Looking Back At It All+246 World Cup 2010 Poems
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So -it’s over and we thought it would go on forever. In the end, was it really just about football, your country under-achieving, money, goal-line technology, and superstars who failed to deliver? We can but hope for a legacy. Send us your thoughts on ‘looking back’ at it all….or just a have a break!
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1.LOOKING BACK & 246 WORLD CUP 2010 POEMS
14 Jul 22 World Cup Poems Maidenhill School Yr 8
14 Jul 19 World Cup Poems Maidenhill School Yr 7
14 Jul Spain 0-1 Switzerland Emdad Rahman
13 Jul Espana Rules jim dolbear
13 Jul Over & Out kevin raymond
13 Jul back To Reality kevin halls
13 Jul The Heart Of Of It All Crispin Thomas
13 Jul The End of Illusion Stuart Butler
12 Jul Inneyesta mark merriman
12 Jul Engraved In Gold kevin raymond
12 Jul World Cup 2010 – The Final Word Peter Goulding
12 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 31 Peter Goulding
12 Jul Flag Of Failure Andy Lockett
12 Jul Final: Holland 0-1 Spain Emdad Rahman
11 Jul Orange or Red Khadim Hussain
11 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 30 Peter Goulding
11 Jul Carrossel Holandês Héber Bensi
10 Jul Uruguay 2-3 Germany Emdad Rahman
08 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 29 Peter Goulding
08 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 28 Peter Goulding
07 Jul Germany 0-1 Spain Emdad Rahman
07 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 27 Peter Goulding
07 Jul A Change I Find Hard To Digest kevin raymond
07 Jul England Football RIP jim dolbear
06 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 26 Peter Goulding
06 Jul Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands Emdad Rahman
05 Jul A Right Pigs Ear Of It kevin raymond
05 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 25 Peter Goulding
05 Jul England Expecting GVPerkins
04 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 24 Peter Goulding
04 Jul Argentina 0 Germany 4 Paul Garratt
04 Jul Penalties mark merriman
04 Jul WC in the Care Home Lynne Paul
03 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 23 Peter Goulding
03 Jul Parag 0-1 Spain Emdad Rahman
03 Jul DFB -Argentina 0-4 GermEmdad Rahman
03 Jul Go England! acrostic Aqsa Rafiq
03 Jul HIstory Repeating Paul Garratt
02 Jul Africa..Urug 1-1 Ghana Emdad Rahman
02 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 22 Peter Goulding
02 Jul Missing Something ? kevin raymond
02 Jul Holland 2-1 BrazilEmdad Rahman
02 Jul africa 2010 tri tran
01 Jul World Cup 2010 – Day 21Peter Goulding
01 Jul World Cup Acrostic mohamed abdo
01 Jul Tennyson Writes Footie Dave Whippman
01 Jul world cup acrostic fizah ahmed
01 July RonaldoCallum Sharpes
30 Jun Flags (June 2010)Jim Bennett
30 Jun Our EnglandPeter Goulding
30 Jun Our EnglandRay Booth
30 Jun WC2010:Day 20W Cup Willie
30 Jun WC2010:Day 19W Cup Willie
30 Jun WC2010:Day 19Peter Goulding
29 Jun Lampard LamentJim Dolbear
29 Jun Cape StrutEmdad Rahman
29 Jun In The Mists of TimeDenys E. W. Jones
29 Jun Para Trooper GuysEmdad Rahman
29 Jun World CupJakir Ahmed
29 Jun FIFA World CupHabib Avais
29 Jun WC2010 : Day 18world Cup Willie
29 Jun WC2010 Day 18Peter Goulding
28 Jun Brazil ChillEmdad Rahman
28 Jun Robben Boy WonderIsmail Khan
28 Jun BlatterMark Merriman
28 Jun Robben Boy WonderEmdad Rahman
28 Jun Will England Win Or Lose?Geraint Leicester
28 Jun WC2010:Day 17W Cup Willie
28 Jun WC2010:Day 16W Cup Willie
28 Jun All over-It Is Now. Crispin Thomas
28 Jun Change Has Gotta Come! kevin raymond
28 Jun WC 2010 – Day 17 Peter Goulding
27 Jun The Seven Sorrows Denys E. W. Jones
27 Jun Tevez-Argentina 0-0 Mexico Emdad Rahman
27 Jun Mullered:Germ 4-1 England Emdad Rahman
27 Jun Kevin Prince USA 0-1 Ghana Emdad Rahman
27 Jun Suarez..Urugay 2-1 S Korea Emdad Rahman
26 Jun WC 2010 – Day 16 Peter Goulding
26 Jun Fanning the flame Lynne Paul
25 Jun Switz 0-0 Hond Emdad Rahman
25 Jun WC 2010 – Day 15 Peter Goulding
25 Jun Red -Chile 1-2 Spain Emdad Rahman
25 Jun Divided Loyalties kevin raymond
25 Jun WC2010:Day 15W Cup Willie
25 N.Korea 0-3 I.CoastEmdad Rahman
25 Jun Boring…Portugal 0-0 Brazil Emdad Rahman
25 Jun England v GermanyNeil Park
25 JunWorld Cup-Acrostic Bradley Elliott
25 Jun A One Defoe(ful) Goal! kevin raymond
25 Jun WC2010 : Day 14 World Cup Willie
24 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 14 Peter Goulding
24 Jun Robben…Cameroon 1-2 Holland Emdad Rahman
24 Jun Honda less..Denmark 1-3 Japan Emdad Rahman
24 Jun Gutsy.Paraguay 0-0 N Zealand Emdad Rahman
24 Jun Slovaked: Italy 2-3 Slovakia Emdad Rahman
23 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 13 Peter Goulding
23 Jun Oezilian. Germany 1-0 Ghana Emdad Rahman
23 Jun Veni..Australia 2-1 Serbia Emdad Rahman
23 Jun 1-0 rout Slovenia 0 -1 England Emdad Rahman
23 Jun Yankee USA 1-0 Algeria Emdad Rahman
23 Jun Fings Are Looking Up! kevin raymond
23 Jun What Goes Around. kevin raymond
23 Jun On To The Next Round Neil Park
23 Jun History Written (For England) sean farrell
23 Jun Being A WC Mascot Poems Crompton View School
23 Jun Why Do You Do It To Us ? Crispin Thomas
22 Jun Warriors..Nigeria 2-2 S Korea Emdad Rahman
22 Jun Diego…Greece 0-2 Arg Emdad Rahman
22 Jun Tears..France 1-2 S A Emdad Rahman
21 Jun Villa…Spain 2-0 Hond Emdad Rahman
21 Jun Too hot..Chile 1-0 Switz Emdad Rahman
21 Jun Mag7-Port 7-0 N Korea Emdad Rahman
21 Jun Holy grail William Carolam
21 Jun World CupStewart Hutton
20 Jun Brazil nuts Braz 3-1 Ivory Cst Emdad Rahman
20 Jun All White..Italy 1-1 N.Zealand Emdad Rahman
20 Jun Slova..Slovakia 0-2 Parag Emdad Rahman
19 Jun Danes..Cameroon 1-2 Denmark Emdad Rahman
19 Jun Oz Kewell..Ghana1-1 Austral Emdad Rahman
19 Jun Oranje..Holl 1-0 Japan Emdad Rahman
19 Jun Ode To Robert Koren Andrew Detheridge
19 Jun Cape of no Hope mark merriman
19 Jun All Fired Upkevin raymond
19 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 8 Peter Goulding
19 Jun Foxes…Eng 0-0 Algeria Emdad Rahman
18 Jun Muslims are coming! Khadim Hussain
18 Jun American.. Slov 2-2 USA Emdad Rahman
18 Jun Serbs Klose camp – Germany 0-1 Serbia Emdad Rahman
18 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 7 Peter Goulding
17 Jun Bleus by Greens-France 0-2 Mexico Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Super Eagles Greeced – Greece 2-1 Nigeria Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Lightning strikes– Argentina 4-1 S Korea Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Unjust Desserts Darren O’Keeffe
17 Jun Charrúas rout Bafana–S Africa 0-3 Uruguay Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Another World Cupful of Clichés Crispin Thomas
17 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 6 Peter Goulding
17 Jun England 2010-1st Match Khadim Hussain
16 Jun Chilito too hot-Hondu 0-1 Chile Emdad Rahman
16 Jun World Cup Up Hercolena
16 Jun Not Me! Khadim Hussain
15 Jun Tears…Brazil 2-1 N Korea Emdad Rahman
15 Jun World Cup 2010- Day 5 Peter Goulding
15 Jun Drogs of war-I Coast 0-0 Port Emdad Rahman
15 Jun All….N Z 1-1 Slovakia Emdad Rahman
15 Jun Ed Balls Tony Kinsella
15 Jun Mind Games Paul Garratt
15 Jun Will Mexico spoil party? Khadim Hussain
14 Jun World Cup 2010-Day 4 Peter Goulding
14 Jun Azurri ..Italy 1-1 Parag Emdad Rahman
14 Jun Lions..Japan 1-0 Camer Emdad Rahman
14 Jun Soccer. Holl 2-0 Denmk Emdad Rahman
14 Jun South Africa’s Party Khadim Hussain
14 Jun This Glorious June Khadim Husain
14 Jun Cheesed Off Kat Mortensen
14 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 3 Peter Goulding
13 Jun For The PlaymakersSA2010
13 Jun Bush…Germ 4-0 Austr Emdad Rahman
13 Jun Black..Serbia 0-1 Ghana Emdad Rahman
13 Jun bore game Emdad Rahman
13 Jun Jeepers keepers Eng 1-1 USA Emdad Rahman
13 Jun Star-Crossed Kat Mortensen
13 Jun El D–Arg 1-0 Nigeria Emdad Rahman
13 Jun Who’d be a goalie? Alan McKean
13 Jun World Cup 2010 Day 2 Peter Goulding
13 Jun On England’s Green… kevin raymond
13 Jun Green Fingered mark merriman
13 Jun England v The U.S.A. Stuart Butler
12 Jun USA – Useless Again Michael Scott
12 Jun Jules Rimet Michael Scott
12 Jun It was 44 years ago.. Alan McKean
12 Jun Every…Urug 0-0 France Emdad Rahman
12 Jun Kor..S Korea 2-0 Greece Emdad Rahman
12 Jun World Cup 2010 – Day 1 Peter Goulding
12 Jun The world cup final Joel Bull
12 Jun Healthy Guide… kevin halls
11 Jun It Begins (S Africa 1-1 Mex)
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11 Jun WC k-o-S Africa 1-1 Mex Emdad Rahman
11 Jun if i could dream owen webb
10 Jun WC2010: D-Day minus 1 Peter Goulding
08 Jun Watching In The Pub Kevin Halls
08 Jun World Cup SA2010
07 Jun Untitled SA2010
07 Jun Point of Emile HeskeySA2010
07 Jun Capello’s Team william carolan
06 Jun All Day I Dream .. kevin raymond
04 Jun IF (Parody for WC) Jacqueline Sherlock
03 Jun Bafana Bugs Harry Owen
03 Jun More Than Just a Game Robert Perry
02 Jun Take Me Back. Crispin Thomas
02 Jun WC 2010:preWorld Cup Willie
01 Jun Ready & Waiting kevin raymond
26 May when england call patrick clinton
25 May World Cup Widow Greg Winders
25 May One World 2010 Stuart Butler
25 May This Summer Darren O’Keeffe
20 May Some People Are On… Kevin Halls
18 May W.Cup S Africa 2010 non humphries
17 May Ev’ry Home Should Crispin Thomas
14 May Come On England Mike Melville-Reed
07 May WCup S Africa 2010 Ralph Hancock
07 May world cup rohan bendre
01 Apr Horn Free..Vuvuzela Crispin Thomas
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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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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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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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