks and penalties by taking a dive.
Pushing, pulling and shirts being torn,
Punching and swearing are now the norm.
After a night on drugs and all night boozing,
players get violent if their team is losing.
The managers aren’t any better when staring at defeat,
encouraging players to go out there and cheat.
If the players do wrong and it’s plain to see,
the managers will argue and blame the referee.
And now referees are getting in on this shameful act,
with the top premier clubs they’ve now formed a pact.
If the top club is losing, then with the last kick of the ball,
the referee gives them a penalty for no good reason at all.
If that doesn’t help they commit another dreadful crime,
by giving them another chance by adding on extra time.
The F.A. watches these games and don’t seem to mind,
What’s up with them? are they totally blind?
© Alan Weston
I have watched the football game change for the worst over the past 10 -15 years and after being an ardent football supporter for many years, I decided to call it a day and stop wasting my money the greedy managers and players of today.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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31st October 2023 at 4:26 pm
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
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6th October 2023 at 11:49 pm
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
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2nd October 2023 at 1:52 pm
There still remains a magic about the early rounds of the FA Cup that the premier league / internationals can never match.
Coventry Sphinx v Leicester Nirvana sounds so much more than a tale of two cities etc. etc.
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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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