Your Nostalgia Poems

14th February 2021

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 Hi – Your Nostalgia / Football Memories Poems ; 2000-Present ~ Many of these poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library. In many cases you can click on poem title to link to poem and click on poet name to link to all poems by that poet.This section on nostalgia started being collated and recorded in 2010 so 2000-2009 poems are a selection.

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 2021

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 21 Mar Lothar Matthäus Emdad Rahman

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 13 Feb Maine Road Matchday ’69 steve mingle

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 05 Feb Epiphany in Park Lane kevin raymond

2020

09 Nov Right Outsider Geoffrey Winch

08 Nov The Flowers of Liverpool (Lest we forget) Sharon Jones

30 Oct Maradona 60 Sharon Jones

17 Feb Harry Gregg ~ The Man Who Didn’t Just Save Goals Crispin Thomas

14 Feb Parked Run Clik The Mouse

03 Feb Fr om rec to cheque Clik The Mouse

12 Jan Geoff Pike – Unsung hero Emdad Rahman

7th Jan Nineteen Ninety-Five Denys E. W. Jones

2019

¶ 16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 17 Nov Burial of the Dead Al McClimens

05 Nov The Eddie McGoldrick show Emdad Rahman

17 Oct 130 Yesterdays (Forest Green Rovers 1889-2019) Crispin Thomas

31 Aug Tranmere Rovers Sharon Jones

¶ 20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 12 Aug This Means More. sharon wilkie-jones

¶ 21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 06 Aug Football Holy Trinity sharon wilkie-jones

02 Aug The Story of Mrs. Minchella (the peanut seller) John J O’Connor

24 Jul The 74 Cup Final willie mccloskey

22 Jun Maradona’s Second Goal sharon wilkie-jones

19 Jun We Weren’t Interested in Girls Rhys Owain Williams

19 Jun 58 Years Rhys Owain Williams

24 May Glory be! Clik The Mouse

7 May Alf Ramsey – My Part In His Success Ray Miller

11 Apr Football Railway Time Stuart Butler

26 Mar Back in time down White Hart Lane Graham Salter

21 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 Live? (1994-2019) Crispin Thomas

21 Feb My 60th Anniversary – Geof Dawson

20 Feb Going To The Game-Crispin Thomas

18 Feb This Football Life – sharon wilkie-jones

12 Feb Youth – sharon wilkie-jones

05 Feb An Ode to Football When – Nicholas Finch

05 Feb David Dangerfield’s Dad’s Boots – Stuart Butler

¶ 38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 24 Jan The Football History Boys – sharon wilkie-jones

10 Jan Remembering Georgie Best – Simon Williams

2018

05 Dec One Christmas in the Trenches ~ Centenary – Crispin Thomas

26 Nov Saturday at Barracks Lane – Alex Saynor

Oct 3 Sir Matt Busby (for National Poetry Day)-sharon wilkie-jones

30 Aug First Home Game ~ Chelsea 6-2 Wolves .30 Aug ’58 (60 Years On) – Crispin Thomas

18 Sep Where have all the Great Captains Gone? –John J O’Connor

25 Aug A Ralph Coates – Paul T Conneally

19 Jul Stand In – kevin raymond

¶ 48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 02 Jul Remembering Andrés Escobar -Colombia July 2 ’94 – Crispin Thomas

28 Jun The Ineffability of Maradona – sharon wilkie-jones

06 Jun My First World Cup in ‘58 – Crispin Thomas

01 Jun Eight years old – Peter Goulding

01 May In Praise of The Football Programme – Crispin Thomas

15 Mar National Football Museum- sharon wilkie-jones

24 Feb Bobby Moore – sharon wilkie-jones

24 Feb Denis Law – sharon wilkie-jones

22 Feb Footie with Dad – Phil Brennan

14 Feb The Best Goal I Ever Scored – Stuart Butler

05 Feb Childhood Memory – Graham Salter

¶ 59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 27 Jan The Day We Lost A Football Team (60 Years On) – Crispin Thomas

¶ 60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 2017

¶ 61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 13 Dec Orange leather footballs in the snow – Peter Goulding

¶ 62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 06 Dec Rite of Passage – Andrew Detheridge

¶ 63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 07 Oct The United Trinity – Ianthe Exall

¶ 64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 25 July The Soul of Forest Green – Stuart Butler

¶ 65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 21 Jul Canned Sardines – Ianthe Exall

¶ 66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 30 Mar A Brief History of Goal Celebrations = Graham Salter

¶ 67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0 09 Mar The Football ‘Hard Man’ = Mike Bartram

¶ 68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 18 Apr Larbi Ben Mbarek: The forgotten genius – Emdad Rahman

¶ 69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 06 Apr An Improvised Match – Alex Saynor

¶ 70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 03 Apr These Days……..Those Days. – John Oliver

¶ 71 Leave a comment on paragraph 71 0 03 Apr Vetch Field Elegy – Rhys Owain Williams

¶ 72 Leave a comment on paragraph 72 0 2016

¶ 73 Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 04 Jun Fifty Years On (George Cohen) Ianthe Exall
28 May Pretending To Be Greavesie Kevin Halls
21 Apr Layer Road, 1971 Andrew Harris (Colchester Utd)

¶ 74 Leave a comment on paragraph 74 0 08 Mar Archie’s Stands – Graham Salter

¶ 75 Leave a comment on paragraph 75 0 06 Mar Spain 1982 Gacina Bozidar
21 Feb Boys On A Wall Sharon Jones (Accrington Stanley)
14 Feb Accrington Stanley FC~ The Club That Would Not Die Sharon Jones

¶ 76 Leave a comment on paragraph 76 0 11 Feb Long Gone Alun Robert

2015

17 Nov A Footballer Passes –Andrew Harris

16 Nov Why Clevedon Town – Alun Robert

9 Nov James Alexander Gordon – Alun Robert

8 Nov 1973 Cup Final – Andrew Harris

30 Oct Now That George Best Fella Is A Great Fella (RIP Dad) – John J O’Connor

22 Sep Chelsea 6 Newcastle Utd 5 – John Oliver

12 Sep Tranmere Rovers All Time Xl – Sharon Jones

31 Aug Marine v Dagenham 1968 – Barry Lenton

26 Aug johan cruyff – gareth culshaw

24 Aug Going To The Game – Sharon Jones

23 Aug 80’s Revisited. – David Foulkes

21 Aug The World Cup 1930-2002 – Sharon Jones

19 Aug Stand Athletic FC – Sharon Jones

20 AugFootball: The People’s Game – Sharon Jones

19 Aug Bob-a-man – Trent Morris

17 Aug The Anfield Iron – Sharon Jones

10 Aug Barry Joy – One of Our Own – NCFC – S B Ingle

6 Aug Fulham’s Finest – Ianthe Exall

3 Aug Vintage Clarets – Ode to Stan Ternent – Sharon Jones

25 May F.A.Cup Final – kevin halls

12 May Valley prayed 11.05.85 – Clik The Mouse

11 May The Whole Stand Is On Fire.Bradford 11.05.85 – Crispin Thomas

8 May Old Football Grounds – kevin halls

29 Apr Crossflow Winds – Alex Saynor

29 Apr Tom Finney Was Her Grandpa’s plumber – Simon Caplan

24 Apr Cheers Dad. – kevin raymond

¶ 104 Leave a comment on paragraph 104 0 18 Apr Reflections on Spain (written in 2012) – ap staunton

¶ 105 Leave a comment on paragraph 105 0 15 Apr Matthews in 1953 – Gacina Bozidar

¶ 106 Leave a comment on paragraph 106 0 11 Apr the past remembered – Gacina Bozidar

¶ 107 Leave a comment on paragraph 107 0 6 Apr Bla nchflower – Christopher T. George

¶ 108 Leave a comment on paragraph 108 0 30 Mar As I walked out on a Bank Holiday Monday – ap staunton

¶ 109 Leave a comment on paragraph 109 0 16 Mar 36 Goals ~ Hughie Gallagher – Keith Armstrong

¶ 110 Leave a comment on paragraph 110 0 15 Mar There’s only two Roger Hunts – ap staunton

¶ 111 Leave a comment on paragraph 111 0 27 Feb Passing Through – Eddie Gibbons

¶ 112 Leave a comment on paragraph 112 0 24 Feb The Revie Boys – Rob Atkinson

¶ 113 Leave a comment on paragraph 113 0 20 Feb Come on you Royals! – mark merriman

¶ 114 Leave a comment on paragraph 114 0 11 Feb At The Match With Your Dad (1960’s) – kevin halls

¶ 115 Leave a comment on paragraph 115 0 05 Feb Searching for Wolves in Africa – Ianthe Exall

¶ 116 Leave a comment on paragraph 116 0 05 Feb Football & Winter Green – Geoff Tabrah

¶ 117 Leave a comment on paragraph 117 0 02 Feb Leeds United 1970 – Wynn Wheldon

¶ 118 Leave a comment on paragraph 118 0 30 Jan The Magician-haiku – kevin halls

¶ 119 Leave a comment on paragraph 119 0 30 Jan A Lifelong Telly Football Non-Supporter – Karen Withecomb

¶ 120 Leave a comment on paragraph 120 0 29 Jan Summer of Love – Alex Saynor

¶ 121 Leave a comment on paragraph 121 0 19 Jan Evening Kick Off On Cold Blow Lane – Bradford Middleton

¶ 122 Leave a comment on paragraph 122 0 17 Jan Running with the Wolves – Steve Hill

¶ 123 Leave a comment on paragraph 123 0 01 Jan The FA Cup – Geof Dawson

¶ 124 Leave a comment on paragraph 124 0 2014

¶ 125 Leave a comment on paragraph 125 0 23 Dec I Know I’d Play Football Again Trent Morris

¶ 126 Leave a comment on paragraph 126 0 13 Dec More Than a Game Ianthe Exall

¶ 127 Leave a comment on paragraph 127 0 11 Dec Raith Rovers Coca Cola Cup 1994 Fred Wigley

¶ 128 Leave a comment on paragraph 128 0 11 Dec Forest Green Rovers and WW1 Stuart Butler

¶ 129 Leave a comment on paragraph 129 0 09 Dec Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955 Graham Salter

¶ 130 Leave a comment on paragraph 130 0 06 Dec A Sixties Lad’s Christmas List kevin halls

¶ 131 Leave a comment on paragraph 131 0 10 Oct Double Bill Eddie Gibbons

¶ 132 Leave a comment on paragraph 132 0 10 Oct I’ll Play On Trent Morris

¶ 133 Leave a comment on paragraph 133 0 05 Oct Coventry City-Sky Blue Years Crispin Thomas

¶ 134 Leave a comment on paragraph 134 0 05 Oct The Day We Won The Cup kevin halls

¶ 135 Leave a comment on paragraph 135 0 28 Sep Walter Tull Emdad Rahman

¶ 136 Leave a comment on paragraph 136 0 22 Sep The Greatest of them All Ianthe Exall

¶ 137 Leave a comment on paragraph 137 0 24 Sep A Game of Football John Paul Kirkham

¶ 138 Leave a comment on paragraph 138 0 03 Sep Raith Rovers and the Highland Loch Llew Beaton

¶ 139 Leave a comment on paragraph 139 0 01 July Give me the 60s The Spurs

¶ 140 Leave a comment on paragraph 140 0 29 May First Memory ~ Inside Outside – Graham Salter

¶ 141 Leave a comment on paragraph 141 0 26 May The day European football came to Connemara Peter Goulding

¶ 142 Leave a comment on paragraph 142 0 26 May Our Bob Bev Cornell

¶ 143 Leave a comment on paragraph 143 0 24 May West Germany and Montezuma’s Revenge John J O’Connor

¶ 144 Leave a comment on paragraph 144 0 18 May Javier Zanetti – San Siro hero Emdad Rahman

¶ 145 Leave a comment on paragraph 145 0 14 May An Upper Room in Westbourne Grove Alex Saynor

¶ 146 Leave a comment on paragraph 146 0 11 May Remembering the Bradford City fire disaster-Emdad Rahman

¶ 147 Leave a comment on paragraph 147 0 14 Apr The Net Result Llew Beaton

¶ 148 Leave a comment on paragraph 148 0 11 Apr I’ve Never Been Good At Football Luke Innes

¶ 149 Leave a comment on paragraph 149 0 11 Apr Bishop’s Park haiku Alex Saynor

¶ 150 Leave a comment on paragraph 150 0 27 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 live? Crispin Thomas

¶ 151 Leave a comment on paragraph 151 0 24 Mar 1960’s-The Golden Age of Football-Haiku kevin halls

¶ 152 Leave a comment on paragraph 152 0 24 Mar Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini: 1930-2014 Emdad Rahman

¶ 153 Leave a comment on paragraph 153 0 23 Mar Montalban and Kilbane Gacina Bozidar

¶ 154 Leave a comment on paragraph 154 0 20 Mar When the Groundsman Rested Alex Saynor

¶ 155 Leave a comment on paragraph 155 0 20 Mar My Bloody Bilston Début Haiku Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 156 Leave a comment on paragraph 156 0 20 Mar Life, Football and Mandela Gacina Bozidar

¶ 157 Leave a comment on paragraph 157 0 16 Mar When the Groundsman Rested – Alex Saynor

¶ 158 Leave a comment on paragraph 158 0 21 Feb ‘Keepers S B Ingle

¶ 159 Leave a comment on paragraph 159 0 19 Feb Hursty v Banksy haiku Emdad Rahman

¶ 160 Leave a comment on paragraph 160 0 19 Feb Pelé, Banks, Moore Emdad Rahman

¶ 161 Leave a comment on paragraph 161 0 05 Feb Final Ties Graham Salter

¶ 162 Leave a comment on paragraph 162 0 04 Feb One Morning at Battersea Funfair Alex Saynor

¶ 163 Leave a comment on paragraph 163 0 03 Feb Andrew Watson Llew Beaton

¶ 164 Leave a comment on paragraph 164 0 01 Feb On the Tyneside Street where we lived John Oliver

¶ 165 Leave a comment on paragraph 165 0 27 Jan The Final Whistle/Echo Pink John Oliver

¶ 166 Leave a comment on paragraph 166 0 07 Jan Broch an’ Roll Hugh Morris

¶ 167 Leave a comment on paragraph 167 0 03 Jan That Guy Dickie mark merriman

¶ 168 Leave a comment on paragraph 168 0 2013

¶ 169 Leave a comment on paragraph 169 0 31 Dec Keegan two, Heighway one kevin raymond

¶ 170 Leave a comment on paragraph 170 0 24 Dec Pride of Scotland Frank McKeown

¶ 171 Leave a comment on paragraph 171 0 16 Dec Crocked kevin raymond

¶ 172 Leave a comment on paragraph 172 0 13 Dec The Squad of ’64 Ianthe Exall

¶ 173 Leave a comment on paragraph 173 0 13 Dec Christmas 1914 Stuart Butler

¶ 174 Leave a comment on paragraph 174 0 21 Nov The Knots in the Lace Ianthe Exall

¶ 175 Leave a comment on paragraph 175 0 19 Nov The Mighty Magyars kevin halls

¶ 176 Leave a comment on paragraph 176 0 12 Nov When The Dynamo Came By Crispin Thomas

¶ 177 Leave a comment on paragraph 177 0 07 Nov Durban Derby Days Ianthe Exall

¶ 178 Leave a comment on paragraph 178 0 09 Aug I watched a match on Ceefax mark merriman

¶ 179 Leave a comment on paragraph 179 0 31 Jul Teenage Crush Karen Lindsay

¶ 180 Leave a comment on paragraph 180 0 25 Jul They Lived Down Our Street Andrew Detheridge

¶ 181 Leave a comment on paragraph 181 0 23 Jul A Walk in the Park for Parkin Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 182 Leave a comment on paragraph 182 0 20 Jul Bickerstaff Bryan Murphy

¶ 183 Leave a comment on paragraph 183 0 18 Jul The Name Of ‘Sailor’ Hunter Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 184 Leave a comment on paragraph 184 0 17 Jul Bobby Hundreds Anthony Arnott

¶ 185 Leave a comment on paragraph 185 0 15 May Claret and blue Harry Orr

¶ 186 Leave a comment on paragraph 186 0 14 May Ghosts of legends stuart ashworth

¶ 187 Leave a comment on paragraph 187 0 11 Apr Hughie Curran Hung High Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 188 Leave a comment on paragraph 188 0 10 Apr Who the hell are you ? The spurs poet

¶ 189 Leave a comment on paragraph 189 0 08 Mar Bring It Back kevin halls

¶ 190 Leave a comment on paragraph 190 0 07 Mar John Lennon P Maguire

¶ 191 Leave a comment on paragraph 191 0 07 Mar Rock & Roll is the New Football P Maguire

¶ 192 Leave a comment on paragraph 192 0 03 Mar The History Boys P Maguire

¶ 193 Leave a comment on paragraph 193 0 03 Mar The Echoes of Childhood P Maguire

¶ 194 Leave a comment on paragraph 194 0 03 Mar Fine dreams of Heaven (A Liverpool Child) P Maguire

¶ 195 Leave a comment on paragraph 195 0 03 Mar The Liverpool Way P Maguire

¶ 196 Leave a comment on paragraph 196 0 14 A Scots Laddie Called Cameron Buchanan Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 197 Leave a comment on paragraph 197 0 21 Jan Musings From An LCC* Changing Room kevin raymond

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Greg Freeman
16th March 2021 at 5:56 pm

Intriguing poem, Dave. I don’t think that Geoff Hurst shot would have survived VAR or goalline technology, and then where would the history of this country be, eh? Mind you, the Germans got their revenge in South Africa in 2010, when Lampard’s shot was clearly over the line but not given. (Was it a Paraguayan linesman on that occasion?) Plus the innumerable penalty shootouts … Fifty-five years of hurt, and still counting …

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 1:12 am

Not too many Nans like her!

Brian Moore, The Big Match…. never missed. But miss it still. If you get my drift!

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 1:08 am

Thanks for the memories Gacina!

We all (Stamford Bridge acolytes) adore Luca too!

My best friend’s son is named after him!

Clik.

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 1:02 am

Thanks for bringing back memories Kev!

On point of principle….

I’m not sure I ever paid over the odds for a ticket at the Bridge.

Nearest I came, was myself and two buddies for the Milk Cup Semi Final v Sunderland, 1985. (pre neutral venues)

Instead we retired to the Rising Sun to watch it live on tv, with all the real action happening just hundreds of yards away ! Surreal!

Even more surreal, me, the littlest puniest fella ever, got singled out by some yobbo as one to goad! Aye, by one of our (supposed) own. A Neanderthal from the bad old days.

Still, we won! And my mates shepherded me to safety, true pals. Unfortunately, Mick has since joined Ossie, but Neil and myself are still flying the blue flag together.

Respect.

For the record, Kevin and I met once at the Bridge, true Blues penning from the heart!

And with Crispin too, must be something magic in those boots at the Bridge!

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 12:33 am

Blimey Dave,

you don’t want much do you!!! 😉

Fred Astaire / Alan Shearer……

We can all dream on!

Gr8 poem.

clik

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 12:30 am

Kev,

thanks for sharing!

“Tug the sub”

wish I’d thought of that, kushti!

I’m old skool, so I thought TT was bang out of order with his post match comments re CHO.

But have to admit, Callum and the rest of the boys have stepped up to the Mark…. (deutschemark – geddit?!?)

Clik.

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Carlo Thatsyerlotti
6th March 2021 at 12:23 am

Thanks for sharing Denys,

I always look forward to your poems.

“Blue is the colour” as my tribe would say!

And happily, we followed your suit!

One nil win at Anfield for us last night.

Though granted, you’ll revel much more in the bragging rights!!!

Clik

(Carlo Thatsyerlotti …… our loss is your gain!!)

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 12:17 am

Thanks for sharing Gacina… a great insight….

I reckon there’s the mother of all earthquakes in the offing….

😉

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 12:14 am

Thanks for sharing Patrick….

Methinks there’s proper respect….. on both sides of the story.

😉

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Clik The Mouse
6th March 2021 at 12:10 am

Thanks for sharing Greg!

All of us Dads have been there!

My proudest moment in life (towering over any game I ever won) was when my lad (“Patrick the Hat-trick”, as in 3rd born) powered in a penalty shootout into the top corner – the littlest fella on the pitch and yet the coolest customer! And yes they won their final! (I couldn’t believe it – he was the little Billy Bremner / Chopper Harris throwback, and yet Le Tiss like when it mattered!!!!)

BTW…. as to the poem…

it wasn’t me!

Yes, I played against Addlestone!

I was a skinny little wretch that turned up every week on the sideline, until eventually at about age 15 I sprouted and developed… I reckon I was Dennis Irwin before Dennis Irwin!

Only… I was playing in the black and green stripes of Hampton Hill Celtic…. (yes we started out as green and white hoops). Happy days!

But as a Dad, my watching brief has been here in Ireland.

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