I have followed Newcastle United for more years than I care to remember through thin and thin, although these days I spend more time watching local non league football in the North East, I am a father and grandfather who likes to dabble in writing a bit of poetry just for my own pleasure.
Poems by John Oliver
- These Days……..Those Days.
- Clatts my boy.
- All that glitters…….
- Watch out Big Sam’s about.
- European Union v The Toon.
- Pavel Srnicek
- In the wrong hands.
- Twixt Tears and Tyne
- Value4MoneyFootball.
- Big Mac’s leaving do.
- Chelsea 6 Newcastle Utd 5
- Staying Put….until next window.
- What’s up Doc.
- Time to walk away.
- The Teflon John.
- Millfield of Dreams
- Our hearts go with you.
- Ashley buys Liverpool F.C.
- Those Fullwell End stairs.
- Is this seat taken please.
- Ashley plans ahead.
- Whatever would Sir Bobby think ?
- NUFC….Time for change.
- On the ( Tyneside ) Street where we lived.
- The Final Whistle.
- Gus, Gus…a Minus or Plus.
- J.F.K.
- Cockney in the Toon.
- Sorry, not for sale.
- A simple tribute.
- The name stays the same.
- November the 5th…..Newcastle in 3rd.
- Room At The Top
- Well it makes a refreshing change.
- October 2nd and In 4th Spot.
- Late, Late show.
- Hard times ahead.
- Comic book heroes.
- It never rains but it pours……..at SJP.
- Another fine mess.
- When Saturday came around.
- A season too far.
- The crying game.
- Nat Lofthouse broke my heart.
- MP (3) Player.
- The once special F.A. Cup.
- I beg your Pardew.
- Out with the old….In with the new.
- A Geordie Xmas wish.
- Next in the firing line.
- All’s fair in love…….And footie.
- Any stickers to swap ?
- Big Sam, Little respect.
- Hush Hush at the library.
- Stick with us Chris.
- Up on the roof.
- Time to call a halt.
- Number Nine shirt.
- Jackie Sinclair R.I.P.
- In defence of the 4th official.
- You couldn’t make it up.
- A taste of what’s in store ?
- The Clown Prince.
- All Aboard.
- Toon’s new number 5.
- Big Titus.
- Probables v Possibles.
- Poor relations.
- Going up yes….staying up???????
- Bouncebackability
- The Entertainers
- Ready to Party.
- The game that I once knew.
- Winter Blues
- F.A.Cup 2010.
- Boxing Day Memories.
- Unreliable (club) source.
- 60s Revisited.
- Overated…..Overdrawn.
- Who are you ??
- Please call it a day.
- Unlucky for some ?
- Fondly remembered.
- Albert Stubbins.
- Green Army, great fans.
- Cheryl Cole….Geordie saviour.
- Window Shopping.
- What is a football fan ?
- No Respect
- Robert William Robson. 1933-2009.
- The great and not so great.
- The deck chair top.
- How to ruin a football club.
- Then there were none (Premiership games left)
- And Now There’s Just One
- Now there are Two.
- Then there were Three
- Now there are Four.
- just for the kids
- Then there were Five.
- Then they were Six.
- Big Al’s managerial debut.
- Then there were Seven.
- Now there is Eight.
- Before we had subs.
- Alan Suddick. R.I.P.
- Now there is Nine.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Billy, The Gateshead barber.
- My special place……..man and boy.
- Costly miss.
- Geordie was a villian.
- I won’t take my coat off…I’m not stopping.
- Wyn Davies.
- Nothing to sing about.
- Wise Buys ..Rich Guys
- Happy Ending?
- Don’t leave us now MO.
- While the Shepherd’s watched.
- Please help us Sir Alex.
- Cold light of day.
- Sold to the fans in the Toon.
- PEDRO.
- Early Goal.
- Five foot Six-between the stix.
- Together
- Labour of love.
- Count on Joe.
- Forever United.
- NAME GAME.
- Just sign and be done with it.
- No Going Without.
- Expect more of the same.
- After dinner speaker.
- STARK CONTRAST.
- Good conduct ?
- IF,YOU GOTTA GO…..GO NOW.
- Relegation….Flirtation.
- SPORT RELIEF.
- THE GOLDEN AGE.
- The love of the game.
- A footballing lesson.
- Far away places…..And strange sounding games.
- Food for thought.
- The entertainers……Part 2
- Time Travel.
- Christmas 1952.
- Big Sam….Big task.
- It’s all there……In Black n White.
- Dancing Feet.
- Bobby Moncur.
- Try keeping it simple Sam.
- Jaded…..after Four games.
- Global Market.
- What price loyalty ?
- Good Times…..Bad Times.
- The main event.
- Dream on.
- Well Deserved.
- And the next manager is…………..?
- Unworthy.
- Football’s First Lady.
- We thought it all over.
- That’s Entertainment.
- World cup…….Dubai style.
- Howay the lasses
- Big John, Geordie legend.
- Vegetable plot.
- Pay up…..Look happy.
- The hole in the Gallowgate end fence.
- Watch the birdie.
- On the playing fields of England.
- Shattered Dream.
- IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM…..JOIN THEM.
- Football memories
- Betting slip….ups
- Shirt of Heroes
- STUFFED………Just accept it.
- Back lane memories.
- It’s only a game.
- Delayed debut.
- Where’s your famous atmosphere ?
- All for the love of the game.
- Tickets please
- REALITY
- Steve the Bruce.
- California here we come.
- Golden days.
- 1969 remembered.
- HOME WIN…..OR LOSE.
- Open Window.
- Glory Seekers
- EXPENSIVE IMPORT.
- Highs and lows
- PUSH OVERS
- THE QUEST GOES ON.
- Over Forties League
- NIGHTMARE ON EDGAR STREET.
- TRANSFER DAY.
- The day they dropped wor Al.
- On the straw behind the goal.
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10th August 2017 at 8:36 pm
Just beautiful imagery Alex…love your stuff….keep on..can’t remember where you live (probably not near ‘Arry in Poole lol) but we’ll have to get you up to Forest Green one day…
Would be great to meet up… if FGR play any where near you too.let me know..I’ll be getting to the odd away game now.
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3rd August 2017 at 4:27 pm
Great poem…keep on …I know the feeling!
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1st August 2017 at 5:47 pm
And more nonsense please!
I’ve always been a big fan of Eddie’s!
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21st July 2017 at 12:57 pm
Nicely done.
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19th May 2017 at 6:02 pm
Great poem on a wonderful achievement for FGR.
Now let’s hope my team and Forest Green battle it out for top spot next season. If the Sky Blues top the division the vegan pies are on me ! ☺
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19th May 2017 at 5:48 pm
Wonderful, touching poem. You have done them proud expressing your feelings about their achievement.
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5th May 2017 at 1:19 pm
Good luck! Hope to see you on Sunday if I can make it.
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3rd May 2017 at 5:40 pm
Great use of wordplay on names Ianthe. Especially liked Lingard…as in a classic Cranberries song’Let It Lingar!’
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9th April 2017 at 9:21 pm
Hi Graham – I’m really pleased to see that you’re annotating your poems verse-by-verse. Did you know you can also highlight a bit of text in a verse and comment on that? Hover over this comment to see what I highlighted.
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9th April 2017 at 9:10 pm
Not forgetting folk hero Robin Friday who started a now commonplace trend by kissing a policeman after scoring against Rochdale in 1975
“The policeman looked so cold and fed up standing there that I decided to cheer him up a bit,” he explained.
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