Your World Cup Poems
2022
World Cup Qatar 2022
Dec 21 What Mattered Most Mike Bartram
Dec 18 Argentina – World Champions 2022 joe morris
Dec 14 The boys of Brazil miss out but it’s Messi time. joe morris
Dec 14 WC 2022 Semi Finals World Cup Willie
Dec 13 Listen To This…kevin raymond
Dec 11 The Croatian secret Gacina Bozidar
Dec 11 So Near. Yet So Far In Qatar. kevin raymond
Dec 10 WC 2022 QF4: Fine margins World Cup Willie
Dec 10 I had to see Gacina Bozidar
Dec 09 The jewel from Newell World Cup Willie
Dec 09 Livakovic Gacina Bozidar
08 Dec WC 2022: Arrest day (a rest day) World Cup Willie
06 Dec Genoa v Cittadella Denys E. W. Jones
06 Dec Kim Moon-hwan, Turns It…On. kevin raymond
05 Dec WC 2022 QF: Ode to el Capitano…World Cup Willie
02 Dec The ‘Bigger Picture’ Mike Bartram
01 Dec The Croatians came through Gacina Bozidar
27 Nov The logic of Costa Rica Gacina Bozidar
26 Nov One step back for England joe morris
26 Nov Watching Brazil Haiku Stuart Butler
25 Nov Oh Brazil, word perfect joe morris
25 Nov Pilgrim’s Progress Stuart Butler
24 Nov Richarlison Gacina Bozidar
24 Nov Germany…Littered With Mistakes kevin raymond
23 Nov Let the goals flow joe morris
23 Nov The record of this World Cup Gacina Bozid
23 Nov WC2022: social injustice silenced World Cup Willie
23 Nov The England Squad Rock ! kevin halls
23 Nov The Ghosts of Qatar Mike Bartram
21 Nov England demolition job joe morris
20 Nov The Ugly Game Mike Bartram
20 Nov Hosts humbled by Ecuador Emdad Rahman
19 Nov Let Football Take The Stage…* kevin raymond
19 Nov 1-2-3…Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini. kevin raymond
18 Nov The Ball~ 2002 to Now Crispin Thomas
15 Nov Let the voyage begin Gareth joe morris
11 Nov WC2022: goal or gaol? World Cup Willie
09 Nov Qatar World Cup joe morris
08 Nov Let’s Boycott Qatar Crispin Thomas
27 Oct Qatar ~ Not In My Name Crispin Thomas
07 Oct Qatar ~ Will We Watch Or Not? Crispin Thomas
13 Feb Qatar 2022 – Haiku Paul H Tubb
06 Dec ’21 World Cup – a year away now. joe morris
22 dec ’14 Trust FIFA Graham Salter
21 Mar ’14 Qatar’s World Cup haiku Crispin Thomas
2019
Women’s World Cup France 2019
Jul 02 WWC 2019 Semi-Final: Lyonesses World Cup Winnie
Jun 23 Within The Women’s Game ~ WWC 2019 Crispin Thomas
2018
~ World Cup ~ Russia 2018
Ogden Nash debunks Brazil ~ Peter Goulding, 19 July
WC2018 A to Z ~ World Cup Willie. 17 July
WC2018-WC2022 Are We? ~ World Cup Willie. 17 July
WC2018 Day 24 3rd/4th ~ World Cup Willie. 16 July
Conspiracy Theory ~ Kevin Raymond. 16 July
It Could Have Been Us ~ Denys E.W.Jones. 15 July
French Farce ~ Kevin Raymond. 15 July
Incredible Les Bleus Take Football Home ~ Emdad Rahman 15 July
Crostoan in Paris ~ Gacina Bozidar. 15 July
Awesome Belgique Take Third ~ Emdad Rahman 14 July
Penultimate Day in the Play ~ Kevin Raymond. 14 July
England Are Out ~ Emdad Rahman 14 July
Extra Extra Read All About It ~ Kevin Raymond. 13 July
Thank You Gareth Southgate Kevin Halls. 13 July
Trump Baby Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 13 July
The Heart of Football Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 12 July
WC2018 Day 23 -Reflection. ~ World Cup Willie. 12 July
Great Expectations-It’s Looking Good ~ Kevin Raymond. 12 July
I Will Say Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 11 July
WC2018 Day 23 -Wish I Could Be Like.~ World Cup Willie. 11 July
Post France v Belgium ~ Kevin Raymond. 11 July
France reach third Final~ Emdad Rahman. 10 July
Red Devils ~ Gacina Bozidar. 10 July
Past Present ~ Gacina Bozidar. 10 July
France v Belgium ~ Kevin Raymond. 10 July
In With A Shout ~ Kevin Raymond. 9 July
World Cup Dream ~ Paul Tubb. 9 Jul
Slab Head ~ Kevin Halls. 9 July
England’s Number One ~ Denys E.W.Jones. 9 July
Football’s Coming Home at the Prince Albert ~ Stuart Butler. 8 July
Holy Trinity ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones 8 July
Croatia v ussia ~ Kevin Raymond. 8 July
Just A Thought ~ Kevin Raymond. 7 July
World Cup day 21~ Emdad Rahman. 7 July
Evereton’s Russia 2018 ~ Gacina Bozidar 7 July
Gareth Southgate’s Beard ~ Crispin Thomas. 7 July
Scottish Bird I Know ~ Kevin Raymond. 6 July
World Cup day 20~ Emdad Rahman. 6 July
Will We Stil Be Part of It All? ~ Crispin Thomas. 6 July
Nervous About Tomorrow ~ World Cup Willie. 6 July
Crazy New Belief ~ Gacina Bozidar. 5 July
Oh Gareth’s Magic Waistcoat ~ Kevin Raymond. 5 July
The Magic Waistcoat ~ Kevin Halls 5 July
Iconic ~ Kevin Raymond. 5 July
Gareth Southgate Would ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 4 July
Football Is All ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 4 July
WC 2018 Day 19 (Post)~ World Cup Willie 4 July
Ingerland Ingerland Ingerland ~ Kevin Raymond.4 July
World Cup day 19~ Emdad Rahman. 3 July
WC 2018 Day 19 (pre)~ World Cup Willie .3 July
On The Tenth Day ~ Kevin Raymond. 3 July
World Cup day 18~ Emdad Rahman. 2 July
On Day Seventeen ~ Kevin Raymond. 2 July
World Cup day 17~ Emdad Rahman. 1 July
In Year 16 ~ John J O’Connor.1 July
Remembering Andrés Escobar July 2 ’94~ Crispin Thomas.1 July
On Day 16 ~ Kevin Raymond. 1st July
World Cup day 16~ Emdad Rahman. 30 June
The Russian Constellation ~ Ianthe Exall 30 June
Aftermath ~ Kevin Raymond. 30 June
WC 2018 Day 16- Rest Day ~ World Cup Willie .29 June
WunderVAR ~ John J O’Connor.29 June
World Cup day 15~ Emdad Rahman. 28 June
The Ineffability of Maradona ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones..27 June
Germany v South Korea ~ Kevin Raymond. 27 June
I’m Still Laughing~ Kevin Halls 27 June
World Cup day 14 ~ Emdad Rahman. 27 June
Six Of The Best for Panama ~ John J O’Connor 27 June
Argentina v Nigeria ~ Kevin Raymond. 27 June
World Cup day 13 ~ Emdad Rahman. 27 June
Portugal/Iran ~ Kevin Raymond. 26 June
Into The Side Netting ~ Alex Saynor. 26 June
World Cup day 12 ~ Emdad Rahman. 26 June
Infinite Jest ~ Gacina Bozidar 26 June
Rockin’ in Russia ~ Kevin Halls 25 June
On-The Eleventh Day~ Kevin Raymond 25 June
World Cup day 11 ~ Emdad Rahman. 25 June
Mexico~ Kevin Raymond 24 June
World Cup day 10 ~ Emdad Rahman. 24 June
Sweden v Germany~ Kevin Raymond 23 June
Belgium v Tunisia ~ Kevin Raymond 23 June
Interesting or What ~ Kevin Raymond 23 June
Serbia v Switzerland ~ Kevin Raymond 23 June
World Cup day 9 ~ Emdad Rahman. 23 June
National Anthem ~ Graham Salter.22.June
Heat haiku – Fred Slattern 22.June
World Cup day 8 ~ Emdad Rahman. 21 June
Argentina v Croatia ~ Kevin Raymond 21 June
Spain v Iran & Morocco v Portugal~ Kevin Raymond 21 June
Russia v Saudi Arabia ~ Kevin Raymond 21 June
World Cup day 7 ~ Emdad Rahman. 20 June
Awful Day ~ Gacina Bozidar 20 June
A New World Cup ~ Geoff Tabrah. 20 June
WC2018 Day 6 ~ World Cup Willie. 20 June
Nicely Poised ~ Kevin Raymond 20 June
World Cup day 6 ~ Emdad Rahman. 19 June
Selfies and a Mexican Wave ~ Kevin Halls. 19 June
World Cup day 6 ~ Emdad Rahman. 19 June
World Cup day 5 ~ Emdad Rahman. 18 June
WC2018 Day 5 ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
WC2018 Day 4 ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
Happy To Be Here-WC Day 4 ~ Crispin Thomas.18 June
World Cup day 4 ~ Emdad Rahman. 17 June
WC2018 Day 3 ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
WC2018 Day 2 ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
It’ll End In Tears ~ Kevin Halls. 17 June
World Cup day 3 ~ Emdad Rahman. 16 June
World Cup day 2 ~ Emdad Rahman. 15 June
World Cup day 1-Hosts Kick Off In Style-~ Emdad Rahman. 14 June
WC2018 Day 1-Russkis Rack Up Five ~ World Cup Willie. 14 June
WC2018 Day 1-Mish Mash Mix ~ World Cup Willie. 13 June
May Contain Hope/ World Cup Remix ~ Crispin Thomas.13 June
World Cup Winning Captains ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones..11 June
A World Cup Without Greed ~ Crispin Thomas. 11 June
Two Parts Of The World ~ Gacina Bozidar 11 June
World Cup – Come On ~ Geoff Tabrah. 10 June
Russian Album ~ Alex Saynor. 9 June
Lev Yashin ~Sharon Wilkie-Jones 7 June
My First World Cup in ’58 ~ Crispin Thomas. 6 June
World Cup History Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 4 June
Russian Campaign Denys E.W.Jones. 4 June
World Cup Goals ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 27 January
2014 World Cup – Brazil
14 Jul Germany are champions of the world Emdad Rahman
11 Jul World Cup 2014 Anthony Hofler
2010 World Cup ~ South Africa
04 Feb ’22 That Goal Gacina Bozidar
1986
17 Oct ’22 Reid all about it! Clik The Mouse
14 Jun ’14 Hand of God Brian Bilston
1966 World Cup England
30 Jul ’22 56 years ago today joe morris
20 Jan ’22 1966 and all that joe morris
22 Sep ’21 That Photo of Jimmy Greaves Michael Simms
01 Aug ’16 In The Year of 66 Crispin Thomas
12 Feb ’15 1966 and all that ap staunton
24 Apr ’07 The Summer of 1966 Robbie Kennedy Bennett
12 Dec ’03 1966 Rewritten Peter Goulding
1958 World Cup Sweden
06 Jun ’18 My First World Cup in ‘58 Crispin Thomas
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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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