World Cup Haiku ~ Australia New Zealand 2023
Women’s World Cup 2023 haiku -Australia New Zealand
Aug 23 Spain Triumph ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 16 It’s…. (nearly!) World Cup Winnie
Aug 16 Time To Bring it Home ~ WWC 23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 07 England & Australia Last Eight Bound ~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 04 Morocco & Columbia Make The Last 16 WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 01 England- Denmark- Netherlands & USA (just!) Advance – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 31 Australia Nigeria Japan & Spain Through WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 30 I’ll Write On My Own~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 29 England France & Jamaica Triumph – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 20 New Zealand 1-0 Norway WWC Haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2022 haiku (4) – Qatar
26 Nov Watching Brazil Haiku Stuart Butler
24 Nov WC2022: social injustice silenced World Cup Willie
13 Feb 2022 Qatar 2022 – Haiku Paul H Tubb
13 Oct 2014 Qatar’s World Cup haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2018 haiku (91)~ Russia
A massive thank you for your words and contributions throughout the tournament to:
Dachlan Cartwright; Fred Slattern; Kevin Halls; Sharon Wilkie-Jones; Stuart Butler; World Cup Willie from the Editors Crispin, Clik The Mouse and Christian and to everyone who visits our site.Make your feelings known by clicking the heart/love/like button at the bottom of every poem …or comment in the comment section on a verse or a whole poem.
WC 2018 Day 25 Final haiku- World Cup Willie. 16 July
Varcically Les Bleus Haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.16 July
Belgium 2-0 England ~ Nuff Said ~ Crispin Thomas.15 July
No Time Now For Tears ~ Crispin Thomas.12 July
WC 2018 Day 23 haiku-Out World Cup Willie. 12 July
Early Morning Hopeful haiku ~ Stuart Butler .11 July
Mbappe Burns Bright ~ Les Bleus Final Bound ~ Crispin Thomas.11 July
WC 2018 Day 22 haiku- Allez Les Bleus! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 haiku free! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 World Cup Willie. 9 July
WC 2018 Day 20 World Cup Willie.9 July
Can We Start To Dream? ~ Crispin Thomas.8 July
France & Belgium Semis Bound -Day 20 ~ Crispin Thomas.7 July
WC 2018 Day 19 haiku World Cup Willie.4 July
Sweden England Next- Day 19 haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.4 July
On Charles Dickens Watching England Win ~ Stuart Butler.4 July
WC 2018 Day 19 (Pre) World Cup Willie.3 July
WC 2018 Day 18 World Cup Willie.3 July
Brazil & Mexico-Day 18 ~ Crispin Thomas. 3 July
WC 2018 Day 17 World Cup Willie.2 July
WC 2018 Day 16 World Cup Willie.2 July
Russia & Croatia Shoot Outs-Day 17 ~ Crispin Thomas. 2 July
France Uruguay-Day 16 ~ Crispin Thomas.1 July
WC 2018 Day 15 haiku~ World Cup Willie. 29 June
Three One Nils & A One Two-Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.29 June
Bowie in Berlin ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones 28 June
On Germany Losing Two Haiku to Nil ~ Stuart Butler .28 June
Brazil/Swiss Advance-WC Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.28 June
Germany/Sweden/Mexico Day 14 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
WC 2018 Day 14 shockaiku ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-13 ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
Denmk/France/ Argent/Croatia-Day 13 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
~ WC2018 haiku-WC Day-12 ~ World Cup Willie. 26 June
VARcical Spain & Portugal-Day 12 ~ Crispin Thomas.26 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-10 ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
Kane haiku ~ Stuart Butler .25 June
WC2018 Day 9 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
England/Jap/Seneg/ Colomb Day 11 ~ Crispin Thomas.25 June
Belgium Mexico Day-10 ~ Crispin Thomas.24 June
Another Way To Moscow haiku ~ Stuart Butler .23 June
On Brazil Switzerland Nigeria- Day 9 ~ Crispin Thomas.23 June
Heat haiku ~ Fred Slattern.22 June
Beards Snails & Stars-Day 8 ~ Crispin Thomas.22 June
WC2018 Day 8 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 22 June
WC2018 Day 7 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 21 June
No Nil Nils haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
1-0-1-0-1-0-haiku-WC Day 7 ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
A World Cup Flutter haiku ~ Kevin Halls 21 June
Japan Senegal Russia- Day-6 ~ Crispin Thomas.20 June
Sweden Belgium England Day 5 ~ Crispin Thomas.19 June
Olé Serbia Danes & Mexico Day 4 ~ Crispin Thomas.18 June
WC2018 Day 4 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
Heartbreak Moments haiku-Day 3 ~ Crispin Thomas.17 June
World Cup Haiku Cuckoo ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 16 June
Late Late Hat Trick Day-Day 2 ~ Crispin Thomas.16 June
Hapless Arabian Knights – Day 1 ~ Crispin Thomas.15 June
WC2018 Day 1 – History Haiku ~ World Cup Willie.14 June
Too Few Blues Haiku ~ Dachlan Cartwright. 10 June
World Cup Russia 32 Team haiku ~ Crispin Thomas. 31 May
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Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
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kevin halls
18th March 2024
Richard Williams
18th March 2024
joe morris
18th March 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
17th March 2024
joe morris
17th March 2024
Clik The Mouse
14th March 2024
joe morris
14th March 2024
joe morris
10th March 2024
joe morris
6th March 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
3rd March 2024
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Latest Comments
29th January 2024 at 10:03 pm
Hi Crispin,
How are you doing mate? Yes, you’re probably right but hey football is all about emotion and passion and I just love writing about the game. I try to keep my poetry to a reasonable length but there’s so much to write about the game and its literature just lends itself naturally to poetry. Sometimes I just get completely carried and I do apologise for the length of my poetry but it’s a great thrill to be associated with Football Poets.
Cheers mate
Joe
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10th January 2024 at 7:52 pm
You’re right of course Joe but…..it’s actually more of a big welcome break for everyone who is not into Premier League ..I’m talking fans of EFL National League and below…..
Btw …is this actually your longest poem ever !?
Best
Crispin
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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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31st October 2023 at 4:26 pm
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
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6th October 2023 at 11:49 pm
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
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