Peter Goulding rails at life from the comfort of his armchair in Dublin’s suburbia. He blogs on lighthouses and writes both humorous and serious verse, though few people can tell the difference. He has just finished his first novel and plans to read another one soon. He follows Shelbourne FC and was an ardent follower of English football until it was destroyed by Sky in 1993.
Poems by Peter Goulding
- Ogden Nash debunks Brazil
- Former players spouting (rondeau)
- Eight years old
- Airtime to fill
- The death of custard
- Six-year-olds play a match
- Orange leather footballs in the snow
- The end of Tolka Park
- I miss the old clock at the Ballybough end
- Trampolining
- The rusty old tin shed
- Another season
- Playoffs
- Playing you next year
- End of season prayer
- Give us back our football
- If only they’d stop winning
- The one club man
- Finn Harps away
- WC2014 Epilogue
- WC2014 Day 32 Argentina 0 Germany 1 (aet)
- WC2014 Day 31 Brazil 0 Netherlands 3
- WC2014 Day 30 Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 28 Argentina 0 Netherlands 0 (4-2 pens)
- WC2014 Day 29 Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 27 Brazil 1 Germany 7
- WC2014 Day 26 Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 24 Costa Rica 0 Nethlds 0 (3-4 pens)
- WC2014 Day 25 Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 23 Brazil 2 Columbia 1
- WC2014 Day 24 Advice to Juan Zuniga
- WC2014 Day 24 Argentina 1 Belgium 0
- WC2014 Day 23 France 0 Germany 1
- WC2014 Day 22 Another Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 21 Rest Day
- WC2014 Day 20 Argentina 1 Switzerland 0 (aet)
- WC2014 Day 20 Belgium 2 USA 1 (aet)
- WC2014 Day 18 Costa Rica 1 Greece 1 (5-3 pens)
- WC2014 Day 19 France 2 Nigeria 0
- WC2014 Day 19 Algeria 1 Germany 2 (aet)
- WC2014 Day 17 Brazil 1 Chile 1 (3-2 pens)
- WC2014 Day 17 Colombia 2 Uruguay 0
- WC2014 Day 18 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2
- WC2014 Day 16 Rest day
- WC2014 Day 15 Algeria 1 Russia 1
- WC2014 Day 15 Ghana 1 Portugal 2
- WC2014 Day 15 Germany 1 USA 0
- WC2014 Day 15 Belgium 1 South Korea 0
- WC2014 Day 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Iran 1
- WC2014 Day 14 Ecuador 0 France 0
- WC2014 Day 14 Argentina 3 Nigeria 2
- WC2014 Day 14 Honduras 0 Switzerland 3
- WC2014 Day 12 Australia 0 Spain 3
- WC2014 Day 13 Italy 0 Uruguay 1
- WC2014 Day 13 Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1
- WC2014 Day 12 Chile 0 Netherlands 2
- WC2014 Day 12 Brazil 4 Cameroon 1
- WC2014 Day 12 Croatia 1 Mexico 3
- WC2014 Day 13 Costa Rica 0 England 0
- WC2014 Day 13 Colombia 4 Japan 1
- Real football back again
- WC2014 Day11 Portugal 2 USA 2
- WC2014 Day 11 Algeria 4 South Korea 2
- WC2014 Day 10 Argentina 1 Iran 0
- WC2014 Day 10 Germany 2 Ghana 2
- WC2014 Day 10 Bosnia 0 Nigeria 1
- WC2014 Day 11 Belgium 1 Russia 0
- WC2014 Day 9 Costa Rica 1 Italy 0
- WC2014 Day 9 France 5 Switzerland 2
- WC2014 Day 9 Statement from HRH
- WC2014 Day 9 Ecuador 2 Honduras 1
- WC2014 Day 8 Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1
- WC2014 Day 8 Greece 0 Japan 0
- WC2014 Day 8 England 1 Uruguay 2
- WC2014 Day 7 Australia 2 Holland 3
- WC2014 Day 7 Chile 2 Spain 0
- WC2014 Day 7 Cameroon 0 Croatia 4
- WC2014 Day 6 Russia 1 South Korea 1
- WC2014 Day 6 Brazil 0 Mexico 0
- WC2014 Day 5 Germany 4 Portugal 0
- WC2014 Day 5 Iran 0 Nigeria 0
- WC2014 Day 5 Ghana 1 USA 2
- WC2014 Day 6 Algeria 1 Belgium 2
- WC2014 Day 4 Ecuador 1 Switzerland 2
- WC2014 Day 4 France 3 Honduras 0
- WC2014 Day 4 Argentina 2 Bosnia Herzegovina 1
- WC2014 Day 3 Ivory Coast 2 Japan1
- WC2014 Day 3 England 1 Italy 2
- WC2014 Day 3 Colombia 3 Greece 0
- WC2014 Day 2 Australia 1 Chilly 3
- WC2014 Day 3 England doesn’t expect
- WC2014 Day 3 Costa Rica 3 Uruguay 1
- WC2014 Day 2 Cameroon 0 Mexico 1
- WC2014 Day 1 Brazil 3 Croatia 1
- WC2014 Day 2 Netherlands 5 Spain 1
- WC2014 – Day 1- Alleluia
- There’s always somebody
- Mexico 1970
- England still believe
- The day European football came to Connemara
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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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Crispin’s Corner
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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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