Poems by Graham Salter
- In Search Of Lost Grounds
- Spion Kop
- Kids playing football
- Empty shells
- Back of the Net
- Haiku for Hans Tilkowski
- The Other Side
- Away Strips – A Security Warning
- Back in time down White Hart Lane
- National Anthem
- Childhood Memory
- A Brief History of Goal Celebrations
- Lament in the Putney End
- Espying Klopp
- The Field of The Cloth of Gold
- Farewell Manuel
- Anything Can Happen (in the FA Cup)
- A Tragic Comedy
- Nil-nil. Dream on.
- RIP Howard Kendall ~haiku
- Brian Hall RIP
- Memory On The Wayne?
- What if Football Chants Were In Latin?
- Bronze Haiku
- WWC Round of 16~ Great Commentaries Revisited
- Haiku for the Women’s World Cup
- Not Promoted To Glory
- Extraterrestrial Lights
- Trust FIFA
- Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955
- Magyar Memories
- On looking into Puskas’ autobiography
- Anthem for the League One Dreamers
- Anxiety Before The Penalty Shoot-Out
- More Vanishing Lines
- Sunday morning Dawns
- World Cup ~ A Nation Watches
- First Memory ~ Inside Outside
- Blue Thursday
- The Lion of Anfield
- Reverse Psychology
- Refereeing Haikus
- Game Of Two Halves
- Archie’s Stands
- David’s Dream
- Bottom of La Liga
- Finney’s Final Year
- Newcastle – Old West Stand
- The Road To Hillsborough
- What’s In A Name?
- The Football Poets
- Final Ties
About This Site
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.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
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kevin halls
18th March 2024
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Clik The Mouse
14th March 2024
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6th March 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
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Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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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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