Poems by Tony Lewis-Jones
- Haiku – Van Persie 2
- Haiku – Van Persie
- Haiku – New Season
- Haiku – August
- 1977
- The Year That City Bought The Title Haiku
- 19-18
- Tanka – Nearly
- Tanka – 1970
- Fabio the Philosopher Haiku
- Tanka – World Cup
- Chelsea Double Haiku 2
- League Cup Triumph Haiku 2010
- After the hour of the betrayer, the howling of the animals
- Happy Birthday Sir Alex
- Tanka – Arshavin
- Haiku – Man U 2 Sunderland 2
- Yet Another Website That Claims To Know It All
- Man U’s “Chelsea Double” Haiku
- Reflections on the League Cup
- Out Of The Mists, The Slain
- Tanka – Tevez
- The Day That Chelsea Let Mourinho Go
- It’s The Roon and Ron Show
- The Apex Of The Team
- Tanka – Paul Scholes
- Man U 7 Roma 1
- Let’s just go through that again slowly
- One More Time For Sir Alex
- The Players’ Player Reflects Upon His Brief Time At The Top
- Haiku – RVN
- Double-Double
- The 1 in 2s
- Haiku – Carling Cup 2006
- Haiku – League Cup 2006
- Haiku – Rooney
- Enquiry
- More About The Treble
- Get Well Soon Bestie
- Haiku – Sven
- Early Days
- Mugging At The Millennium
- When Andrei Kanchelskis Ran Riot
- The Relegation Season
- Child Making Footballs, Age 8
- Two Tanka – Fergie’s Cup
- Haiku – Invincibles
- The Thinker
- Haiku: Hats Off To The Arsenal
- Old Trafford
- Haiku: THE TREBLE
- Whimsy on an August Day – Ronaldo
- ‘Ere Fergie, Where D’You Get Those Shorts?
- CHAMPIONS 2002/03
- Applications Invited
- Titles
- Play Football, Not War
- United In Defeat
- The Striker’s Lust For Goals
- D-Day
- Wales 2 Italy 1
- Aftershock (One minute’s silence)
- Pressure Of The Past
- Becks And Posh
- Bayer Who?
- Sketches For A Poem About Ryan Giggs
- Haiku – van Nistelrooy
- Grandmasters
- I Saw Roy Keane
- The Greatest Team Never To Win A Title
- The Fall (for Fabien Barthez)
- Man Utd – Decline And Fall?
- Selling Up
- A New Season
- Eric Cantona And The Avant-Garde
- Benito Carbone is 36
- Falling From Grace In The Eyes Of A Child
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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.
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Latest Poems
Denys E. W. Jones
25th April 2024
kevin halls
23rd April 2024
Alex Saynor
23rd April 2024
joe morris
23rd April 2024
Crispin Thomas
22nd April 2024
Denys E. W. Jones
21st April 2024
joe morris
20th April 2024
Clik The Mouse
15th April 2024
Mike Bartram
15th April 2024
joe morris
14th April 2024
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Latest Comments
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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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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