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JANUARY 2013 POEMS & HAIKUS
January nods and mentions to AC MIlan, Aldershot, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Balotelli, Ball-Boygate, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton, Bradford City,Bentford, Carlisle, Chelsea, Coventry City, Everton, FA Cup, Forest Green Rovers, Leeds, Lincoln City, Liverpool, Luton Macclesfield, Man U, Mansfield Town, MK Dons, Niger, Norwich, Portsmouth, QPR, Racism, Shelborne, Southamton, Stoke, Swansea, Swindon , Ticketpricegate (£62)Tottenham H and West Ham .
31 Jan Arriverderci Super Mario kevin raymond
31 Jan Ball Boy Tomas De Faoite
30 Jan Bye Bye Balotelli Ballotelli Bentley
29 Jan Brentford 2-2 Chelsea Borat Skorbard
28 Ja Dickov’s Day Delight~Haiku jim dolbear
28 Jan Something’s Stirring~ Haiku jim dolbear
28 Jan I Apoligise To Torres kevin raymond
28 Jan The magic of the F.A.Cup-Haiku kevin halls
27 Jan 31st January Alan McKean
25 Jan Then He Could Have Been Really Hurt
kevin raymond
24 Jan Bradford Braves.( Haiku ) jim dolbear
24 Jan Time Waster Gets Boot.( Haiku.)
jim dolbear
24 Jan Five Alive jim dolbear
24 Jan Swansea 0-0 Chelsea Borat Skorbard
24 Jan Ball-boygate haiku Crispin Thomas
24 Jan Just For the Kicks-Haiku kevin halls
23 Jan Kickabout Alan McKean
22 Jan Mali in African Cup of Nations A. Conn
22 Jan We Live In Hope kevin raymond
22 Jan Mali 2 –1 Niger Haiku Crispin Thomas
21 Jan Is He Having A Laugh Or What? kevin raymond
21 Jan Chelsea Blues non humphries
21 Jan Paolo Pizza mark merriman
21 Jan Football in the Snow-Haiku kevin halls
21 Jan Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal Borat Skorbard
20 Jan The chairmans appontments Dennis Swift
20 Jan Sixty two quid Dennis Swift
20 Jan No Spring Chicken mark merriman
20 Jan Canaries face Anfield freeze Emdad Rahman
20 Jan Deluded Dug (Freedman) Dennis Swift
19 Jan Paolo Pitches in mark merriman
18 Jan Saints Silly Sacking Saga jim dolbear
18 Jan In Praise of AC MIlan non humphries
18 Jan We used to be non humphries
18 Jan Pep’s not coming to Shelbourne Peter Goulding
17 Jan Blues At Stamford Bridge.( Haiku ) jimdolbear
17 Jan Chelsea 2-2 Southampton Borat Skorbard
14 Jan The Goal Celebration kevin halls
14 Jan Stoke City 0-4 Chelsea Borat Skorbard
13 Jan Donegal boys shine Emdad Rahman
12 Jan Hand on Heart HandBall
10 Jan Chelsea 0-2 Swansea Borat Skorbard
09 Jan Kick the Ugly Out! Mark Niel
08 Jan The Revolution Will Be Live! kevin raymond
08 Jan Super Supporters kevin halls
08 Jan A goal by the hand is worth:- – – – .?
A goal by the hand is worth – – – -? jim dolbear
08 Jan Southampton 1-5 Chelsea Borat Skorbard
08 Jan Robin Reliant Rescue..(Haiku.) jim dolbear
07 Jan High Five mark merriman
04 Jan Italian Job. (Haiku) jim dolbear
04 Jan Transfer widow Clik the mouse
03 Jan Chelsea 0-1 QPR Borat Skorbard
03 Jan Oi You. I’m Talking To You? kevin raymond
1 Jan Everton 1 Chelsea 2 Borat Skorbard
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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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