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17 Mar Semi Final Day david osgerby
Welcome to Football Poets David. Great debut poem and fine re-working of the St Crispin’s Day speech. (NB: No favouritism whatsoever re St Crispin also being the inspiration for our editor’s Shakespeare driven name of course!) More please.
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Football Poets on Facebook Nostalgia Poems of The Week~
1 When the Groundsman Rested Alex Saynor ~
Moving pastoral piece by Football Poets ‘new boy’ Alex here in a When Saturday (Morning) Comes ‘Peace v Over-Zealous Parents’ vein.
2 My Bloody Bilston Début Haiku
Robbie Kennedy Bennett ~
Our loyal and popular football poet Robbie re-lives a bloody (awful ) moment !
3 Life, Football and Mandela Gacina Bozidar
Our long time Paris-based football poet and one time resident of former Yugoslavia) gets emotional, in his own unique style about all things memorable, coincidental and poignant on the World Cup in S.Africa and Brazil, Mandela and more.
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Latest Comments
19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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31st October 2023 at 4:26 pm
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
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6th October 2023 at 11:49 pm
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
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2nd October 2023 at 1:52 pm
There still remains a magic about the early rounds of the FA Cup that the premier league / internationals can never match.
Coventry Sphinx v Leicester Nirvana sounds so much more than a tale of two cities etc. etc.
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24th September 2023 at 5:14 pm
Very accurate indeed!
Palace home for me is always a tough journey as well. From the wilds of west London to Selhurst is a random journey into the unknown.
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20th September 2023 at 1:37 pm
Lovely stuff for one of the best.
We love him to death down at the Palace.
I’ll post my Roy poem a bit later. You’ve inspired me to finish it.
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19th September 2023 at 5:06 pm
I’d like to think some of my scarves might get passed down the generations, but can’t see some of the “quality merchandise” I have making much past my son’s generation. They’ll fall apart before he even has kids, I reckon!
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7th September 2023 at 2:43 pm
Very true Crispin. Thanks!
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