Football Poets | Crispin Thomas | Activity https://footballpoets.org/members/crispin/activity/ Activity feed for Crispin Thomas. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:21:06 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 ba2f3d3434153a554056778ac31fa4ee Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/football-on-prescription/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:11:35 +0100 We’ve always been innovative
Now we’re the only team 
With Football on Prescription*
As part of our club’s dream 
Contributing to Mental Heath
To Loneliness and more  
Providing football Live for fre […]

]]> 1f4796fbd7454340f8d8474b466beda3 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/boot/#comment-7988 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:48:18 +0100 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 […]

]]> 977b5481454a7b1fcb7edd7ecd0c851d Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/pioneer-and-superstar-kevin-keegan-rip/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:56:01 +0100 passion pride and style

Keegan’s pace and eye for goal

thrilled a million hearts

]]> f5fcb3609afb96cc91d3b83136007394 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/weve-been-here-before-again-again-again-wc26/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:09:01 +0100 how to summon this one up
where now to begin
minutes left to just hold on
moments from the win
not those dreaded penalties
not that fabled curse
not just Tuchel’s sit back plan
somehow this was worse
when […]

]]> 953eb4024f9ccf59fa55ce3257acd576 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/the-man-who-bedckhamed-everything-wc-26/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:50:38 +0100 the man who bent free kicks like spoons
the body and the hair
the man who took America
is now a billionaire
and stands for all that’s bland and sad 
the money and the bling
his profile grows where-ere he […]

]]> 5939483c34e34f93a9e3ba2d77c7b2c9 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/englands-wondewall-stands-firm-in-mexico/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:39:51 +0100 times you’re there at midnight
watching like a child
times you battle holding on    
times you just go wild
times of moments times of touches
times on crazy nights
find you grateful just to wit […]

]]> e4b62d75792d43dbeece71c424f75543 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/hand-of-jord-haiku-mexico-2-3-england-wc26/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:34:58 +0100 hand of Jord ensures

sweet successs and helps erase

that ol’ hand of God

]]> 5a6980ace3702a78d898a20be6d880d2 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/remembering-andres-escobar-colombia-july-2-world-cup-94-30-years-on/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:00:38 +0100 The World Cup in America, nineteen ninety four,
USA – Colombia, do you recall the score?
While over in the Rose Bowl, with fever running high,
back on the streets, of Medellin, it’s near to do or die […]

]]> 95ac1b15d280a12a38266c0e63232b0a Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/harry-kane-wc26/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:58:19 +0100 You can say what you like about Kane
And sometimes he drives us insane  
But up in attack 
He just has that knack
Of nailing it time and again 

]]> 094c4a21ecf8499d2b7401310ee58f1d Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/unconvincing-england-haiku-wc26/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:39:18 +0100 unconvincing still

Bellingham and Kane provide

sweet relief at last

——————–

still weak in defence

tempo needs another shift

if we’re to advance

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

how will […]

]]> 3e0b8983d2033d001a88e18402878a80 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/when-england-take-on-panama-wc26/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:22:43 +0100 when England take on Panama
will we display how good we are
or end up staring at the clock
demoralised by their low block
with nine or ten behind the ball
as we just pass and pass the ball
why is it like […]

]]> 2acd42989bcc6c618334b8effab6f923 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/england-0-0-ghana-haiku-wc26/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:49:46 +0100 Ghana stand up tall

Three Lions cannot find a way

through that 5-4-1 ~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

way before low blocks

sticking ten behind the ball

was the phrase we’d use ~

]]> 6d1d3c68583b035e53c6bfa0416fdb8e Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/with-intensity-haiku-england-4-2-croatia-w-c-26/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:41:41 +0100 with intensity

England’s press and energy

crush Croatia ~

]]> 1309613dc3173c6009ba4e2a91be500c Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/brazil-morroco-haiti-scotland-haiku/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:35:56 +0100 like some lightning bolt

angling home to save Brazil 

‘Vini’ Junior  ~

(Brazil 1-1 Morocco June 13)

——————————–

thirty long years on* 

Tartan Army make their mark

in th […]

]]> 7c882477b21d7c83000dbadcdd3e59b2 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/world-cup-hosts-haiku/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:08:04 +0100 with their baying fans 
Mexico remind us all
what this game’s about  ~

(Mexico 2-0 South Africa) – 11 June 2026 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

leaving things til late
Canada claw back a point 
in their op’n […]

]]> e462100983809f5efeee8f2973e5b601 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/my-shameful-new-free-world-cup-wall-chart-2026/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:21:48 +0100 the George Cross flags mean something else
than all the times before
when they would fly at World Cup time
but not much any more
the local pubs are struggling now
away across this land
and FIFA’s made the […]

]]> 1976337017b391d96a9ae4d60516cb84 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/are-you-here-to-be-part-of-it-all-world-cup-2026/ Fri, 29 May 2026 20:42:32 +0100 it’s starting to get pretty close now
we’re right on the cusp of the start
but with all of the stuff goin’ on in this world
are we poets still up to take part?
we’ve been here before in Russia – Qatar […]

]]> 5ace9612811abdb37b656d2fe8cc4754 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/coventry-city-are-back/#comment-7973 Tue, 05 May 2026 11:03:09 +0100 Great to have you back  Kev…

Thanks for your Sky Blues Are Back ode. Almost a year on the dot eh….after last time.

Keep on my friend. Was great meeting up with you in Cov Library some years back.. good ti […]

]]> b2cd082c6e100989fefd9dfdee65e927 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/what-have-you-done-to-our-world-cup-fifa/ Tue, 05 May 2026 09:25:40 +0100 What have you done to our World Cup
What have you done to our game 
Failing In Football Always
FIFA destroy without shame ?

You’re a plundering clown Infantino
As you cuddle the next one to fleece
Mohammed […]

]]> 321e32a710ddef8c6c675fae1850d4f5 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/turnstile-ghosts/#comment-7957 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:27:24 +0000 Lovely words Phil.

Contrary to the old joke..nostalgia definitely is what it used to be…

Best wishes from Stroud & Forest Green

 

C

]]> 2ac106bb15a363526cc5e2e448521489 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/suave-marv-haiku-marvin-hinton-rip/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:02:14 +0000 when I was fifteen

Suave Marv was at the back

standing brave and strong

]]> 51c654a7b8aeaf9da0bfd026a78bfa52 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/time-for-a-perthshire-football-rhyme/#comment-7916 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:28:30 +0000 Great poem Robbie and welcome back.

Hope all is good with you..Keep on and more please…

 

Best wishes

 

Crispin , Simon, Stuart and Christian @ Football Poets.

]]> 1b6752a8e4be20ebbf95520b969d3cfc Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/when-football-belonged-to-the-fans/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:44:18 +0100 The mind plays tricks with yesteryear 
and paints a golden view
the games the grounds the sights and sounds
the things we used to do
the mighty crowds that roared so loud
without a roof above 
the young a […]

]]> d1a8fc481f2a93a4c22bcb7d6b59d793 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-footballers-life/#comment-7884 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:50:36 +0100 thank you

]]> 19655a7203afe26b1e329cc76dbd7c8b Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-footballers-life/#comment-7883 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:50:19 +0100 thank you

]]> b9f2b2adc4e5c0fcde51b88c36537fba Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-footballers-life/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:33:26 +0100 A footballer’s life passes quickly
It’s gone in the wink of an eye
from playground to fame
and to making your name
or moments that just pass you by
where injuries lurk on each corner
potentially ending c […]

]]> 060fc8210949b0f28abad6f724d06698 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/this-is-where-it-starts-again/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:39:40 +0100 brand new season brand new top 
sweet success or dreaded drop
hopes and nerves they never stop
no time now for fear
this is where it starts again 
just like all the times back when
hopes are soaring h […]

]]> ce064394cab15fad89b68fbab6557c0d Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/tell-the-rest-this-lionesses-never-stop-believin/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:05:16 +0100 even if you’ve been outpassed 
and at times a tad outclassed
though attacks come thick and fast  
leave your doubts all in the past 
when you’re way past second guesses
when the odds are far from ev […]

]]> 5d93406ec795b6dcd3b2f183c7420f83 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/winging-it-again-england/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:49:08 +0100 Emma Hayes we need you
how long can we be
hanging on for dear life
always endlessly
still afraid to take a chance
ev’ry now and then
why are we perpetually
winging it again ?

constantly relying on
the […]

]]> f00439ed4251bedef78a3e6e37910878 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/through-the-mill-back-again-euro-2025/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:38:04 +0100 like the times you lost your way
somewhere back in time
nothing seems to click at all
doubts consume your mind
sometimes you get dragged astray
nothing works and then
something pulls you through the […]

]]> 342bfedbab0f9345d2ff7626bfd72983 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/six-of-the-best-for-lionesses/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:28:32 +0100 marching on in strength and style
signalling the rest
Lionesses humble Wales
with six of the best

from the so called Group of Death
England battle through
Sweden lying up ahead
still so much to […]

]]> 9392df5bca885fa91edbd952a4bb62e9 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/when-your-mojos-back-england-4-0-netherlands/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:55:46 +0100 when it clicks you lose the fear
all those doubts just disappear
let’s just mark it as a scare
when your mojo’s back

scintillating on the ball
pressing high and standing tall
so together one and all
and […]

]]> c04932b4955a1fceca42ad1d4bdf88c7 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/just-not-your-day-france-2-1-england/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:11:22 +0100 games where your stream from the starting blocks
games where you’re right there on top
games where you feel like you’re all systems go
games where you suddenly stop

games where you start like a wild […]

]]> 56c244ff281ce47f209e65db0db277ea Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/womens-euro-time/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:58:36 +0100 it’s starting to get pretty close now
it’s getting right down to the line
and the moment this Glasto is over
it’ll be Women’s Euros time
for a festival played with a spirit
and whether we rise or we […]

]]> b399db85bf38b912826e9bd604827db0 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/25-years-of-football-poets-june-2000-present/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:27:11 +0100 a quarter of a century
it’s been a space for you and me
a pitch for creativity
the home for football poetry

at twenty five years on we stand
with laptop phone or pen in hand
to share with words that […]

]]> e04804fc88c07b77f5a5d19fdf4b19b3 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/ooohh-kevin-de-bruyne/#comment-7657 Sat, 24 May 2025 06:19:39 +0100 Hi Steve

I’ve come across you before on the live poetry circuit…something  I’ve also been involved in since the late 90s at slams, gigs and festivals. Did you ever get to Glasto?

I was also at Swindon […]

]]> 7be3d9f782bdd8e9e7120b67c1206584 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/gotta-support-somebody/#comment-7573 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:05:04 +0100 Hey Denys..love this

“You may be a miner working down a pit.
You may be a rock star playing sold out gigs.
You may be a fireman putting out a blaze.
You may be an inmate chalking off the days. ”

Not just […]

]]> 4fe122758000b2f02f2b74c6eb32bf11 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-times-that-i-saw-denis-play/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:20:39 +0000 the way he’d glide majestic’lly
like some young whippet running free
who’d tear defences clean apart
in classic red the beating heart
of that great line up of the day
the times that I saw Denis play

a […]

]]> 9179de068f3b09557d70f566d776c8a5 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/youre-supposed-to-be-at-home/#comment-7133 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:55:13 +0000 ‘You’re Supposed To Be At Home’ is an excellent and moving  poem Denys.

You start off thinking it’s just about another oft-sung  chant, one we personally heard a lot last season throughout our second r […]

]]> 97300aa08cf6b4ac2b0e344f0ef309ae Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/van-de-vens-assist/#comment-7131 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:59:31 +0000 Great poem and great to see you back Wyn.

Don’t leave it so long next time my friend!

More please.

]]> 90dbe2d3e568cf0cbf117951fcdd05ca Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/clawing-your-way-back/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:45:17 +0000 it’s still a long road up ahead
we’ve only just begun
we’re right back where we started
among the fallen ones
the mountains that we’re facing
draw strength to just keep on
as our belief grows strong […]

]]> 55d689d90037982d49731358d65fb53d Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/this-old-turnstile/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:05:15 +0100 like them all before

I’m one more who makes their way

through this old turnstile ~

]]> 680b3600373a6ae1ba17a95250ed7383 Crispin Thomas commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-saturday-afternoon-in-winter/#comment-6969 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:14:22 +0100 Welcome to Football Poets Beth

Great evocative poem Beth….

More please !

Haiku always welcome.

Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon

Best

Crispin

]]> e1d2c50d90047215b28d239882c1294a Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/rave-on-sven-rip/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:23:00 +0100 “football is
beautiful and cruel”
rave on Sven

]]> 55b6a288cf61c0fabb1ec42fc91c32d4 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/back-for-the-start/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:44:38 +0100 far from the finished article but back for the start
still reeling from two relegation seasons
we board the coach with renewed hope

Ewan who I’ve never met before
shows me images from away games
and w […]

]]> bf9b0446339b3431409be6aee6a430e9 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/wagking-through-woods-to-a-game/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:35:26 +0100 whose woods these are I do not know
but to a hilltop ground they go
and as we climb in Summer heat
this well trod path beneath our feet
will lead us high above the town
and carry us both up and down […]

]]> f33f6c1235ad35418306c0c6d6948377 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/caught-up-in-a-dream-its-over/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:24:53 +0100 even though we swear we won’t
something sucks us in
armchair managers emerge
when the games begin
once again we do it all
ev’ry time it seems
caught up in the flow and vibe
caught up in the […]

]]> 12a12d81bc0bf9365961cf4b59e72d02 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/not-quite-full-my-euro-24-wall-chart-part-2/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:16:28 +0100 the flags have all appeared again
on buildings and on cars
except the Farmer’s Market
or posh and trendy bars
my wall chart hangs resplendent
a multi-caloured sheet
a hand-filled record of it all
of […]

]]> 84678c0642b2cde04e1bbe1452a1a877 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/if-this-is-our-time/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:59:33 +0100 nights like this are special
times like these are rare
savour ev’ry moment
when you know you’re there
you can call it fortune
who cares what they say
when that moment happens
failure falls awa […]

]]> a73df51620c6d51a57e21fce0b906f92 Crispin Thomas published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/messis-teenage-son/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 05:24:56 +0100 Messi’s baptised boy*
sees La Roja through in style
with a mighty strike

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