A welcome in June 2009
In June 2009, we welcomed the following new contributors to this site :
And we welcome back, a blast from the past :
Clare Farrell who last posted in July 2005.
A welcome to all our contributors from Ecton Village Primary, Northants school :
Ashley, Vincent, Connor, yr 3,4
And :
Eroll, Lauren, Willow
Click on the names above to see that person’s poem(s), or browse some selected first efforts below :
NOTHING RHYMES WITH HALF TIME
So welcome back to the second half of this stanza
If you were with us in the first half you’ll have seen how close both teams came to completing this set of verse. So near, and yet so far, it
seemed. Always just that little bit short of a line ending. Perhaps, on reflection the substitution in the closing moments of a relatively unexciting first half of IAMBIC PENTAMETER (recently signed on a record transfer fee from the Greek side) will surely lend a big question mark, or maybe, dare I say, a full stop to the proceedings. Two bookings in that half, sorry to say. One in a slim pamphlet, the other in an expensive leather-bound volume. Injuries too, I hear, one player stretchered off with a wrenched syntax, the other with a metrical foot.
Don’t forget the winners of this game go on to meet Spondee in the second round play off, should be quite a game.
By the way we hear now that FC Canto are going down at home to Anapest Town, bit of a disappointment there, they haven’t conceded a set of verse since last season. Right, I think we’re ready to start the second half. Incidentally, we hear that during that Canto/Anapest derby one player sent off for using free verse . If you’ve just come in the score is Literature 0 Football 5. Just to remind you you can watch edited highlights of this poem on Match of the Day starting at 10:15 tonight. But if you don’t want to know the ending of this poem, LOOK AWAY NOW
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© JOHN CALVERT
Have to confess, i’m not a footie fan, however thought it might be fun to try and marry football and literature. I perform this regularly at gigs, and fingers crossed, it seems to work!! hope you like it. John
Ode to Eric Cantona
Eric by name
exciting by nature,
but above all creative through the spirit.
Enough so to have an army
follow him through the battalions
of confused referees and officials.
How I’ll weep the day you depart,
my eyes no longer rumpled
by your sheer magical flicks.
The ground is left unharmed.
The turf has lost its predator.
© Clare Farrell
Back at the Top
I’m a Leeds fan, that much ’tis true
And I’ve got a message for all of you
The haters, instigaters who scream and who shout
They label us ‘dirty’ they want us kicked out
One day, I say, we’ll be back at the top
And every Tom, Dick and Harry will STILL have a pop
For living the dream (whatever that means)
But the ‘dirty Leeds’ slogan will run out of steam
No heartbreak in the playoffs, no ‘sleeping giants’
Just look at Billy’s statue if you need to be inspired
The East stand, the West, the South and the Kop
Will be ‘marching on together’ back to the top
© Dan Jackson
A fun day for football
The sun is shining
The birds are singing
The ball is rolling
Into the NET!
Its been an hour
I’ve scored a hat-trick
I think i’m winning
Victory
is on its way
The sun is shining
The birds are singing
The ball is rolling
Into the NET!
© Ecton village primary : Eroll, Lauren, Willow
we wrote by singing it like a football chant.
Teamwork
One touch, two touch
Teamwork means so much
Football is great
You play it with a mate
Football is such fun
When you play it in the sun
One touch, two touch
Teamwork means so much
Balance on your foot
Balance on your head
Balance like a chicken
Well done ” he said ”
One touch, two touch
teamwork means so much
The first time I scored
It was so great
I scored one more
Then scored another eight
One touch, two touch
Teamwork means so much
© Ecton village primary : Ashley, Vincent, Connor
Ashley,Connor,Vincent wrote this after a football lesson by a visiting footballer.
somebody suggested I should get off my bike…
not unreasonably, as my scribbles don’t do justice to the beautiful countryside of County Galway…
I’ll take solace from the fact they didn’t suggest I should get on my bike…. 😉
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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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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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