Poems by Sharon Jones
- Jimmy Greaves
- Forza Christian Eriksen haiku
- Homeless World Cup 2016
- Tranmere Rovers Dream Team (Johnny King tribute)
- The Famous Stanley Ultras
- Johan Cruyff
- The Red Scarf
- Boys On A Wall
- Football Love Poem
- Accrington Stanley Fc The Club That Would Not Die
- This Beautiful Game
- Football Trabs
- The Redmen
- Strawberry Fields and Walrus dreams
- This Football Life
- Charlie George
- The Final Whistle
- Ballad of Freedom
- The Hollow Crown
- Macbeth XI
- Football Landscapes
- Irwell Springs Fc
- Tranmere Rovers All Time Xl
- And did those feet…
- Football Poets
- The Ghosts of Football
- Jock Stein
- Stryker Stryker
- Buddha of Bacup (Haiku)
- Happy Birthday Accrington Stanley
- Forza Bacup
- Football Lighthouse
- Refugees Are Welcome Here
- Ode to the Bacup Borough Fc Pie
- Football Rock and Roll
- Bobby Moore
- The Final Whistle
- The Man In The Middle or the Muddle
- The day Jesus made the bench for Liverpool Fc
- Immortal Football
- The Gaza strip
- Football Literacy
- Going To The Game
- History Boys
- The World Cup 1930-2002
- Win or Lose Football Life and Love Goes On
- Night Game 442
- Football: The People’s Game
- Stand Athletic FC
- The Anfield Iron
- Messi Signs for Burnley Fc
- Football Makes Kids of Us All
- In Love with Football
- Here We Go Again
- Football Poetry and The National Curriculum
- Tackling Shakespeare’s Ghost
- Shakespeare XI
- Vintage Clarets – Ode to Stan Ternent
- New Signing
- New Season
- The Beautiful Game
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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!
Latest Poems
Mike Bartram
25th August 2026
joe morris
22nd August 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
21st August 2026
joe morris
8th August 2026
Phil Brennan
3rd August 2026
joe morris
2nd August 2026
Phil Brennan
30th July 2026
joe morris
30th July 2026
Jason Prasad
28th July 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
26th July 2026
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Latest Comments
28th July 2026 at 9:40 pm
Hi Denys. Thanks for your kind words. I could have mentioned Dixie Dean but decided not to.
Best wishes, mate
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26th July 2026 at 3:47 pm
Great knowledge of Everton history, Joe.
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23rd July 2026 at 6:54 pm
Hi Jason,
Sorry I forgot to congratulate you on your excellent poem as well.
Keep well
Joe
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23rd July 2026 at 6:43 pm
Hi Jason,
Thanks so much for your kind words about Kevin Keegan, a footballer of legendary status and deeply missed.
Best wishes
Joe
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23rd July 2026 at 12:01 pm
Thank you, Crispin. I will defo encorage my bunch to contribute and will of course clear it with staff room.
Many thanks
Jase
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22nd July 2026 at 6:48 pm
Great poem Jase.
You are a man of my own heart …
And great to hear that you your students poems from our site.
Keep on and more please
if ever some of your students write anything suitable for here and most importantly they give you permission to publish them, you can always do so under your name referencing their names and the school..and year.
Best Crispin
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22nd July 2026 at 10:29 am
I think this is best thing I have read so far about the legend. Thanks
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22nd July 2026 at 10:22 am
One of the greats, inspired my generation of school kids in the 80s
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23rd May 2026 at 3:35 pm
Hi Crispin,
Thanks for the featured poem for the Arsenal Premier League victory. I love that photo showing the Arsenal ladies and fans in full rattle and rosette mode. I’ve seen it before quite a few times and, I think, a bit iconic. I think it was before the Gunners victory against Liverpool in the 1950 FA Cup Final. Great photograph.
Thanks
Joe
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8th May 2026 at 4:21 pm
Thanks for that Joe. Yes it’s been some season we had a blip but came out of it and finished strong. A mate of mine supports West Ham here in Coventry and my next door neighbour is a Spurs supporter, and both are getting edgy ! I like the Championship though as it’s competitive and has some good teams, players, and fans. Anyway we are back in the top flight and who knows what will happen ?
Cheers. Kev.
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