Your Team In November 2010 Poems
Featuring:Aberdeen, Arsenal, Barcelona, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Celtic, Cork City, Coventry City England, Leeds United, Liverpool, Middlesborough, Man Utd, Napoli, Newcastle United, Real Madrid, Stoke City Swindon, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, & Wolverhampton Wanderers
30 Nov A Warning Winters Tale kevin raymond
29 Nov White Hart Pain Emdad Rahman
29 Nov Ain’t that a kick in the head Darren O’Keeffe
29 Nov Old Trafford Trouncing jim dolbear
27 Nov Boro Tanka Khadim Hussain
27 Nov Fortress Riverside? Khadim Hussain
26 Nov the 12th man henry hazlehurst
26 Nov a City tribute henry hazlehurst
21 Nov Spurs Cock A Hoop jim dolbear
21 Nov Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Emdad Rahman
21 Nov Wigan 1-1 Liverpool Emdad Rahman
21 Nov Stoke 2-0 Liverpool Emdad Rahman
21 Nov Happy Wanderer Alan McKean
17 Nov Respect And The Lack Of It? kevin raymond
17 Nov Cost of Ownership Darren O’Keeffe
17 Nov Lost To The Lord Andy Lockett
14 No v Big Sam, Little Respect John Oliver
11 Nov The Versatile Mr John O’Shea Richard Stillman
10 Nov Miller Time Darren O’Keeffe
09 Nov Password ‘Greer’ mark merriman
08 Nov Oh Carroll jim dolbear
08 Nov News Flash ! jim dolbear
08 Nov Hush Hush at the library John Oliver
08 Nov Celtic 9-0 Aberdeen Haiku Emdad Rahman
07 Nov Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea Emdad Rahman
07 Nov Gerrard 3-1 Napoli Emdad Rahman
07 Nov Squeaky Bum Tanka Alan McKean
05 Nov F.I.F.A Fi Fo Fum. Crispin Thomas
05 Nov Fare play World Cup Willie
04 Nov Kop Thatrick. jim dolbear
04 Nov There Every Home Game kevin halls
03 NovA Base Football Player Richard Stillman
02 Nov One For Sorrow.Part 6 jim dolbear
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5th December 2022 at 8:11 pm
Stuart, you are not alone, in your dichotomy of doubt
but without dissention
you stand alone
in hogging our attention!
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16th November 2022 at 11:04 am
[Football on soiled turf]
This is a wonderful phrase which I shall be using from now on!
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15th November 2022 at 3:54 pm
Well said Crispin. One of the reasons for The Ball 2022/23 is exactly this – that FIFA need to know. The Ball is essentially a petition to FIFA to honour their commitments to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. They signed up; they should act. The Qatar tournament takes the World Cup in the opposite direction to that commitment. And 2026 looks like it’ll be even worse.
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8th November 2022 at 2:06 pm
Hi Guys
Re ‘Lets Boycott Qatar ‘ poem
You probably hate me banging on..and problably know (like me) that my/your not watching the World Cup in Qatar will make no difference.
Of course it won’t. That’s not the point.
OK someone might possibly eventually publish a minimal drop in terrestrial TV viewer numbers, but I fear that is unlikely.
But please above all, do go on writing poems about the World Cup, as/you we have always done. I hate to think a poem or two of mine might l make you feel bad about comenting on a game or country …or that I’ve put you all off about wanting to contribute.
So we’d love to hear from you and read your thoughts and observations, as ever on what’s going on.
Some of us have been here since Football Poets website birth/inception for the Euros 2000 ….
All my best wishes
Crispin
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18th October 2022 at 10:06 am
Shoot! (Something we’ve also been screaming in vain at our team all season !)
Great memories Joe . Before Shoot, it was Roy of the Rovers comic too, dropping through my letterbox.
Anxiously waiting each week to see if they survived in the mexcian jungle after an ambush..or a pre-season earthquake!
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3rd October 2022 at 8:32 pm
Thanks for the kind words Sharon. Yes, it was a shame with Billy Shako, but with five subs now being allowed, he might yet make it off the bench. Even if it’s just a cameo to close out a poem.
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2nd October 2022 at 1:49 pm
John, your new book is an absolute delight and more please. It’s a shame ‘Swapping Shirts With Shakespeare’ never made it off the bench, but quality football poets light up the writing fields like Roman candles. Go well.
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4th September 2022 at 12:42 pm
Great memories Greg. Took me right back.
Today I stand on a small terrace in the hills where I live watching Forest Green Rovers in L1, and keep up with Chelsea on highlights. It’s a far cry and a world away from those times when I lived as a child within walking distance of ‘The Bridge’ – just off the Ifield Road, which led to Fulham Road. The Blues were rubbish for so long, but we loved them and somehow we stayed in the old First Division for so many seasons. And of course we got to see Greavesie at his impudent best, scoring goals for fun. Mad unpredictable games where we’d score 4 and let in five.
The looming floodlights in the dark and mist on magic night games. The big games when the ground heaved.
I don’t think we ever realized how magical and incredible it was back then. The atmosphere and arriving there so early – like you said.. just to make sure you got in. Back when Bovril, tea and cake and roasted peanuts for sixpence a back were just about all on offer.
Good times.
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4th September 2022 at 12:37 pm
see above
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18th August 2022 at 10:20 am
To put it politely!
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