Euro Nightmares +1 Game 1 Community Poems
1 One Game One Community’ Your New Poems On Racism
2 Euro Nighmares……England, N.Ireland, Republic Of Ireland,
Scotland & Wales..your thoughts please….
1. 1 GAME 1 COMMUNITY Your New Poems On Racism
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16 Oct we are all the same Youcef Bennadja
16 Oct Racism All Around Jin Abdalo
16 Oct stop racism heather montieth
2. EURO NIGHTMARES..what a difference a game makes!
EURO 08 England hanging on a thread. Scotland to beat Italy to qualify. N.Ireland praying for help?Managers of f Ireland & Wales ?
Your poetical thoughts please..Crispin
24 Oct Oh Stanley! Me
24 Oct Goodbye Stan Kevin Raymond
24 Oct Same player, different shirts Kevin Raymond
24 Oct My Friend Stan Peter Goulding
24 Oct Stan stunted Clik the mouse
22 Oct A Football Association of Disassociation Darren O’Keeffe
19 Oct Mrs Steven Gerrard Speaks Me
19 Oct how we failed haiku Crispin Thomas
18 Oct Thoughts Of An Under Pressure National Coach kevin raymond
18 Oct Any Chance Of A Call Up? Kevin Raymond
18 Oct Sure, We Were Only Kidding Ourselves! kevin raymond
18 Oct Crossing the line non humphries
18 Oct Paul Robinsons nightmare haiku
S B Ingle
18 Oct Handing It To Them S B Ingle
18 Oct Euro Reality Crispin Thomas
17 Oct Towel In S B Ingle
17 Oct Artificial Inspiration S B Ingle
16 Oct Six Loud Scotsman Robbie Kennedy Bennett
14 Oct Euro 2008 : Pitching up short U Rowe
14 Oct Booers? Simon Parr
14 Oct 14 Sep A Bit Of A Mix Up! kevin raymond
14 Sep Good Times At Wembley Andy Lockett
14 Sep It’s England We Love kevin raymond
11 Sep If We Don’t Beat Thingummyjig
Crispin Thomas
11 Sep England: Fan the Flames S B Ingle
09 Sep Why Can’t England Fans Sing Their Own Songs? Me
09 Sep Oh Shut Up Motson! kevin raymond
08 Sep The Empty Seats at Wembley Me
08 Sep Leaving Early? mark merriman
08 Sep You’re a Star SWP Me
07 Sep When did playing for England become such a dilemma? David Hyson
07 Sep For Your Club For Your Country
David Hyson
07 Sep Club v Country Debate Cont.
kevin raymond
2 GIVE US BACK OUR GAME
Just Playing? Coaching? Letting kids be?
Is the (Children’s)Beautiful Game ruled by adults, over-zealous parents and coaches? Sweaters or pressures for Goalposts? G.U.B.O.G are tackling the problem..
31 May Give us Back Our Game Crispin Thomas
Visit The ‘Give Us Back Our Game’ website.
‘Give Us Back Our Game’
A recent articles on ‘Give Us Back Our Game’ , in UEFA magazine..
with thanks to Paul Cooper of Give Us Back Our Game.
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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!
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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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