Geof Dawson
I am a retired oil man having worked in the offshore oil industry for 25 years, mostly in the North Sea but also in Norway, Holland, West Africa and the Middle East. It was through observations during my time in the North Sea that I was inspired to write a collection of poems about life offshore. This collection was eventually published, the book going by the name of “Hopalong Seagull and Other Stories.” I have since put together a second collection which I intend to publish as an E book and will go by the name of “Send in the Clowns.”
Born and brought up on the boundary between Walsall and West Bromwich, I have been a Wolves supporter since 1960 when, as a nine year old, I was taken to a game at Molineux by my cousin. The game was against Spurs who were captained by Danny Blanchflower. Wolves, of course were captained by Billy Wright who was also at that time, the captain of England. I was hooked from that day on, much to the irritation of my father who was a lifelong Walsall supporter.
I am now retired and live in Mallorca with my wife and German Shepherd, Denzil. I still avidly follow the Wolves although now I can no longer go to the games and have to rely on the internet and the TV to bring the games to me.
Poems by Geof Dawson
- My 60th Anniversary
- Where We Belong
- Upon Reflection
- Midlands Pride
- Premiership Dream
- Another Day at the Office
- I Admit It, I’m An Addict!
- Through An Old Man’s Eyes
- Fourth Round at the Etihad
- Buying The League
- Nuno Espiríto Santo
- Not a Season to Remember
- A False Dawn?
- It’s a New Dawn
- Wolves with no Teeth
- What’s Gone Wrong?
- This day, This day
- Heroes and Villians
- Transfer Speculation
- They Don’t Understand Us
- The search
- No Prize for Seventh Place
- The FA Cup
- Merry Christmas
- We are Wolves
- Oh Referee!
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2nd August 2022 at 6:58 pm
Check out Bootle Bucks Inclusion in Liverpool, Set up by parents and grandparents to support kids who were being excluded from football at school. https://bootlebucksinclusionfc.co.uk/
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2nd August 2022 at 6:56 pm
Totally agree Crispin. Alex Scott summed it up beautifully to the ones who would not give the support when asked: “You had your chance & you missed the boat!”
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2nd August 2022 at 1:18 pm
Yeah Sharon….
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d’you say?
And this is for Lily Parr, Dik Kerr Ladies and all who played before.1915-1970 and the 1984 girls too..All those in the past 20 years .All heroes and their parents and guardians too for supporting them when the FA didn’t.
I agree with Chlesea’s Emma Hayes.Take it away from the FA for doing sweet FA. Old boys boardrooms again.
Football is for everyone and should be available for everyone in in all schools everywhere.Girls games. Boys games. Mixed games. Disabled games . Blind games.
C
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25th July 2022 at 8:57 am
Thanks for your poem Emdad.
Interesting and forgotten tale. I also watched the Nevin documentary.
best C
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13th July 2022 at 9:02 am
I remember Tony Dorigo! Australian full back. Scored the only goal for Chelsea in the Full Members Cup Final v Middlesbrough in 1990 (had to check Google). By pure chance I had a ticket for the press box. Because of the status of the game no one else at the paper wanted it.
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9th July 2022 at 5:52 pm
Hi Clik, merci buckets. Great poem, and I also learned what Coterminous was. For all these years I had it down as the name of a Greek midfield general from back in the day.
Yes Chelsea were a bit of a feeder club to Palace for a few years back in the early 70’s. Bobby Tambling and the great Paddy Mulligan were another couple who took the trek sarf of the river. Later on Mickey Droy, Colin Pates and Gary Cahill also joined our ranks.
Nowadays we seem to get all our loanees from Chelsea. They obviously don’t see us as a threat. The best of the lot of them was Conor Gallagher. We’re really going to miss him next season.
All the best , cheers.
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8th July 2022 at 8:34 am
Fabulous John!
You had me going until I copped it!
So glad we got Charlie back from you, he steadied the ship when we had a bunch of youngsters coming through.
We also got Jerry MURFEE from you too!
And my claim to fame? I was good buddies with Vince Hilaire’s cousin.
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3rd July 2022 at 9:36 pm
Thank you Sharon, same to you.
bestest
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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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