Your Team In October Sept & Aug 2010 Poems
October musings on all things “your team” in verse feature..
AFC Wimbledon, Arsenal, Blackburn , Blackpool, Chelsea, Cork City, Eindhoven, England, Everton, FC United, Feyenoord, Liverpool, Man Utd, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Notts County, Portsmouth, Real Madrid, Sligo Rovers, Shamrock Rovers & Swindon
October 2010
31 Oct Bolton 0-1 Liverpool Emdad Rahman
30 Oct cup final tickets steve wickham
29 Oct Numbers Tomas De Faoite
29 Oct Two Black Managers Crispin Thomas
28 Oct Stick with us Chris John Oliver
27 Oct FC United/ Wimbledon Crispin Thomas
24 Oct Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Emdad Rahman
24 Oct The Tide Turns Lynne Paul
24 Oct Everton 2-0 Liverpool Emdad Rahman
23 Oct It Stinks! mark merriman
23 Oct Negotiations Paul Garratt
22 Oct For Maggie – A Fair Deal S B Ingle
22 Oct Our First Season Darren O’Keeffe
21 Oct Wayne’s Whirled Clik the mouse
20 Oct Double figure record Maureen Yeo
13 Oct Same Old England Crispin Thomas
12 Oct Lone Star Darren O’Keeffe
07 Oct 3 Lions Off MY Chest kevin halls
04 Oct Blackpool Rock AnfieldThe Bard o’ Burnley
04 Oct Whole World Is Orange kevin raymond
04 Oct Deja Vu? kevin raymond
04 Oct Questions Darren O’Keeffe
03 Oct Tangoed Emdad Rahman
03 Oct Bullied mark merriman
01 Oct Hens TeethDarren O’Keeffe
3 September 2010
September 2010 Poems by YOU on…
Arsenal, Blackpool, Chelsea, Cork City, Coventry City, Genoa, Fiorentina, Liverpool, Man City, Middlesborough, Shelbourne, Southampton & Sunderland, Swindon.
28 Sep God Bless Darren O’Keeffe
28 Sep Not defeatist Peter Goulding
27 Sep Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland Emdad Rahman
27 Sep Always Someone kevin raymond
24 Sep Bernie V Boyd Khadim Hussain
24 Sep The Viola in Yellow Denys E. W. Jones
23 Sep Man Utd 3-2 Liverpool Emdad Rahman
23 Sep Birm C 0 Liverpool 0 Emdad Rahman
20 Sep The Best Laid Plans kevin raymond
16 Sep Allah Khadim Hussain
16 Sep Consistency mark merriman
13 Sep Mancini- A Laugh? kevin raymond
10 Sep Mediocrity Darren O’Keeffe
02 Sep 25 Yrs Old FirmEmdad Rahman
02 Sep Black Cats! Khadim Hussain
01 Sep St.Mary Go Roundjim dolbear
August 2010
New season poems by YOU on…
Blackpool, Chelsea, Coventry,Liverpool, Middlesborough,
Newcastle,Norwich, Sheffield United & Swindon.
31 Aug Let The Show Begin pete marshall
31 Aug Strachan The Genius Khadim Hussain
29 Aug Liverpool 1-0 W Brom Emdad Rahman
26 Aug Big Guns Are Back Khadim Hussain
26 Aug 4 Musketeers Crispin Thomas
25 Aug Ah The Thrill Of It All kevin raymond
24 Aug You couldn’t make it up John
Oliver
24 Aug Sky Blues Sheikh Reds Emdad Rahman
23 Aug Mine’s A Double kevin raymond
23 Aug The Joy of Six mark merriman
18 Aug to be beside the DW mark merriman
17 Aug what’s in store? John Oliver
16 Aug Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal Emdad Rahman
16 Aug Our No10 Daniel Nice
15 Aug Wigan rocked stuey
14 Aug Top of The Tower Alan McKean
12 Aug Curtain Raiser David Barker
11 Aug Year Of The Boro khadim Hussain
10 Aug Wasn’t Your Fault! kevin raymond
10 Aug Stay Loyal kevin halls
09 Aug Immunity Shield Clik the Mouse
09 Aug Back With A Roar Crispin Thomas
08 Aug Great Expectations? mark merriman
08 Aug Reality O’Heck S B Ingle
07 Aug All Aboard John Oliver
06 Aug The Only Way! Khadim Hussain
6 Aug Crackerjack SB Ingle
5 Paul The Psychic Octopus RIP Poems
Paul The Psychic Octopus died peacefully in his sleep at his Sea Life home in Germany this month. He became an interrnational superstar after correctly predicting the winners of all the German matches in the World Cup 2010 and also predicting the winners of the Final .
31 Oct He Had Us On Tentaclesjim dolbear
30 Oct Octopus Haiku Stuart Butler
27 Oct The Psychic Octopus Simon Sugar
26 Oct Paul the Octopus Emdad Rahman
26 Oct Paul The Psychic Octopus RIP 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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