Things We’d Change if Only We Could Poems
Mark’s right “never change the feeling” but there’s a few things that still get me going. Unfair stuff . Money in the game at the top level only. The media’s influences . Have we just all become downtrodden, un-appreciated, taken for granted fans? Where is our voice for change gone? Aside from the endless millions divorcing the strong from the weak – what would we change in football today – if we could? Let us know your feelings guys. To quote Kevin why not “get it off your chest”..
22 Oct The Supporter’s Prayer Crispin Thomas
18 Oct Sinking with Armbands S B Ingle
16 Oct Up on the roof. John Oliver
05 Oct Time to call a halt. John Oliver
05 Oct Bringing Back Memories S B Ingle
25 Sep Never Change That Feeling mark merriman
25 Sep Nets mark merriman
24 Sep The Viola in Yellow Denys E. W. Jones
24 Sep Unsung Heroes kevin halls
23 Sep Hail, Hail, Die Schwarzgelben kevin raymond
17 Sep Off My Chest Pt 2 kevin halls
16 Sep Consistency mark merriman
16 Sep Things We’d Change Crispin Thomas
14 Sep Off My Chest kevin halls
12 Sep Close Perimiter Encounters of The Flashing KindCrispin Thomas
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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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3rd September 2023 at 6:55 pm
Play Up Pompey indeed Richard .
My first ever proper game when i was 10 was Chelsea 7-4 Pompey on Xmas morning 1959, Greavesie got 4.
First visited Fratton Park with Chelsea (2-2) and stood among loads of sailors back in the old Second Dvision early 60s . That’s when I first heard the Pompey Chimes..
Last visited in the mid 2000s to run a football poetry workshop on racism with local young students in the Study Centre you had then at the time.
Had a great chat with some of your fans when you came here to Forest Green last season…
best wishes
Crispin
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1st September 2023 at 7:17 pm
Cliché heaven or hell..we get it all
Welcome to Football Poets John
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28th August 2023 at 10:54 am
Thanks Crispin – noted re the boxer! Never know, perhaps we’ll get Forest Green in the cup… or Chelsea!
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27th August 2023 at 4:47 pm
Hey Rowan
Tough line up of opening fixtures but werlcome to the National League and to Football Poets.
I’ve often passed your ground but never actually been.
Had to remove the boxert poem , sorry ….only poems about football, though i did read your tenuous link!
best wishes
Crispin -Editor
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6th August 2023 at 3:46 pm
Don’t worry Apollo, I have examined the evidence on YouTube – he looks great, the real deal!
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