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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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
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joe morris
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Phil Brennan
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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
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
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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