Your Nostalgia Poems
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~ Many of these poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library.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.
2024
11 Oct The Grandstand Teleprinter Mike Bartram
06 Oct This Old Turnstile Crispin Thomas
22 Aug Happy Birthday Match of the Day joe morris
09 Aug It was 5O years ago joe morris
22 Jul The Famous Tale of Eddie Cavanagh Mike Bartram
08 Jul The Belfast Boy Mike Bartram
03 Apr The Man In Black Mike Bartram
28 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 Live (Revisited) 1994-2024 Crispin Thomas
06 Mar Oh for days of yore joe morris
01 Feb The State Of The Game (A Modern Revision) Ash Dickinson
23 Jan United at the Cottage Niall Machin
04 Jan In Search Of Lost Grounds Graham Salter
2023
17 Nov When Dominic’s Nan Nailed Yer Man kevin raymond
26 Oct Spion Kop Graham Salter
17 Oct A Liminal Evening John Gilbert Ellis
Aug 23 The hunger Greg Freeman
31 July Some People Are On The Pitch kevin halls
01 July The Blyth bus Greg Freeman
21 May At The Reunion – For John Milkins Richard Williams
29 Apr Happy 100th birthday Wembley joe morris
09 Feb Greavesie kevin halls
14 Jan Rothmans Year Book joe morris
2022
27 Dec Klinsmann, Cafe, and Calderdale Sharon Jones
26 Dec Christmas and Boxing Day joe morris
17 Oct Reid all about it! Clik The Mouse
14 Oct Shoot magazine joe morris
08 Oct We Feel Fine Sharon Jones
03 Oct Scouse Bayeux Tapestry Sharon Jones
27 Sep The Hutch kevin halls
04 Sep West Ham United Kym Pattison
18 Aug The old Stamford Bridge Greg Freeman
30 Jul 56 years ago today joe morris
17 Jul The Lost Final! Scotland – Champions of Europe 1982 Emdad Rahman
12 Jul 1960-61 Close Season Stuart Butler
01 Jul Remember those days joe morris
15 Jun The family silver Greg Freeman
06 Jun Ken Aston- My primary school headmaster joe morris
05 Jun The Mighty Magyars kevin halls
30 May Wembley 99 steve mingle
12 Mar My dad. joe morris
23 Feb When Floodlights Shine Crispin Thomas
16 Feb Timperley Big Shorts FC Sharon Jones
06 Feb From the Baseball Ground Brian
04 Feb That Goal Gacina Bozidar
20 Jan 1966 and all that joe morris
12 Jan Good Afternoons Stuart Butler
10 Jan The old days at Upton Park. joe morris
01 Jan Maine Road Lee Garratt
2021
31 Dec White Heat Lee Garratt
10 Dec TG Jones Dachlan Cartwright
10 Dec My Grandpa Jack- West Ham supporter joe morris
09 Dec Downstairs at Erics, Upstairs at Probe Sharon Jones
09 Dec #9 Lennon Sharon Jones
09 Dec 1963 Sharon Jones
05 Dec Lily Parr & The Dick Kerr Ladies Revisited Crispin Thomas
01 Dec Punk, Football, & The Armadillo Tearooms Sharon Jones
27 Nov What would Peter Jones & Bryon Butler have thought? joe morris
01 Nov Football Forever joe morris
07 Oct In the Pink Greg Freeman
05 Oct Back At The Match (after Philip Larkin) Greg Freeman
02 Oct A Poem For Ari (aged 8 months) gallygpne
29 Sep It Was Beautiful Then Mike Bartram
22 Sep Thoughts While Standing Beside The Statue of Johnny Haynes at Craven Cottage Michael Simms
22 Sep That Photo of Jimmy Greaves Michael Simms
19 Sep Of All The Stars (Jimmy Greaves RIP) Crispin Thomas
19 Sep Watching England with Carol Ann Duffy Greg Freeman
16 Sep When An Old Ground Goes Crispin Thomas
09 Sep Flowers for Adrian Christopher T. George
02 Sep My Mersey John Paul Kirkham
02 Sep Broken Bones John Paul Kirkham
01 Sep The Half-Time Team Talk Simon Icke
19 Jul Waiting For The Start Of The Season Crispin Thomas
08 Jul Grass Roots Carol Stewart
13 May Meadowside Cup Final 1968 John Paul Kirkham
12 May It’s finished at Sunderland steve mingle
08 May How You Keep Your Ruins Alex Saynor
03 May Memory Gacina Bozidar
22 Apr Anas Laghari, Your Ploys Took A Hell Of A Beating. Sharon Jones
21 Mar Lothar Matthäus Emdad Rahman
13 Feb Maine Road Matchday ’69 steve mingle
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 From rec to cheque Clik The Mouse
12 Jan Geoff Pike – Unsung hero Emdad Rahman
7th Jan Nineteen Ninety-Five Denys E. W. Jones
2019
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
12 Aug This Means More. sharon wilkie-jones
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
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
02 Jul Remembering Andrés Escobar -Colombia July 2 ’94 – Crispin Thomas
28 Jun The Ineffability of Maradona – sharon wilkie-jones
06 JunMy 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
27 Jan The Day We Lost A Football Team (60 Years On) – Crispin Thomas
2017
13 Dec Orange leather footballs in the snow – Peter Goulding
06 Dec Rite of Passage – Andrew Detheridge
07 Oct The United Trinity – Ianthe Exall
25 July The Soul of Forest Green – Stuart Butler
21 Jul Canned Sardines – Ianthe Exall
30 Mar A Brief History of Goal Celebrations = Graham Salter
09 Mar The Football ‘Hard Man’ = Mike Bartram
18 Apr Larbi Ben Mbarek: The forgotten genius – Emdad Rahman
06 Apr An Improvised Match – Alex Saynor
03 Apr These Days……..Those Days. – John Oliver
03 Apr Vetch Field Elegy – Rhys Owain Williams
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)
08 Mar Archie’s Stands – Graham Salter
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
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
18 Apr Reflections on Spain (written in 2012) – ap staunton
15 Apr Matthews in 1953 – Gacina Bozidar
11 Apr the past remembered – Gacina Bozidar
6 Apr Blanchflower – Christopher T. George
30 Mar As I walked out on a Bank Holiday Monday – ap staunton
16 Mar 36 Goals ~ Hughie Gallagher – Keith Armstrong
15 Mar There’s only two Roger Hunts – ap staunton
27 Feb Passing Through – Eddie Gibbons
24 Feb The Revie Boys – Rob Atkinson
20 Feb Come on you Royals! – mark merriman
11 Feb At The Match With Your Dad (1960’s) – kevin halls
05 Feb Searching for Wolves in Africa – Ianthe Exall
05 Feb Football & Winter Green – Geoff Tabrah
02 Feb Leeds United 1970 – Wynn Wheldon
30 Jan The Magician-haiku – kevin halls
30 Jan A Lifelong Telly Football Non-Supporter – Karen Withecomb
29 Jan Summer of Love – Alex Saynor
19 Jan Evening Kick Off On Cold Blow Lane – Bradford Middleton
17 Jan Running with the Wolves – Steve Hill
01 Jan The FA Cup – Geof Dawson
2014
23 Dec I Know I’d Play Football Again Trent Morris
13 Dec More Than a Game Ianthe Exall
11 Dec Raith Rovers Coca Cola Cup 1994 Fred Wigley
11 Dec Forest Green Rovers and WW1 Stuart Butler
09 Dec Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955 Graham Salter
06 Dec A Sixties Lad’s Christmas List kevin halls
10 Oct Double Bill Eddie Gibbons
10 Oct I’ll Play On Trent Morris
05 Oct Coventry City-Sky Blue Years Crispin Thomas
05 Oct The Day We Won The Cup kevin halls
28 Sep Walter Tull Emdad Rahman
22 Sep The Greatest of them All Ianthe Exall
24 Sep A Game of Football John Paul Kirkham
03 Sep Raith Rovers and the Highland Loch Llew Beaton
01 July Give me the 60s The Spurs
14 Jun Hand of God Brian Bilston
29 May First Memory ~ Inside Outside – Graham Salter
26 May The day European football came to Connemara Peter Goulding
26 May Our Bob Bev Cornell
24 May West Germany and Montezuma’s Revenge John J O’Connor
18 May Javier Zanetti – San Siro hero Emdad Rahman
14 May An Upper Room in Westbourne Grove Alex Saynor
11 May Remembering the Bradford City fire disaster-Emdad Rahman
14 Apr The Net Result Llew Beaton
11 Apr I’ve Never Been Good At Football Luke Innes
11 Apr Bishop’s Park haiku Alex Saynor
27 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 live? Crispin Thomas
24 Mar 1960’s-The Golden Age of Football-Haiku kevin halls
24 Mar Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini: 1930-2014 Emdad Rahman
23 Mar Montalban and Kilbane Gacina Bozidar
20 Mar When the Groundsman Rested Alex Saynor
20 Mar My Bloody Bilston Début Haiku Robbie Kennedy Bennett
20 Mar Life, Football and Mandela Gacina Bozidar
16 Mar When the Groundsman Rested – Alex Saynor
21 Feb ‘Keepers S B Ingle
19 Feb Hursty v Banksy haiku Emdad Rahman
19 Feb Pelé, Banks, Moore Emdad Rahman
05 Feb Final Ties Graham Salter
04 Feb One Morning at Battersea Funfair Alex Saynor
03 Feb Andrew Watson Llew Beaton
01 Feb On the Tyneside Street where we lived John Oliver
27 Jan The Final Whistle/Echo Pink John Oliver
07 Jan Broch an’ Roll Hugh Morris
03 Jan That Guy Dickie mark merriman
2013
31 Dec Keegan two, Heighway one kevin raymond
24 Dec Pride of Scotland Frank McKeown
16 Dec Crocked kevin raymond
13 Dec The Squad of ’64 Ianthe Exall
13 Dec Christmas 1914 Stuart Butler
21 Nov The Knots in the Lace Ianthe Exall
19 Nov The Mighty Magyars kevin halls
12 Nov When The Dynamo Came By Crispin Thomas
07 Nov Durban Derby Days Ianthe Exall
09 Aug I watched a match on Ceefax mark merriman
31 Jul Teenage Crush Karen Lindsay
25 Jul They Lived Down Our Street Andrew Detheridge
23 Jul A Walk in the Park for Parkin Robbie Kennedy Bennett
20 Jul Bickerstaff Bryan Murphy
18 Jul The Name Of ‘Sailor’ Hunter Robbie Kennedy Bennett
17 Jul Bobby Hundreds Anthony Arnott
15 May Claret and blue Harry Orr
14 May Ghosts of legends stuart ashworth
11 Apr Hughie Curran Hung High Robbie Kennedy Bennett
10 Apr Who the hell are you ? The spurs poet
08 Mar Bring It Back kevin halls
07 Mar John Lennon P Maguire
07 Mar Rock & Roll is the New Football P Maguire
03 Mar The History Boys P Maguire
03 Mar The Echoes of Childhood P Maguire
03 Mar Fine dreams of Heaven (A Liverpool Child) P Maguire
03 Mar The Liverpool Way P Maguire
14 A Scots Laddie Called Cameron Buchanan Robbie Kennedy Bennett
21 Jan Musings From An LCC* Changing Room kevin raymond
2012
26 Dec Christmas Eve Stuart Butler
24 Dec Christmas Truce of 1914 Emdad Rahman
05 Nov First Match (Trilogy) Phil Whyte
29 Sep It’s a Man’s Game Football M’bet
27 Sep Back to the 60’s kevin halls
25 Sep Totò Schillachi Emdad Rahman
22 Sep Those Were The Days Phil Whyte
11 Sep Ron Tindall-Footie Cricket & More RIP 1935-2012 – Crispin Thomas
16 Aug Sunderland 0– 2 Everton FA Cup QF 2011-12 Simon Moore
15 Aug Plastic Pitch Astro Turf
05 Jun Here’s To The Team. (For My Wyatt) kevin raymond
01 Jun Back In The Nineteen Fifties Crispin Thomas
01 Jun The Early 1950s: “Seen but not Heard” – Stuart Butler
20 May El Diego Nicholas Griffiths
20 May King Eric the Red Stan Warburton
02 Apr Looking through old Scrapbooks and Annuals kevin halls
01 Apr Ginga Bob terry oldham
31 Mar R.I.P. Our Big Man terry oldham
26 Mar My Summer of Love (Molineux Days) Steve Hill
24 Mar Memories of Wembley mark merriman
15 Mar He smokes cigars he drinks champagne Lesley Palmer
13 Mar Waiting for Roy of The Rovers Crispin Thomas
05 Mar Shankly in the Sixties Dachlan Cartwright
04 Mar Roger Byrne Dachlan Cartwright
01 Mar The Bridge of the ‘Rising Sun’ Apollo Gees
01Mar Oh for another few inches ! * chris barber
29 Feb The Birth of Everton Dachlan Cartwright
26 Feb The Old Days Dennis swift
13 Feb Touchlines Matthew Paul
13 Feb Boro Days louis spence
12 Feb Bill ‘Dixie’ Dean Dachlan Cartwright
07 Feb The Battle of Wrexham Dachlan Cartwright
16 Jan Chalkie mark merriman
10 Jan On being a Boro fan louis spence
09 Jan Through a child’s eyes R Kydd
03 Jan The Seventies, And Today S B Ingle
03 Jan Goalkeeper Don Mullan
2011
31 Dec Oi Mister. Give It A Rest kevin raymond
30 Dec Mid Morning. St Stephens Day kevin raymond
23 Dec Dunlop and Macedo Gacina Bozidar
21 Dec LUFC 1987 Jason Stevens
20 Dec Let’s Get Physical kevin raymond
07 Dec The Hand of God Matthew Paul
06 Dec That Carlos Alberto Goal Chris Barber
25 Nov The Spion Kop Mike Bartram
17 Nov Down The Dell Philip Douch
17 Nov Southampton’s Secret Factory Philip Douch
02 Nov Giving the boots the boot S B Ingle
29 Oct The Season We All Believed Billy Pendrill
28 Oct Jumpers 4 Goalposts 0 Clik the mouse
14 Oct Fifty years of Football kevin halls
10 Oct Knighted by a Wagstaffe Cross Robbie Kennedy Bennett
06 Oct 40 Years Of Motty Crispin Thomas
30 Sep Bill Shankly Emdad Rahman
28 Sep @ron ronnie ronaldo Ethan
20 Sep A Celebration kevin raymond
17 Sep Being a supporter of.. ron dixon
16 Sep Fifteen years Peter Goulding
14 Sep René “El Escorpio” Higuita Emdad Rahman
12 Sep Land Mark Darren O’Keeffe
05 Sep Can You Hear That Emily Williams
04 Sep On Tommy Burns Patrick J. Murray
04 Sep The smells of Football kevin halls
02 Sep Man of the People (Bill Shankly) mike bartram
25 Aug Enfield Playing Fields 1989 Laurence Cotterell
25 Aug The Wind off the Thames Mike Hopkins
01 Aug Jimmy Hill kevin halls
27 Jul In Awe Of Your Foe kevin raymond
27 Jul When Saturday came around. John Oliver
20 Jul Hooked On A Feeling kevin raymond
09 Jul My introduction to a fantastic dream. Stuart Ashworth
07 Jul Snatched Memory: Bobby Robson Calvin Erlington
06 Jul The Glorious Fields of Anfield Road Mike Bartram
04 Jul Now & Then kevin raymond
01 Jul Ibrox Calvin Erlington
21 Jun Paul McGrath Emdad Rahman
20 Jun Stan Bowles Emdad Rahman
09 Jun Upon The Hands Of The Fans Sudbourne Primary
03 Jun A Hero That Could Fly Mike Bartram
01 Jun Peter McParland Emdad Rahman
30 May The night Villa ruled Europe Emdad Rahman
29 May Shoe shine Joe Cullen
29 May Made in London Kevin Francis
28 May There is a place Kevin Nolan
26 MayThe way it used to be Kevin Francis
25 May Blow the whistle Kevin Francis
23 May Roger Osborne broke my heart Kevin Francis
21 May The Fisherman’s Song Mike Bartram
19 May Football Collections Jools Hampton
17 May The Sound of Music kevin raymond
16 May An Ode to Walter Scott McGhee
15 May The legendary Walter Smith Emdad Rahman
09 May Two heroes Gacina Bozidar
08 May 1991-Gazza Stripped Laurence Cotterell
06 May I (almost) subbed Martin Chivers Laurence Cotterell
05 May Where the heck is Dennis Law? Robbie Kennedy Bennett
01 May Song of the Old Sweeper Laurence Cotterell
30 Apr Laudrup The Danish Prince Emdad Rahman
30 Apr Jairzinho Emdad Rahman
25 Apr The real damned United kevin halls
19 Apr The halfwayline terry oldham
25 Apr United in grief Clik the mouse
22 Apr The Liverbird and our history Stuart Ashworth
19 Apr André the Giant Darren O’Keeffe
16 Apr Le Carré magique Emdad Rahman
06 Apr The Life of a Table Football Player Jools Hampton
31 Mar In Praise Of The Underdog kevin raymond
31 Mar Streets of the Boro Gordon Farrel
24 Mar Walking From Games Crispin Thomas
23 Mar The Away Game kevin halls
22 Mar Ricky Villa’s solo moment Emdad Rahman
18Mar Everton And Neretva Gacina Bozidar
06 Mar The Sky Blue Lament Jools Hampton
06 Mar The Rovers Stuart Butler
03 Mar Nostaalja S B Ingle
23 Feb Roy of the Rovers Jools Hampton
21 Feb Field Of Dreams Jimmy Whelan
15 FebThe Real Ronaldo Darren O’Keeffe
14 Feb Ronaldo (Luiz Nazario de Lima) Emdad Rahma
14 Feb Young versus Old in Irwell Road Simon Icke
01 Feb The Smell of Panini Stickers Jools Hampton
30 Jan Saturday Afternoon Heaven. Jools Hampton
28 Jan Nat Lofthouse-The Legend . Ann Madden-Walsh
21 Jan A Lion Sleeps Tonight. jim dolbear
18 Jan The Lion of Vienna Nat Lofthouse Emdad Rahman
16 Jan Tanka-1970 Tony Lewis-Jones
16 Jan Chris Lawler Lol Ross
16 Jan The Lion of Vienna kevin halls
16 Jan Sleeping Lion Alan McKean
16 Jan No More A Wandering Nat Lofthouse Crispin Thomas
12 Jan Character Building? kevin raymond
11 Jan The Once Special F.A.Cup John Oliver
11 Jan Saturday On The Somme Andy Lockett
10 Jan Early Retirement Package Emdad Rahman
10 Jan Brisbane Road Steve White
09 Jan Kevin Keegan Picture Card Doug E Harper
07 Jan Burrows’ Ballon D’Or moment Emdad Rahman
07 Jan Game of two halves Greg Freeman
06 Jan The Centre Circle of Life Kevin Yates
05 Jan Stadio Artemio Franchi1983 kevin raymond
03 Jan Ibrox disaster 1971 Emdad Rahman
2010
29 Dec The Future of Football Andrew Detheridge
19 Dec Loftus Road ’82 Matthew Paul
12 Dec Roger Miller Traps Higuita Emdad Rahman
12 Dec Those Were The Days kevin halls
01 Dec Proud to Wear the Shirts mark merriman
25 Nov Swapping Garrincha Kevin Halls
22 Nov I’m A Collector Get Me Out of Here Crispin Thomas
18 Nov Any stickers to swap ? John Oliver
2 Oct 40 Years Of Motty Crispin Thomas
21 Feb Jimmy Greaves haikus – Crispin Thomas
2009
10 Oct The Beatles, Mods, Rockers & Football kevin halls
29 May (2009) Under the Atomium (Heysel) – Mark Thomas
12 May (2009) Heysel And The Darkest Hour – Crispin Thomas
2007
12 Dec Hitching To A Game At Christmas Crispin Thomas
23 Apr The Old Chicken Run Gerry Lawrence
21 Apr Football’s First Lady. John Oliver
20 Apr Rattles And Rosettes Andy Lockett
08 Jan Up For The Cup With Vince At Man U Crispin Thomas
01 Jan On The Death Of An Old Football Ground Crispin Thomas
2006
18 Dec Among These Hills At Christmas Time Crispin Thomas
28 Apr In The Street Crispin Thomas
03 Mar Snow at Stoke City Haiku Crispin Thomas
16 Feb In The Sepia Vibe / Looking at an Old School Photo Crispin Thomas
2005
09 Dec Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955–Graham Salter
24 Oct Old Boy at the Match mark merriman
14 Oct Fans and Fools – For Kick It Out Albert Nyathi
12 Oct The Real Story of the 1970 World Cup Poet Shot
06 Oct When Saturday Came Andy Lockett
06 Oct Molineux Eulogy Andy Lockett
05 Oct The Gentleman Player-Vivian Woodward
30 Sep The Story of Vivian Woodward- Football’s Gentleman – Elaine Fearn
24 Jun My First Scarf Haiku Crispin Thomas
20 May Lily Parr & The Dick Kerr Ladies Crispin Thomas
18 May Looking At A Photograph.. From 1955 Crispin Thomas
19 May The White Horse Final Crispin Thomas
19 May When The Dynamo Came By Crispin Thomas
19 May Upon The Hands Of Fans Crispin Thomas
19 May It Was Sixty Years Ago Today That The Russians Taught The
Blues To Play–kevin john patrick raymond
20 May Climbing The Steps Haiku Crispin Thomas
22 May Like Matchsticks Haiku Crispin Thomas
30 May The Ghost Of Bobby Moore!–kevin john patrick raymond
05 May I Remember Days Not Long Ago! – kevin john patrick raymond
16 Apr Fiorentina versus Juventus circa 1983 —kevin john patrick ray
14 Apr The Shed!–kevin john patrick raymond
29 Feb In The Middle Of The Shed Crispin Thomas
25 Feb Shed (Revisited 05) Crispin Thomas
2004
10 Aug Who Remembers Heysel? – P Maguire
08 Jan Beautiful Game-toby jones
08 Jan They Made The People Happy –toby jones
2002
19 Oct Arthur Wharton – A Burning BlackStar -(1865-1930)-Crispin Thomas
2001
06 Feb CHARLTON ATHLETIC 7 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 6 Ted Smith-Orr
2000
12 Sep The Wrong End Of Life Crispin Thomas
22 Aug Football Time Stuart Butler
12 Jul Shed Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Why? (long version) Dennis Gould
12 Jun Referee Dennis Gould
21 Feb Days of old Dennis Swift
12 Feb LEBANON 3 KAZAKHSTAN 0 Stuart Butler
11 Jan Gloucester City 1960 Jim Dillon
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13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
Welcome to Football Poets Beth
Great evocative poem Beth….
More please !
Haiku always welcome.
Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon
Best
Crispin
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26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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