Football Poets

Thanks Peter.

Quality Bouts Rimes!

I missed that news item – pity for the town.

I must admit I never went to watch them – we were only ever there in the close season.

But we did spend many quality family holidays there with friends.

My Dad was billeted out to Eardisland (just up the road) during the war.

Lovely internal rhymes there Crispin. And I agree very much with the sentiment, although I reckon there’s plenty of room for improvement!!

Congrats D P

I’m sure the winning verses will flow soon enough!

Great lines asnd what a great adventure …any pics Emdad …would love to feature this on the main home page here… please  email me any images C

Emdad,

thanks for sharing!

I’m jealous!

It made me lookup google maps straight away to trace your journey.

for all the coaching, I’m sure you got just as much out of the trip as your hosts did.

This poem made me smile.

Great poem, Mr Dulwich   😉

Being an ex-pat, I don’t get to many matches, but did get to first game of this season, Hampton & Richmond v Dartford. I love getting out to grass roots football.

And being a pedant….

It was El-Tel that coined “They Used To Play On Grass”, or at least he grabbed the zeitgeist and wrote a football book by that name, co-authored with Gordon Williams, who was the creator of the telly tec “Hazel”.

Football lives in our hearts, not our heads Crispin, and it nudges its space alongside our other more important loves.

Love, that auld devil called football, is our respite, response and reason, and each page turned is a new chapter, new corner, and new hope.

My best to you and your wife.