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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Latest Poems
kevin halls
8th May 2024
joe morris
6th May 2024
joe morris
4th May 2024
Crispin Thomas
2nd May 2024
joe morris
2nd May 2024
joe morris
28th April 2024
Richard Williams
26th April 2024
joe morris
25th April 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
25th April 2024
kevin halls
23rd April 2024
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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23rd April 2024 at 3:59 pm
Hi Crispin,
Yes sorry mate. Villa are still in Europe. Mistake rectified.
Cheers
Joe
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20th April 2024 at 12:04 pm
Hi Joe
Shouldn’t your title read your poem Farewell Europe England to everyone exccept Aston Villa ?
I know you mention them in your poem , but I do feel sorry for Villa re the national press .
Largely ignored. the hype was was all about Man City & Arsenal with a bit of a nod to the Hammers..but hardly a mention of Villa..
So well done to them
C
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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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