Your Team In February Poems
February thoughts on the terrible football tragedy in Port Said, Egypt involving Al Masry and rivals Al Ahly and
more of your poems on matches and all things football about :
‘Arrygate’, Barcelona, Bolton, Cardiff City, Celtic, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Druids United ,’Englandgate,’ ‘Everagate’, Everton. ‘Fabiogate’, FAgate, Glasgow Rangers, ‘Handshakegate’, Ipswich Town, Ivory Coast, Liverpool, Messi, Man City, Man United, Middlesborough, Newcastle United, Norwich, Notts Forest, St James Park, ‘Suarezgate’, Sunderland, Terrygate, ‘Tevezgate’, Valencia, Wolves and Zambia..
26 Feb The Gerrard Final Emdad Rahman
23 Feb Humble Pie or Bitter Pill jim dolbear
21 Feb On the road again kevin halls
21 Feb Cockney in the Toon John Oliver
21 Feb Wembley (26/2/2012) Mike Bartram
20 Feb Messi and Messier Christopher T. George
18 Feb Druids United Dachlan Cartwright
15 Feb Moyesie’s PeopleDachlan Cartwright louis spence
13 Feb The Handshake That Never Was Clik the mouse
13 Feb Premiership guns cost Ivory Coast Emdad Rahman
11 Feb Meet me at the turnstile Alan McKean
11 Feb Red alert! Emdad Rahman
11 Feb S-purrs stalemate on Suarez return Emdad Rahman
10 Feb Contract Alan McKean
10 Feb Wanted For The Job Nobody Wants kevin raymond
10 Feb Note to the FA S B Ingle
10 Feb Farewell Hello O Fabio? Crispin Thomas
09 Feb Bye Bye Fabio kevin halls
09 Feb Revolving doors Clik the mouse
09 Feb North East Cup Kings Khadim Hussain
08 Feb Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace Khadim Hussain
06 Feb Loving the Snow kevin halls
05 Feb Saturday Ritual Jimmy Whelan
05 Feb Fallen Heroes Jimmy Whelan
04 Feb Thank God Khadim Hussain
04 Feb Liverpool Love Poem PMaguire
04 Feb Finally Alan McKean
04 Feb Messi P Maguire
02 Feb Stampede Clik the mouse
02 Feb Egypt – A Black day for football Emdad Rahman
30 Jan Blood at Molineux Emdad Rahman
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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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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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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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