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Archive for February, 2010

More Jimmy Greaves @ 70 Poems & Haikus

Jimmy turned seventy this year. Now fondly regarded as some bumbling post-70s football pundit, ever cracking up alongside an equally cringey Ian St John (also a legendary player in his day for Liverpool). He later took to the in-conversation/after dinner circuit. But way before all that Jimmy was my all time hero . A self-confessed […]

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F A Cup Poems + Football Poetry Workshops

1 FA CUP POEMS. 2 FOOTBALL POETRY WORKSHOPS & DATES 09/10 3 INNER GOAL the poetry of football by Crispin Thomas FA Cup Poems + Football Poetry Workshops 1 FA CUP POEMS Round 4 .Your poems new and old on the Cup appear below . These poems will also appear on our MySpace site (eventually!) […]

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Munich Remembered 6.2.58…. 6.2.10 Your Poems

On February 6th 1958, 23 people (of the 44 passengers & crew) lost their lives when a plane crashed at Munich Airport, while attempting to take off in snowbound conditions. Among the dead, were members of Manchester United Football Club, who were returning from a European Cup match, having just played against Red Star Belgrade. […]

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A Welcome in January 2010

A Welcome to the decade even! In January 2010, we welcomed the following new contributors to this site : Tarquin Calver (welcome Tarquin – the first new contributor of the decade!) Glyn Roberts Derek V Parker Paul Hatt Ronnie Goodyer (do explore his website, Ronnie is an accomplished poet and produces anthologies, the latest of […]

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Africa Cup of Nations Poems from Emdad NH JD et al

From the unimaginable and terrible attack on the Togo team bus and the loss of three innocent lives to the competition itself set in the fragile infrastructure of Angolan. As ever somehow football lumbers on. Our thoughts go out to the families and loved ones of the dead and of course the surviving and grieving […]

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/news/2010/02/