Football Poets | Denys E. W. Jones | Activity https://footballpoets.org/members/denys/activity/ Activity feed for Denys E. W. Jones. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:27:19 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 024be8ba03f8d298f5347e74d3c0cbee Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/the-city-cokey/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:36:42 +0100 You win a Title here,
A bright Cup there,
You have no lack of cash,
You can buy all the best players.
You do the City Cokey,
Then you turn around,
But something’s just not quite right.

Oh the City […]

]]> e44430a6e17ee30bd1819fb958b4b528 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/set-piece-fc/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:10:39 +0100 Set Piece FC, Set Piece FC,
Aren’t they just a joy to see?
Score from corners or free kicks,
Or a well-struck penalty.
Goals from open play are rare,
But the Arsenal fans don’t care.
Three more points […]

]]> 21e0381a8c99ca4059913c2395133573 Denys E. W. Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/andy-burnham-2/#comment-7993 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:47:09 +0100 Great knowledge of Everton history, Joe.

]]> 2de0495583360f8cd4f602623133de1a Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/a-toffee-in-number-ten/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:40:14 +0100 They should not go together,
Football and politics.
These two are hostile elements,
Which really should not mix.

We’ve heard this sentiment expressed
Once, twice and yet again,
But look what we have […]

]]> 34ee2cb7dd58c4bc95e32e69c360d8c0 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/sweet-home-inghilterra/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:34:14 +0100 Well I’ve lived here forty years plus,
People ask me now and then,
If at times I feel homesick,
Here is what I say to them:

“Sweet home Inghilterra,
Where the skies are not blue.
Sweet home I […]

]]> 64888942f7dda3cefbc27ec235160502 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/were-you-up-for-portillo/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:20:02 +0100 Were you up for Portillo?
No, I was sleeping soundly,
Head resting on my pillow.

Did you stay up for Mexico?
My answer once again is no,
For early next day had to work to go.

Then what about the […]

]]> 5cc921677916c373e77256e2e4a89276 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/kane-is-able/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:30:25 +0100 Kane’s the one who’s able
When you need to turn the tables,
To pull a bunny out the hat,
Get you to the next round.

When you’re trailing one-to-nil,
And the scoreboard clock is ticking,
He’s the man […]

]]> 9883fb1eb6480abe0d0b7476a7e842d2 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/clippety-klopp/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:27:47 +0100 Clippety clippety Klopp,
The Germans are no longer top.
With Nagelsmann they’re down the pan,
Clippety clippety Klopp.

Tikety tikety tok,
They’re numb, in a state of shock.
And Julian’s not the right […]

]]> 689f40ff063c538dbe7d1cd2166d75f0 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/democratic-monarchy-of-england/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:29:17 +0100 Why do we sing God Save The King?
The tune is dull, there’s not much zing.
It’s our National Anthem, so to sing we are obliged,
Cos we’re the Democratic Monarchy of England.

Of course we have a National […]

]]> 68a85c9c8162a30362ca5b00d5b627f8 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/jude-bellingham-limerick/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:27:39 +0100 In our ranks is a player named Bellingham,
Who started out playing for Birmingham.
He’s blown hot, cold and warm,
Now he’s hitting top form,
So he’s shaping up better than Sheringham.

28/6/26
Denys E. W. Jones

]]> 1809dd7032bba8e36da9fd84bba98bc6 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/homeward-and-onward/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:24:05 +0100 We’re heading home we’re Steve Clarke’s Army,
Hopes all smashed to smithereens.
No, we didn’t shake ’em up,
Didn’t win the World Cup,
Cos we’re really quite an ordinary team.

We’re marching on we’re […]

]]> 5eff146e91e1b5ca388e07636f73f68a Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/englands-number-one-2026/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:24:51 +0100 He’s one of two named Jordan –
The other’s Henderson.
This one’s the guy between the sticks,
He’s England’s Number One.

He scares the opposition,
His own defenders too –
If anyone’s caught slacking, […]

]]> d64e058bd80373b3cb6c34f3077260c9 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/stateside-campaign/ Sun, 31 May 2026 12:58:19 +0100 We raised White Flag at Yorktown
In Seventeen Eighty-One.
The Yanks gained Independence,
Our Colonies were gone.

Once more we’re heading ‘cross the Pond,
But this time there’s no war.
We do not plan […]

]]> 5ab264c32388e2ca87cbeb7958a84cf4 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/one-decade-ago/ Fri, 01 May 2026 21:16:10 +0100 It was one decade ago today,
In a truly merry month of May.
They’d been playing all year long with guile,
But that day Sky Six were really riled.
Cos their cosy cartel had been broke,
So every other […]

]]> c46edddc33d86ada4d407136a64172b5 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/the-patience-of-job/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:08:44 +0000 Now if you’ve read your Bible,
You’ll know a man named Job.
He’s fabled for his patience,
When faced with many woes.

He lost all of his seven sons,
And lots of his livestock,
But always he stayed […]

]]> 993e27b138f2168e0f19e7022abe2fcc Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/on-the-banks-of-the-bisagno/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:46:47 +0000 On the Banks of the Bisagno,
There stands a Football Ground.
It’s stood for many long, long years,
Defiant, firm and proud.

What matches it has seen played out,
What goals, what thrills, what spills. […]

]]> dbfffa6158f52611b0726881bc095e6e Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/whos-that-guy-between-the-sticks/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:22:48 +0000 If you go to Hilly Dicks,
There’s a man between the sticks.
City slicks and country hicks,
They all have one ideé fixe:
Who’s that guy between the sticks?
Pickford, Pickford.
So hard past him goals to […]

]]> d36e2b37225c81910ff9330a2fa17338 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/icarus/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:35:21 +0000 Remember the Greek Myth of Icarus?
He flew much too close to the Sun.
The wax on his wings it all melted.
He fell back to earth with a bump.

We Toffees we are a bit like him.
For a short spell we moved […]

]]> 538f99dacfa9e56982849642cf708e3c Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/rock-bottom/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:21:28 +0000 Dove siam?
In fondo.
Come stiam?
Mal molto.
Dov’andiam?
Inferno.
Non sappiam che pesci pigliar.

Gol fatti?
Muy pochi.
Subiti?
Fin troppi.
Siamo fuor dai giochi,
Capaci non siam più di […]

]]> 3b7d691b48aff156163b1adc69f42340 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/jack-grealish-limerick/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:43:57 +0100 Have you heard of a player called Jack Grealish?
He played his football with great relish.
Except under Pep,
Who him on the bench kept,
But now he once more off the leash is.

25/8/25
Denys E. W. Jones

]]> 5394acc24ddf0a8958eae4cd8770c4e6 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/genoa-vicenza-limerick/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:03:11 +0100 There once was a team called Vicenza,
That strolled into town full of chutzpah.
But three goals they then shipped,
Got their ears soundly clipped,
Sure they weren’t granted any clemenza. […]

]]> 9da9ce456de6a28d31b3cad83d0a8cbf Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/sed-satiata/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:27:31 +0100 Well I’m quite keen on football,
As keen as anyone.
Out here I follow Genoa,
In England Everton.

I’ve never had a problem
With lapping it all up,
But now we have reached Overkill,
It’s all getting […]

]]> f47b1ed864890c84464b4aa15fe36fd4 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/whats-in-a-name-4/ Sat, 31 May 2025 14:48:11 +0100 “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
So says Juliet in her Balcony Speech.
And when we hear or read it, most nod and agree.
Only I beg to differ. Con […]

]]> 13aaaa6a79cb5bbf1d641a50c81a6757 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/thirty-years-ago/ Mon, 19 May 2025 15:27:54 +0100 It was thirty years ago today,
In a very merry month of May,
We’d been playing all year long with flair,
We were slicker than young Tony Blair,
So we’re calling just to remind you,
That we’re able to […]

]]> bc2b0471c7b3a255bbd69a86a63e462e Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/gotta-support-somebody/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:54:00 +0100 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.

But you gotta support […]

]]> 32021b6a3166ef327bad5a384ccc4aaa Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/tarky-pooper/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:35:13 +0000 The Reds were celebrating,
All primed and set to party.
They thought they had the match wrapped up,
They’d reckoned without Tarky.

The game was drawing to a close,
Just seconds on the clock.
The […]

]]> 1a485fa5188363c9d282d974c97f907a Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/sequar-te-quocumque-ieris/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:09:34 +0000 I will follow thee where’er thou goest.
Be thou in highest place or in lowest.
Runn’st thou the swiftest or the slowest.
When autumn leaves fall, when fruit on branch groweth.
When reaper reaps, when […]

]]> 76a0fa45495944a378456f94d31611f3 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/david-moyess-blue-and-white-army-2025/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:42:14 +0000 They said we were ungrateful,
When we sacked Allardyce.
I dread to think what folk will say,
Now that we’ve dumped Sean Dyche.

But football is a business,
There is no place for ruth.
If you can’t […]

]]> 8da9655f06b18704ba5ab0c5b6d5099a Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets https://footballpoets.org/poems/everton-back-in-the-day/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:06:33 +0000 Do you recall Everton back in the day?
In years long gone by, before Ninety-Five?

Up front we had men who could stick it away,
Like Bill Dean, Bob Latchford, McKenzie and Gray.

Our midfielders shone […]

]]> 58816ccf3e64897a6557b330c3c61033 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/youre-supposed-to-be-at-home/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:07:14 +0000 Back when I lived in Blighty,
And went to football Grounds,
I’d sometimes hear a mocking chant
Around the place resound:

“You’re supposed to be at home.”
Away fans they would sing,
When their team was two […]

]]> 553ded642ec19129526ccdf0944d369b Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/selling-to-survive/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:57:39 +0100 Selling to survive is an art.
Some clubs do it exceptionally well.

They flog their star player for a princely sum,
Then unearth two nuggets that make their Ground hum.
Two young, bright prospects who […]

]]> 126eb7c22ccff455ac0be8bb29ac3249 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-lot-of-hard-work/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:18:12 +0100 The whole week long we trained hard for this match.
We practised corners, throw-ins, penalties.
And free kicks too, from fifteen, twenty yards.
Next came an hour of dribbling around cones,
To make sure […]

]]> dabdfa4b940bca1b7ba4f43a307a0569 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/stuck-at-the-bottom-with-you/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:26:54 +0100 Well I don’t know why we’re feeling this fright,
But it’s clear that something ain’t quite right.
And our noses feel so out of joint,
Three games played and not a single point!
Clowns in the Boardroom, […]

]]> 4ff3e457e6f73f8a5c3537108e44e641 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/que-sera-sera-2/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:58:06 +0100 When I was just a little boy,
I asked my mother who I’d support.
Would it be Villa, Leeds or Man U?
Here is her proud retort:

“Que sera sera,
Whatever will be will be.
You’re gonna be a Toffee, […]

]]> 6d61380a648222a18a2190955c542f5c Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/two-nations-went-to-germany/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:05:08 +0100 Two nations went to Germany
In search of Silverware.
Now read these lines of poetry
To see how they both fared.

The Scots played with true grit and pride,
But they could not progress.
Their fans […]

]]> ba0353aca0a672f57cb0ed5caacf257e Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/sed-non-satiata/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:19:19 +0100 We’ve had the Premier League Campaign,
Plus two domestic Cups.
Three European Tournaments,
Now isn’t that enough?

No, we have not yet had our fill,
Our thirst is still not slaked.
There’s more to […]

]]> 3e62d21ad4bb60ced2507feb7385f945 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/whats-it-like-to-have-no-poets/ Sun, 26 May 2024 08:36:05 +0100 Man City won the Premier League,
Their fourth one in a row!
And they have won much more besides,
From strength to strength they go.

But judging by this dear website,
The world would hardly know it. […]

]]> 74df709a7a442727bdc00b3a3732567b Denys E. W. Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/fa-cup-replays/#comment-6755 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:46:55 +0100 Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.

]]> 28812fb8cec447b3fa29899fa569962e Denys E. W. Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/fa-cup-replays/#comment-6747 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:56:11 +0100 Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…

]]> b1aa3f01200b063fd33748e08d65acb4 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/twenty-five-percent/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:13:28 +0100 “Twenty-five percent possession?
Doesn’t sound that much.
Twenty-five percent possession?
Surely not enough.
Twenty-five percent possession?
Reckon we’ll need more.
Let the Red Shirts hog the ball, […]

]]> a1b46a9a64696dc34e720939d21644ff Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/fa-cup-replays/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 14:20:23 +0100 There was a lack of football on TV.
So you invented the Champions League.
But now your players are so tired you say.
Wheeze is to scrap FA Cup match replays.

Chop, change, tinker and tweak.
When will […]

]]> cd4503bcf80410f34798b2d7eda9b49c Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/updated-hokey-cokey/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:20:34 +0100 You take ten points off.
You give four points back.
Off, back, off, back,
You hang ’em on a rack.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you turn around,
Is that what it’s all about?

You take two more off. […]

]]> 56421ddc2542b9984b53e00e03b6a858 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-lads-in-the-rain/ Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:04:38 +0000 The forecast isn’t too good today –
The sky is o’ercast and grey.
By three pm ’twill be bucketing down,
‘Least that’s what the weathermen say.
But my favourite team is playing at home,
And there are […]

]]> b9edb9f093ce75cfba41b846b383034b Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/when-dominic-finds-the-net/ Sun, 03 Mar 2024 09:59:33 +0000 When Dominic finds the Net again, hurrah, hurrah,
We’ll give him a stand’ ovation then, hurrah, hurrah.
We’ll all beg for his autograph,
And a selfie, and we’ll share a laugh,
And we’ll be all smiles […]

]]> bd3d1a459b6ed97665ff05bd810358e9 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-hokey-cokey/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:47:43 +0000 You take ten points off.
You give four points back.
Off, back, off, back,
You shake ’em in a sack.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you turn around,
Is that what it’s all about?

26/2/24
Denys E. W. Jones

]]> 2f7d95a78cd4d7462a54790d62069412 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-lesson/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:52:55 +0000 It’s our first season back in the Top Flight,
Our learning curve’s still pretty steep.
We’re keeping our heads above water,
But sometimes said water’s too deep.

Atalanta paid visit on Sunday,
Came […]

]]> 54ceae12cd997367b5c6c0425887f105 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/hats-off-to-the-hatters/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:09:22 +0000 We cried “Bring on the Hatters!”
We thought “Already won.”
But Luton Town would not lie down,
Defeated us two-one.
So out of the Cup we crash.
Our Silverware hopes are in tatters.
Note to selves should […]

]]> fa4b99ee0e1d665f2e4e0e3067955e42 Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/bring-on-the-hatters/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:52:56 +0000 At Selhurst Park they sent Dom off,
Though it was ne’er a foul.
They’re threat’ning yet more points to dock,
They kick us when we’re down.

But we are made of steely stuff,
We’ve got hairs on our […]

]]> 5940cb12ef114b67d3badeb7aa56c70b Denys E. W. Jones published a poem on the site Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/all-we-want-for-christmas/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:59:58 +0000 Yuletide is fast approaching,
And all the talk’s of gifts.
Old Santa’s gearing himself up
To work his yearly shift.

The kids are writing letters,
To make clear every wish.
And adults too are at it, […]

]]> a805c73e3cced0e9d2c95ce9f9de3f18 Denys E. W. Jones commented on a poem on Football Poets http://footballpoets.org/poems/three-teams-worse-than-us/#comment-6514 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:45:50 +0000 Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…

]]>