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
- 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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Latest Comments
13th November 2020 at 9:52 pm
I am interested in the tale about The
Boot Room and Shankley
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12th November 2020 at 11:21 am
Hi Sharon
Please see my private message re arecent use of one of your poems from Manchester cheers C
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9th October 2020 at 8:17 pm
Hi Daniel,
Good to see you are still writing about the ‘Tic. Hope all is good with you.
Best, Sharon
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4th October 2020 at 9:52 am
So true mate.
You’re certainly not alone in your thinking. I get incensed sometimes.
Aside from the endless and stillwith its -here once labelled Fergie Time moments ,we now have VAR with its far off decisions by supposed ‘neutrals’ .
So …the supposed influenced ‘integrity’ of refs and neutrals favouritism ?
You could tuck it away into some corner and call it yet another football conspiracy theory, (like analyzing and searching to find which teams refs follow and VAR assistant refs (if we knew ) but it still occurs too often for me.
It raises the question is there such a thing a a real neutral. Everyone who watches football definitely supports or has a soft spot for some club however tenuous..
BTW When I was 10 and the Munich Air Crash happened. i (and many at my school in Fulham) was a Chesea fan but took United on as my second lcub for a season through that awfdul time. Now FGR are my life and my team in the next village and i drum (when we get back) on the terrace at 72 with the young kids and scoff vegan pies and get bwind Dale’s green vision for the planet …
Go well Attila and stry safe with your good lady….
Best Crispin
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18th September 2020 at 5:39 pm
nice one sorting a pic to go with..off to a trial run with several hundfred masked fans v Bradgford at FGR tomorrow
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16th September 2020 at 5:51 pm
Sorted! Cheers. SJ
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6th September 2020 at 6:23 pm
Hi again
This message from Ken via the site.
Ken Storey
mail: kensart@talktalk.net
Message: Message for Sharon Jones. I hadn’t been able to contact you as your email seems to have lapsed and would like to know if you still want your Liverpool Christ painting. Let me know if you want it and when you can pick it up from me at 27 Mentmore Road L18 4PU. Hope you are well. Best wishes Ken Storey
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6th September 2020 at 6:22 pm
Hi Sharon-PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIVED
This request from Gavin via the site. Can you get back to him please. If you don’t want to do it let me know, I might have a go.
Name: Gavin Blackwell
Email: gavinleelee@hotmail.co.uk
Message: Hi,
I am looking to make contact with Sharon Jones to see if can or someone could write a poem from my article The Brutality of life of the football Physio?
Best Regards
Gavin Blackwell
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29th July 2020 at 9:26 pm
Hi Crispin,
I’ve only just seen your comment about a photo of the gates. I will dig one out.
I’ve still not been to The New Lawn but I do hope to get there one day.
Martyn
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29th July 2020 at 6:41 am
Woohoo….sentiment shared Denys.
I thought the huge No 3 on Chelsea’s new shirts strange enough.
Keep on mate.. C
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