Poems by Alex Saynor
- Bournemouth Fan, Alum Bay
- Under the Radio
- Palace Sunrise
- Whiteboard Scattergraph
- The Ghost of Barry Bannan
- The Reducer
- Wembley
- The Myth of the Man with Time
- The Window
- A Robin for the Equinox
- Hammersmith Clipboards
- How Did You Get Me Again?
- One Of These Days: A Full Back’s Triolet
- How You Keep Your Ruins
- Little Aeroplane
- Cinder Pitch
- Away from Imber Court
- Table Football at the College of Agriculture by the Sea
- Angels of Wallasey
- Nanny State
- Ashley’s Time
- Saturday at Barracks Lane
- Mid-Season Suspension
- A Premonition of John Madejski’s Life after Auto Trader: Pt 1
- Into the Side Netting
- A Russian Album
- Stadiwm Vibrant Vapours
- The Dugouts on the Cliff
- Roy and Ray
- Wanted Man (at Hounslow Central)
- Old Harry and his Wife
- Terminal Feedback
- Stockholm
- An Improvised Match
- Bristol Sun (FA People’s Cup Semi-Final Tournament, March 24th 2017)
- The Quietness of the Kipper Season
- A Meadow Park Scoreboard
- Strange Shapes of Loyalty
- Europa Promises
- No Bitterness
- Durban City Maestro
- Silverware and Crow’s Feet
- Stanlake Meadows
- Beneath the East Stand
- Open Session
- Last of the Crooners
- Astro Storm
- Jamie Cureton
- Crossflow Winds
- Herbert and Bertha
- The Great Unveiling
- The Chiropractor
- Grass Roots
- Mudchute
- Roy and the Shisha Pipe
- Our New Manager looks like a Coach Driver
- North Sheen Allotment
- Molineux haiku
- Shedman haiku
- Shedman haiku no.2
- A View from the Retail Park
- North Sea Island Pitches
- Norfolk Jim (Post Turin)
- Leaves on the Line
- Life Begins in Watford
- Ultras
- A Combine Harvester with Lawrie Sanchez
- Partial Eclipse
- Sun Trap
- Chile Pepper
- Snapshots
- Constellations of the Southern Cross
- Old Gold
- Billy
- Roy and Ray
- Last Year’s Windows
- Loyalty Points
- Anthem of the Shin
- The Prophets of the Crabtree
- Les Éléphants Haiku
- Good Migrations haiku
- On Middlebrook Boulevard
- An Upper Room in Westbourne Grove
- Chancing the Fall
- Bishop’s Park haiku
- The Annexation of Branksome Chine
- Season Ticket
- When the Groundsman Rested
- Mrs Norfolk Jim
- One Morning at Battersea Funfair (2005/6 Season)
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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.
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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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