World Cup Diaries
TWO personal World Cup Daily Diaries for your delectation!
My attempt is under the pseudonym of WORLD CUP WILLIE.
My thanks for the wonderful offerings from Peter Goulding
So, Italy triumph, despite all the troubles they face back home – or perhaps even because of? Did the accusations of corruption and bribery unite them?
World Cup Winners 2006 : ITALY
Runners Up : France
Third : Germany
Fourth : Portugal
PETER GOULDING WORLD CUP WILLIE
An abiding memory
DAY 31 DAY 31 Sunday 9th July
DAY 30 DAY 30 Saturday 8th July
DAY 29 DAY 29 Friday 7th July
DAY 28 DAY 28 Thursday 6th July
DAY 27 DAY 27 Wednesday 5th July
DAY 26 DAY 26 Tuesday 4th July
DAY 25 DAY 25 Monday 3rd July
DAY 24 DAY 24 Sunday 2nd July
DAY 23 DAY 23 Saturday 1st July
DAY 22 DAY 22 Friday 30th June
DAY 21 DAY 21 Thursday 29th June
DAY 20 DAY 20 Wednesday 28th June
DAY 19 DAY 19 Tuesday 27th June
DAY 18 DAY 18 Monday 26th June
DAY 17 DAY 17 Sunday 25th June
DAY 16 DAY 16 Saturday 24th June
DAY 15 DAY 15 Friday 23rd June
DAY 14 DAY 14 Thursday 22nd June
DAY 13 DAY 13 Wednesday 21st June
DAY 12 DAY 12 Tuesday 20th June
DAY 11 DAY 11 Monday 19th June
DAY 10 DAY 10 Sunday 18th June
DAY 09 DAY 09 Saturday 17th June
DAY 08 DAY 08 Friday 16th June
DAY 07 DAY 07 Thursday 15th june
DAY 06 DAY 06 Wednesday 14th June
DAY 05 DAY 05 Tuesday 13th June
DAY 04 DAY 04 Monday 12th june
DAY 03 DAY 03 Sunday 11th June
DAY 02 DAY 02 Saturday 10th June
DAY 01 DAY 01 Friday 9th June
clicking on the day you want to read, brings up the poem in another window
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27th November 2024 at 5:55 am
‘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 relegation in a row here at Forest Green(FGR) ! I always love poems where you think they are saying one thing and then they suddenly pull you deeper to somewhere or something else else.
I’m currently helping in a local school for FGR in a voluntary capacity using football to help young students with reading. At an upcoming session we will tackle racism, just like we did in workshops at football schools and grounds when we first started this site 24 years ago. I’m gonna try and weave your poem into a session.
We’ve added it to the Anti- Racism/Kick It Out section under Crispin’s Corner.
Best C
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26th November 2024 at 1:59 pm
Great poem and great to see you back Wyn.
Don’t leave it so long next time my friend!
More please.
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13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
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
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26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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