Dennis Swift
My name is Dennis, I’m 60 and a retired Plasterer from Atherton Greater Manchester. I was an only child who had a fantastic upbringing which made me into what I am today.
I left School without qualifications to take up an apprenticeship with my Father. After three years I became a qualified Plasterer.
In 1976 I met my wife to be, some say she deserves a medal for staying with me so long, so last year I bought her one. Together we have three grown up Children who all have gone on to become successful in their own careers.
Besides my wife, my Passion is Football, I have been a Bolton Wanderers supporter and season ticket holder since the early 60s. I have been fortunate enough to have seen them from rock bottom to performing in Europe and back to rock bottom. Whilst following the Wanderers I was selected by Sky Sports to do Fanzone. Fanzone was where two fans from each club commentated offering an alternate to the normal Martin Tyler/Andy Grey commentary during Sky Sports live games. I was fortunate to do this from 2002 until Sky decided to stop it.
have featured on TV with Simon O’Brien of Brookside fame on a quiz show called `Did I Not Know That` answering questions on Football. My recent escapades took me to London for the filming of a `Tipping Point` show hosted by Ben Shepherd. My episode was aired in November 2015. I declined the chance to appear on 15 to 1 because of a commitment to “The Chase” where filming of my episode will be in March of this year.
In 2012 I had my first book published, “Football Rhymes of Passion” sold in many different countries, all proceeds went to a local charity. My second book “Caught on Site…Confessions of a Tradesman” was published early in January of this year and is a light hearted look at what we got up to whilst working on Social Housing refurbishments. The book seems to have been sold all over the country, and according to the publisher it is in demand.
My other passion is for real Ale, I love the nice tasty Ales from Micro Breweries and the Belgian beers all of which are fantastic. I am a member of CAMRA and volunteer at Festivals. This gives me the opportunity to sample some delightful beers before passing on my tasting notes to the Festival Punters.
Poems by Dennis Swift
- Couldn’t catch a Shrimp
- Donkey Centre Forward
- Renewed interest
- We finally did it.
- It’s All Looking Good.
- I Miss Football
- We’re not very good
- From Premier league to league 2
- I hate Covid
- Bored without Football
- Scary times
- Wanderers return
- Wake up EFL
- The price of Football
- Ground Zero
- Frozen Out!
- White Hot
- Make or Break.
- Bolton’s dilema
- We live in hope
- Sort it out Freedman
- Sort it out Duggie
- Not enough cash for the Boro clash
- White Hot
- Sixty two quid
- Deluded Dug (Freedman)
- The chairman’s appointments
- Political correct poetry
- My Football club’s a joke
- Same Old England
- Tough goin for Owen!
- The Old Days
- The Joker
- Time to go
- That Damn Man Yoo
- Fabrice Muamba ( Danger man )
- Phil`s Harmonic
- Goodbye Mr Megson
- The Reebok road to nowhere.
- Call up Kevin Davies
- Old Trafford Fable
- COZ I STILL AINT GOT TICKETS
- Coz I aint got any tickets
- Venue of legends
- Rickets request
- An extra game
- SAM ALLARDYCES LUCKY UNDERPANTS
- The old embankment
- Stressful being a Bolton fan
- The real world
- ANOTHER DEFEAT
- Man Utd poem II
- Rodney Marsh
- A dear night out
- Fans and alcohol
- The price of failure
- Commentary game No 4
- Oh what a beautiful Saturday
- A game from 73
- Give the job to Pete
- Commentary game No 3
- Football all the way
- THRASHED AGAIN
- Hooligans
- A team of Donkey`s
- commentary game No1
- Commentary game No2
- Go Interactive
- Fireworks and baloons
- A new centre forward
- Sorry for crewe
- Drown your sorrows
- Long ball
- SPACE INVADERS
- Local talent
- NICE GROUND
- A battling performance
- Humble pie
- Complaining fans
- Wishfull thinking
- RAIN MAN
- SKINT
- A FISH CALLED WANDERER
- CRITISIZE
- Englands worry
- I used to go a Wanderering
- Silence
- Whinging Alex (Ferguson)
- THE NEW MAN IN CHARGE
- TAYLOR MADE (The England boss)
- SOCCER AM
- MY ALL TIME SELECT
- THE GRIMSBY GAME
- BARRY KNIGHT
- The Evening News
- The pompey chimes
- Days of old
- AFFIRMATION (I Believe to the tune by SAVAGE GARDEN)
- ALMIGHTY SAM
- MANAGER OF THE SEASON
- THE WANDERERS RAP
- Fanzone
- A week in the life
- The era of Colin
- TODAY
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1st July 2022 at 8:53 pm
Good to see you are still writing your wonderful football poetry John. All the best.
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30th June 2022 at 8:30 pm
Thank you Clik. Football like Christmas never fails to take us back along the corridors of childhood.
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24th June 2022 at 3:05 pm
A simple pleasure.
And crafted beautifully.
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27th April 2022 at 10:01 pm
Many thanks for featuring my poem. It’s been one hell of a journey but for all the bad times I’m still here supporting my home town club. Play Up Sky Blues !
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27th March 2022 at 11:36 am
Re: first verse of ‘My dad’ by Joe Morris..
Great words Joe…Moving.
It also reminds me, of all the people that I’ve been with in my life that just didn’t get football at all, full stop. So basically you never mentioned it, unless you enjoyed dumbfounded stares or extensive yawns! .
People who I talked with at length , often on their level, about loads of other stuff we both loved and like you basically everything but football!
This coincdentally included my strange dad : David Thomas : a brillant bohemian beatnik CND and Peace loving artist. He was someone who, being a very young writer and artist myself , with whom I could have had and shared so much stuff in common, but who I only finally met when I was 15.
As a result, and with the over-riding presence at atmosphere of his new partner and new step-son, I only actually got to see him intermittently very briefly for around 20 years, before he passed on..
Your poem also reminds me of John Lennon’s words from the song ‘Julia’:
Half of what i say is meaningless,
but i say it just to reach you..”
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26th March 2022 at 7:04 pm
Haha, thanks Crispin, I hope you can at least see your pie well enough to eat it!
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26th March 2022 at 6:58 pm
Great imagery Joe …but I struggeled to read it in the fog at first…
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24th March 2022 at 9:28 pm
Looks like FGR are going up as champs Crispin ? A season is the proverbial rollercoaster ride, up and down and twists and turns. As Greavsie said ” It’s a funny old game. ” We love it though. ⚽️
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24th March 2022 at 9:12 pm
Tell me about it Kev…!!!!!
Great emotion …just how we’re feeling here in leafy Glos!
best C
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22nd March 2022 at 10:18 am
…Fan is short for fanatic.
Empires fall. Football’s
nowhere near
as important
as life and death…..
Great words Greg..keep on …best… C
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