Football Poets

Your Nostalgia Poems

Crispin Thomas

30th July 2022

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 Hi – Your Nostalgia / Football Memories Poems ; 2000-Present ~ Many of these  poems were first published on the original/old Football Poets site established June 2000 and have been archived by British Library. In many cases you can  click on  poem title to link to poem and click  on  poet name to link to all  poems by that poet.This section on nostalgia started being collated and recorded in 2010 so  2000-2009  poems are a selection.

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 2022

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 30 Jul   56 years ago today     joe morris

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 17 Jul  The Lost Final! Scotland – Champions of Europe 1982   Emdad Rahman

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 12 Jul 1960-61 Close Season   Stuart Butler

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 01 Jul  Remember those days     joe morris

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 15 Jun  The family silver   Greg Freeman

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 06 Jun  Ken Aston- My primary school headmaster   joe morris

¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 05 Jun The Mighty Magyars kevin halls

¶ 10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 30 May  Wembley 99    steve mingle

¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 12 Mar  My dad.  joe morris

¶ 12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 23 Feb When Floodlights Shine    Crispin Thomas

¶ 13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 16 Feb Timperley Big Shorts FC   Sharon Jones

¶ 14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 06 Feb   From the Baseball Ground    Brian

¶ 15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 04 Feb That Goal     Gacina Bozidar

¶ 16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 20 Jan   1966 and all that     joe morris

¶ 17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 12 Jan  Good Afternoons    Stuart Butler

¶ 18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 10 Jan  The old days at Upton Park.   joe morris

¶ 19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 01 Jan  Maine Road     Lee Garratt

¶ 20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 2021

¶ 21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 31 Dec  White Heat    Lee Garratt

¶ 22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 10 Dec TG Jones     Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 10 Dec  My Grandpa Jack- West Ham supporter    joe morris

¶ 24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 09 Dec  Downstairs at Erics, Upstairs at Probe    Sharon Jones

¶ 25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 09 Dec   #9 Lennon    Sharon Jones

¶ 26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 09 Dec   1963     Sharon Jones

¶ 27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 05 Dec  Lily Parr & The Dick Kerr Ladies Revisited    Crispin Thomas

¶ 28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 01 Dec   Punk, Football, & The Armadillo Tearooms   Sharon Jones

¶ 29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 27 Nov  What would Peter Jones & Bryon Butler have thought?    joe morris

¶ 30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 01 Nov Football Forever   joe morris

¶ 31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 07 Oct  In the Pink    Greg Freeman

¶ 32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 05 Oct  Back At The Match (after Philip Larkin)   Greg Freeman

¶ 33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 02 Oct A Poem For Ari (aged 8 months)    gallygpne

¶ 34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 29 Sep   It Was Beautiful Then   Mike Bartram

¶ 35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 22 Sep  Thoughts While Standing Beside The Statue of Johnny Haynes at Craven Cottage    Michael Simms

¶ 36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 22 Sep  That Photo of Jimmy Greaves    Michael Simms

¶ 37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 19 Sep   Of All The Stars (Jimmy Greaves RIP)     Crispin Thomas

¶ 38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 19 Sep   Watching England with Carol Ann Duffy    Greg Freeman

¶ 39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 16 Sep  When An Old Ground Goes    Crispin Thomas

¶ 40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 09 Sep   Flowers for Adrian   Christopher T. George

¶ 41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 02 Sep   My Mersey     John Paul Kirkham

¶ 42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 02 Sep   Broken Bones   John Paul Kirkham

¶ 43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 01 Sep   The Half-Time Team Talk   Simon Icke

¶ 44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 19 Jul  Waiting For The Start Of The Season   Crispin Thomas

¶ 45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 08 Jul Grass Roots    Carol Stewart

¶ 46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 13 May  Meadowside Cup Final 1968       John Paul Kirkham

¶ 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 12 May It’s finished at Sunderland      steve mingle

¶ 48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 08 May How You Keep Your Ruins      Alex Saynor

¶ 49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 03 May Memory   Gacina Bozidar  

¶ 50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 22 Apr  Anas Laghari, Your Ploys Took A Hell Of A Beating.   Sharon Jones

¶ 51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 21 Mar Lothar Matthäus    Emdad Rahman

¶ 52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 13 Feb   Maine Road Matchday ’69     steve mingle

¶ 53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 05 Feb  Epiphany in Park Lane   kevin raymond

2020

09 Nov Right Outsider  Geoffrey Winch

08 Nov The Flowers of Liverpool (Lest we forget)   Sharon Jones

30 Oct  Maradona 60     Sharon Jones

17 Feb  Harry Gregg ~ The Man Who Didn’t Just Save Goals   Crispin Thomas

14 Feb  Parked Run    Clik The Mouse

03 Feb From rec to cheque   Clik The Mouse

12 Jan  Geoff Pike – Unsung hero   Emdad Rahman

7th Jan Nineteen Ninety-Five   Denys E. W. Jones

2019

¶ 64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 17 Nov Burial of the Dead   Al McClimens  

05 Nov The Eddie McGoldrick show   Emdad Rahman

17 Oct  130 Yesterdays (Forest Green Rovers 1889-2019)   Crispin Thomas

31 Aug Tranmere Rovers Sharon Jones 

¶ 68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 12 Aug This Means More.    sharon wilkie-jones

¶ 69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 06 Aug Football Holy Trinity   sharon wilkie-jones

02 Aug  The Story of Mrs. Minchella (the peanut seller)   John J O’Connor

24 Jul  The 74 Cup Final    willie mccloskey

22 Jun Maradona’s Second Goal   sharon wilkie-jones

19 Jun We Weren’t Interested in Girls Rhys Owain Williams

19 Jun  58 Years    Rhys Owain Williams

24 May  Glory be!  Clik The Mouse

7 May Alf Ramsey – My Part In His Success   Ray Miller

11 Apr Football Railway Time  Stuart Butler

26 Mar Back in time down White Hart Lane  Graham Salter

21 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 Live? (1994-2019)   Crispin Thomas

21 Feb My 60th Anniversary – Geof Dawson

20 Feb Going To The Game-Crispin Thomas

18 Feb This Football Life – sharon wilkie-jones

12 Feb Youth – sharon wilkie-jones

05 Feb An Ode to Football When – Nicholas Finch

05 Feb David Dangerfield’s Dad’s Boots – Stuart Butler

¶ 86 Leave a comment on paragraph 86 0 24 Jan The Football History Boys – sharon wilkie-jones

10 Jan  Remembering Georgie Best – Simon Williams

2018

05 Dec  One Christmas in the Trenches ~ Centenary – Crispin Thomas

26 Nov Saturday at Barracks Lane – Alex Saynor

Oct 3 Sir Matt Busby (for National Poetry Day)-sharon wilkie-jones

30 Aug First Home Game ~ Chelsea 6-2 Wolves .30 Aug ’58 (60 Years On) – Crispin Thomas

18 Sep Where have all the Great Captains Gone? –John J O’Connor

25 Aug  A Ralph Coates – Paul T Conneally

19 Jul Stand In – kevin raymond

¶ 96 Leave a comment on paragraph 96 0 02 Jul Remembering Andrés Escobar -Colombia July 2 ’94 – Crispin Thomas

28 Jun The Ineffability of Maradona –  sharon wilkie-jones

06 Jun My First World Cup in ‘58 –  Crispin Thomas

01 Jun Eight years old – Peter Goulding

01 May In Praise of The Football Programme – Crispin Thomas

15 Mar National Football Museum- sharon wilkie-jones

24 Feb  Bobby Moore – sharon wilkie-jones

24 Feb Denis Law – sharon wilkie-jones

22 Feb Footie with Dad – Phil Brennan

14 Feb The Best Goal I Ever Scored – Stuart Butler

05 Feb Childhood Memory – Graham Salter

¶ 107 Leave a comment on paragraph 107 0 27 Jan The Day We Lost A Football Team (60 Years On) – Crispin Thomas

¶ 108 Leave a comment on paragraph 108 0 2017

¶ 109 Leave a comment on paragraph 109 0 13 Dec Orange leather footballs in the snow – Peter Goulding

¶ 110 Leave a comment on paragraph 110 0 06 Dec Rite of Passage – Andrew Detheridge

¶ 111 Leave a comment on paragraph 111 0 07 Oct The United Trinity – Ianthe Exall

¶ 112 Leave a comment on paragraph 112 0 25 July The Soul of Forest Green – Stuart Butler

¶ 113 Leave a comment on paragraph 113 0 21 Jul Canned Sardines – Ianthe Exall

¶ 114 Leave a comment on paragraph 114 0 30 Mar A Brief History of Goal Celebrations = Graham Salter

¶ 115 Leave a comment on paragraph 115 0 09 Mar The Football ‘Hard Man’ = Mike Bartram

¶ 116 Leave a comment on paragraph 116 0 18 Apr  Larbi Ben Mbarek: The forgotten genius – Emdad Rahman

¶ 117 Leave a comment on paragraph 117 0 06 Apr An Improvised Match – Alex Saynor

¶ 118 Leave a comment on paragraph 118 0 03 Apr These Days……..Those Days. – John Oliver

¶ 119 Leave a comment on paragraph 119 0 03 Apr  Vetch Field Elegy – Rhys Owain Williams

¶ 121 Leave a comment on paragraph 121 0 04 Jun Fifty Years On (George Cohen) Ianthe Exall
28 May Pretending To Be Greavesie Kevin Halls
21 Apr Layer Road, 1971 Andrew Harris (Colchester Utd)

¶ 122 Leave a comment on paragraph 122 0 08 Mar  Archie’s Stands – Graham Salter

¶ 123 Leave a comment on paragraph 123 0 06 Mar Spain 1982 Gacina Bozidar
21 Feb Boys On A Wall Sharon Jones (Accrington Stanley)
14 Feb Accrington Stanley FC~ The Club That Would Not Die Sharon Jones

¶ 124 Leave a comment on paragraph 124 0 11 Feb Long Gone Alun Robert

2015

17 Nov  A Footballer Passes –Andrew Harris

16 Nov Why Clevedon Town –  Alun Robert

9 Nov James Alexander Gordon – Alun Robert

8 Nov 1973 Cup Final – Andrew Harris

30 Oct  Now That George Best Fella Is A Great Fella (RIP Dad) – John J O’Connor

22 Sep Chelsea 6 Newcastle Utd 5 – John Oliver

12 Sep Tranmere Rovers All Time Xl – Sharon Jones

31 Aug Marine v Dagenham 1968 – Barry Lenton

26 Aug johan cruyff – gareth culshaw

24 Aug Going To The Game – Sharon Jones

23 Aug 80’s Revisited. – David Foulkes

21 Aug The World Cup 1930-2002 – Sharon Jones

19 Aug Stand Athletic FC – Sharon Jones

20 AugFootball: The People’s Game – Sharon Jones

19 Aug Bob-a-man – Trent Morris

17 Aug The Anfield Iron – Sharon Jones

10 Aug Barry Joy – One of Our Own – NCFC – S B Ingle

6 Aug Fulham’s Finest – Ianthe Exall

3 Aug Vintage Clarets – Ode to Stan Ternent – Sharon Jones

25 May F.A.Cup Final – kevin halls

12 May Valley prayed 11.05.85 – Clik The Mouse       

11 May The Whole Stand Is On Fire.Bradford 11.05.85 – Crispin Thomas

8 May  Old Football Grounds – kevin halls

29 Apr  Crossflow Winds – Alex Saynor

29 Apr  Tom Finney Was Her Grandpa’s plumber – Simon Caplan

24 Apr  Cheers Dad. – kevin raymond

¶ 152 Leave a comment on paragraph 152 0 18 Apr Reflections on Spain (written in 2012) – ap staunton

¶ 172 Leave a comment on paragraph 172 0 2014

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¶ 174 Leave a comment on paragraph 174 0 23 Dec  I Know I’d Play Football Again Trent Morris

¶ 175 Leave a comment on paragraph 175 0 13 Dec More Than a Game Ianthe Exall

¶ 176 Leave a comment on paragraph 176 0 11 Dec Raith Rovers Coca Cola Cup 1994 Fred Wigley

¶ 177 Leave a comment on paragraph 177 0 11 Dec Forest Green Rovers and WW1 Stuart Butler

¶ 178 Leave a comment on paragraph 178 0 09 Dec Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955   Graham Salter

¶ 179 Leave a comment on paragraph 179 0 06 Dec A Sixties Lad’s Christmas List    kevin halls

¶ 180 Leave a comment on paragraph 180 0 10 Oct Double Bill Eddie Gibbons

¶ 181 Leave a comment on paragraph 181 0 10 Oct I’ll Play On Trent Morris

¶ 182 Leave a comment on paragraph 182 0 05 Oct Coventry City-Sky Blue Years     Crispin Thomas

¶ 183 Leave a comment on paragraph 183 0 05 Oct  The Day We Won The Cup  kevin halls

¶ 184 Leave a comment on paragraph 184 0 28 Sep Walter Tull  Emdad Rahman

¶ 185 Leave a comment on paragraph 185 0 22 Sep The Greatest of them All  Ianthe Exall

¶ 186 Leave a comment on paragraph 186 0 24 Sep A Game of Football John Paul Kirkham

¶ 187 Leave a comment on paragraph 187 0 03 Sep Raith Rovers and the Highland Loch   Llew Beaton

¶ 188 Leave a comment on paragraph 188 0 01 July Give me the 60s The Spurs

¶ 189 Leave a comment on paragraph 189 0 14 Jun  Hand of God   Brian Bilston

¶ 190 Leave a comment on paragraph 190 0 29 May First Memory ~ Inside Outside – Graham Salter

¶ 191 Leave a comment on paragraph 191 0 26 May The day European football came to Connemara Peter Goulding

¶ 192 Leave a comment on paragraph 192 0 26 May Our Bob Bev Cornell

¶ 193 Leave a comment on paragraph 193 0 24 May West Germany and Montezuma’s Revenge   John J O’Connor

¶ 194 Leave a comment on paragraph 194 0 18  May Javier Zanetti – San Siro hero   Emdad Rahman

¶ 195 Leave a comment on paragraph 195 0 14 May An Upper Room in Westbourne Grove  Alex Saynor

¶ 196 Leave a comment on paragraph 196 0 11 May Remembering the Bradford City fire disaster-Emdad Rahman

¶ 197 Leave a comment on paragraph 197 0 14 Apr   The Net Result  Llew Beaton

¶ 198 Leave a comment on paragraph 198 0 11 Apr  I’ve Never Been Good At Football   Luke Innes

¶ 199 Leave a comment on paragraph 199 0 11 Apr   Bishop’s Park haiku Alex Saynor

¶ 200 Leave a comment on paragraph 200 0 27 Mar What Did We Do Before 5 live?    Crispin Thomas

¶ 201 Leave a comment on paragraph 201 0 24 Mar 1960’s-The Golden Age of Football-Haiku   kevin halls

¶ 202 Leave a comment on paragraph 202 0 24 Mar Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini: 1930-2014     Emdad Rahman

¶ 203 Leave a comment on paragraph 203 0 23 Mar Montalban and Kilbane   Gacina Bozidar

¶ 204 Leave a comment on paragraph 204 0 20 Mar When the Groundsman Rested   Alex Saynor

¶ 205 Leave a comment on paragraph 205 0 20 Mar   My Bloody Bilston Début Haiku Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 206 Leave a comment on paragraph 206 0 20 Mar Life, Football and Mandela      Gacina Bozidar

¶ 207 Leave a comment on paragraph 207 0 16 Mar When the Groundsman Rested – Alex Saynor

¶ 208 Leave a comment on paragraph 208 0 21 Feb    ‘Keepers    S B Ingle

¶ 209 Leave a comment on paragraph 209 0 19 Feb    Hursty v Banksy haiku   Emdad Rahman

¶ 210 Leave a comment on paragraph 210 0 19 Feb     Pelé, Banks, Moore   Emdad Rahman

¶ 211 Leave a comment on paragraph 211 0 05 Feb Final Ties   Graham Salter

¶ 212 Leave a comment on paragraph 212 0 04 Feb One Morning at Battersea Funfair   Alex Saynor

¶ 213 Leave a comment on paragraph 213 0 03 Feb   Andrew Watson    Llew Beaton

¶ 214 Leave a comment on paragraph 214 0 01 Feb On the Tyneside Street where we lived John Oliver

¶ 215 Leave a comment on paragraph 215 0 27 Jan The Final Whistle/Echo Pink John  Oliver

¶ 216 Leave a comment on paragraph 216 0 07 Jan Broch an’ Roll Hugh Morris

¶ 217 Leave a comment on paragraph 217 0 03 Jan That Guy Dickie mark merriman

¶ 218 Leave a comment on paragraph 218 0 2013

¶ 219 Leave a comment on paragraph 219 0 31 Dec Keegan two, Heighway one   kevin raymond

¶ 220 Leave a comment on paragraph 220 0 24 Dec Pride of Scotland Frank McKeown

¶ 221 Leave a comment on paragraph 221 0 16 Dec Crocked kevin raymond

¶ 222 Leave a comment on paragraph 222 0 13 Dec The Squad of ’64 Ianthe Exall

¶ 223 Leave a comment on paragraph 223 0 13 Dec Christmas 1914 Stuart   Butler

¶ 224 Leave a comment on paragraph 224 0 21 Nov The Knots in the Lace Ianthe Exall

¶ 225 Leave a comment on paragraph 225 0 19 Nov The Mighty Magyars kevin halls

¶ 226 Leave a comment on paragraph 226 0 12 Nov When The Dynamo Came By   Crispin Thomas

¶ 227 Leave a comment on paragraph 227 0 07 Nov Durban Derby Days Ianthe Exall

¶ 228 Leave a comment on paragraph 228 0 09 Aug I watched a match on Ceefax mark merriman

¶ 229 Leave a comment on paragraph 229 0 31 Jul Teenage Crush Karen Lindsay

¶ 230 Leave a comment on paragraph 230 0 25 Jul They Lived Down Our Street Andrew Detheridge

¶ 231 Leave a comment on paragraph 231 0 23 Jul A Walk in the Park for Parkin Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 232 Leave a comment on paragraph 232 0 20 Jul Bickerstaff   Bryan Murphy

¶ 233 Leave a comment on paragraph 233 0 18 Jul The Name Of ‘Sailor’ Hunter   Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 234 Leave a comment on paragraph 234 0 17 Jul   Bobby Hundreds   Anthony Arnott

¶ 235 Leave a comment on paragraph 235 0 15 May Claret and blue   Harry Orr

¶ 236 Leave a comment on paragraph 236 0 14 May Ghosts of legends    stuart ashworth

¶ 237 Leave a comment on paragraph 237 0 11 Apr   Hughie Curran Hung High   Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 238 Leave a comment on paragraph 238 0 10 Apr   Who the hell are you ? The spurs poet

¶ 239 Leave a comment on paragraph 239 0 08 Mar Bring It Back    kevin halls

¶ 240 Leave a comment on paragraph 240 0 07 Mar John Lennon P Maguire

¶ 241 Leave a comment on paragraph 241 0 07 Mar Rock & Roll is the New Football   P Maguire

¶ 242 Leave a comment on paragraph 242 0 03 Mar The History Boys   P Maguire

¶ 243 Leave a comment on paragraph 243 0 03 Mar The Echoes of Childhood   P Maguire

¶ 244 Leave a comment on paragraph 244 0 03 Mar   Fine dreams of Heaven (A Liverpool Child)  P Maguire

¶ 245 Leave a comment on paragraph 245 0 03 Mar The Liverpool Way   P Maguire

¶ 246 Leave a comment on paragraph 246 0 14 A Scots Laddie Called Cameron Buchanan Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 247 Leave a comment on paragraph 247 0 21 Jan Musings From An LCC* Changing Room   kevin raymond

2012

¶ 248 Leave a comment on paragraph 248 0 26 Dec Christmas Eve Stuart Butler

¶ 249 Leave a comment on paragraph 249 0 24 Dec Christmas Truce of 1914   Emdad Rahman

¶ 250 Leave a comment on paragraph 250 0 05 Nov First Match (Trilogy) Phil Whyte

¶ 251 Leave a comment on paragraph 251 0 29 Sep   It’s a Man’s Game Football M’bet

¶ 252 Leave a comment on paragraph 252 0 27 Sep   Back to the 60’s kevin halls

¶ 253 Leave a comment on paragraph 253 0 25 Sep Totò Schillachi    Emdad Rahman

¶ 254 Leave a comment on paragraph 254 0 22 Sep Those Were The Days Phil Whyte

¶ 255 Leave a comment on paragraph 255 0 11 Sep Ron Tindall-Footie Cricket & More RIP 1935-2012 – Crispin Thomas

¶ 256 Leave a comment on paragraph 256 0 16 Aug   Sunderland 0– 2 Everton FA Cup QF 2011-12   Simon Moore

¶ 257 Leave a comment on paragraph 257 0 15 Aug   Plastic Pitch   Astro Turf

¶ 258 Leave a comment on paragraph 258 0 05 Jun    Here’s To The Team. (For My Wyatt) kevin raymond

¶ 259 Leave a comment on paragraph 259 0 01 Jun   Back In The Nineteen Fifties  Crispin Thomas

¶ 260 Leave a comment on paragraph 260 0 01 Jun The Early 1950s: “Seen but not Heard” – Stuart Butler

¶ 261 Leave a comment on paragraph 261 0 20 May  El Diego Nicholas Griffiths

¶ 262 Leave a comment on paragraph 262 0 20 May  King Eric the Red   Stan Warburton

¶ 263 Leave a comment on paragraph 263 0 02 Apr   Looking through old Scrapbooks and Annuals   kevin halls

¶ 264 Leave a comment on paragraph 264 0 01 Apr  Ginga Bob    terry oldham

¶ 265 Leave a comment on paragraph 265 0 31 Mar   R.I.P. Our Big Man   terry oldham

¶ 266 Leave a comment on paragraph 266 0 26 Mar   My Summer of Love (Molineux Days)  Steve Hill

¶ 267 Leave a comment on paragraph 267 0 24 Mar Memories of Wembley     mark merriman

¶ 268 Leave a comment on paragraph 268 0 15 Mar   He smokes cigars he drinks champagne   Lesley Palmer

¶ 269 Leave a comment on paragraph 269 0 13 Mar Waiting for Roy of The Rovers Crispin Thomas

¶ 270 Leave a comment on paragraph 270 0 05 Mar Shankly in the Sixties  Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 271 Leave a comment on paragraph 271 0 04 Mar    Roger Byrne Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 272 Leave a comment on paragraph 272 0 01 Mar   The Bridge of the ‘Rising Sun’   Apollo Gees

¶ 273 Leave a comment on paragraph 273 0 01Mar Oh for another few inches ! *    chris barber

¶ 274 Leave a comment on paragraph 274 0 29 Feb   The Birth of Everton   Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 275 Leave a comment on paragraph 275 0 26 Feb The Old Days    Dennis swift

¶ 276 Leave a comment on paragraph 276 0 13 Feb    Touchlines   Matthew Paul

¶ 277 Leave a comment on paragraph 277 0 13 Feb Boro Days louis spence

¶ 278 Leave a comment on paragraph 278 0 12 Feb     Bill ‘Dixie’ Dean   Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 279 Leave a comment on paragraph 279 0 07 Feb   The Battle of Wrexham   Dachlan Cartwright

¶ 280 Leave a comment on paragraph 280 0 16 Jan   Chalkie  mark merriman

¶ 281 Leave a comment on paragraph 281 0 10 Jan On being a Boro fan   louis spence

¶ 282 Leave a comment on paragraph 282 0 09 Jan Through a child’s eyes R Kydd

¶ 283 Leave a comment on paragraph 283 0 03 Jan   The Seventies, And Today S B Ingle

¶ 284 Leave a comment on paragraph 284 0 03 Jan Goalkeeper Don Mullan

2011

¶ 285 Leave a comment on paragraph 285 0 31 Dec Oi Mister. Give It A Rest kevin raymond

¶ 286 Leave a comment on paragraph 286 0 30 Dec Mid Morning. St Stephens Day kevin raymond

¶ 287 Leave a comment on paragraph 287 0 23 Dec Dunlop and Macedo   Gacina Bozidar

¶ 288 Leave a comment on paragraph 288 0 21 Dec   LUFC 1987   Jason Stevens

¶ 289 Leave a comment on paragraph 289 0 20 Dec Let’s Get Physical   kevin raymond

¶ 290 Leave a comment on paragraph 290 0 07 Dec   The Hand of God   Matthew Paul

¶ 291 Leave a comment on paragraph 291 0 06 Dec That Carlos Alberto Goal   Chris Barber

¶ 292 Leave a comment on paragraph 292 0 25 Nov The Spion Kop Mike Bartram

¶ 293 Leave a comment on paragraph 293 0 17 Nov Down The Dell  Philip Douch

¶ 294 Leave a comment on paragraph 294 0 17 Nov Southampton’s Secret Factory   Philip Douch

¶ 295 Leave a comment on paragraph 295 0 02 Nov Giving the boots the boot    S B Ingle

¶ 296 Leave a comment on paragraph 296 0 29 Oct The Season We All Believed Billy Pendrill

¶ 297 Leave a comment on paragraph 297 0 28 Oct Jumpers 4 Goalposts 0 Clik the mouse

¶ 298 Leave a comment on paragraph 298 0 14 Oct Fifty years of Football kevin halls

¶ 299 Leave a comment on paragraph 299 0 10 Oct Knighted by a Wagstaffe Cross Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 300 Leave a comment on paragraph 300 0 06 Oct 40 Years Of Motty Crispin Thomas

¶ 301 Leave a comment on paragraph 301 0 30 Sep Bill Shankly Emdad Rahman

¶ 302 Leave a comment on paragraph 302 0 28 Sep @ron ronnie ronaldo Ethan

¶ 303 Leave a comment on paragraph 303 0 20 Sep A Celebration kevin raymond

¶ 304 Leave a comment on paragraph 304 0 17 Sep Being a supporter of.. ron dixon

¶ 305 Leave a comment on paragraph 305 0 16 Sep Fifteen years   Peter Goulding

¶ 306 Leave a comment on paragraph 306 0 14 Sep René “El Escorpio” Higuita Emdad Rahman

¶ 307 Leave a comment on paragraph 307 0 12 Sep Land Mark Darren O’Keeffe

¶ 308 Leave a comment on paragraph 308 0 05 Sep Can You Hear That Emily Williams

¶ 309 Leave a comment on paragraph 309 0 04 Sep On Tommy Burns Patrick J. Murray

¶ 310 Leave a comment on paragraph 310 0 04 Sep The smells of Football   kevin halls

¶ 311 Leave a comment on paragraph 311 0 02 Sep Man of the People (Bill Shankly)    mike bartram

¶ 312 Leave a comment on paragraph 312 0 25 Aug Enfield Playing Fields 1989     Laurence Cotterell

¶ 313 Leave a comment on paragraph 313 0 25 Aug The Wind off the Thames    Mike Hopkins

¶ 314 Leave a comment on paragraph 314 0 01 Aug Jimmy Hill kevin halls

¶ 315 Leave a comment on paragraph 315 0 27 Jul In Awe Of Your Foe kevin raymond

¶ 316 Leave a comment on paragraph 316 0 27 Jul When Saturday came around.   John Oliver

¶ 317 Leave a comment on paragraph 317 0 20 Jul Hooked On A Feeling kevin raymond

¶ 318 Leave a comment on paragraph 318 0 09 Jul My introduction to a fantastic dream.    Stuart Ashworth

¶ 319 Leave a comment on paragraph 319 0 07 Jul Snatched Memory: Bobby Robson         Calvin Erlington

¶ 320 Leave a comment on paragraph 320 0 06 Jul The Glorious Fields of Anfield Road Mike Bartram

¶ 321 Leave a comment on paragraph 321 0 04 Jul   Now & Then kevin raymond

¶ 322 Leave a comment on paragraph 322 0 01 Jul    Ibrox   Calvin Erlington

¶ 323 Leave a comment on paragraph 323 0 21 Jun Paul McGrath Emdad Rahman

¶ 324 Leave a comment on paragraph 324 0 20 Jun Stan Bowles   Emdad Rahman

¶ 325 Leave a comment on paragraph 325 0 09 Jun Upon The Hands Of The Fans  Sudbourne Primary

¶ 326 Leave a comment on paragraph 326 0 03 Jun A Hero That Could Fly Mike Bartram

¶ 327 Leave a comment on paragraph 327 0 01 Jun Peter McParland Emdad Rahman

¶ 328 Leave a comment on paragraph 328 0 30 May The night Villa ruled Europe Emdad Rahman

¶ 329 Leave a comment on paragraph 329 0 29 May   Shoe shine Joe Cullen

¶ 330 Leave a comment on paragraph 330 0 29 May Made in London Kevin Francis

¶ 331 Leave a comment on paragraph 331 0 28 May There is a place   Kevin Nolan

¶ 332 Leave a comment on paragraph 332 0 26 MayThe way it used to be Kevin Francis

¶ 333 Leave a comment on paragraph 333 0 25 May Blow the whistle Kevin Francis

¶ 334 Leave a comment on paragraph 334 0 23 May   Roger Osborne broke my heart Kevin Francis

¶ 335 Leave a comment on paragraph 335 0 21 May The Fisherman’s Song  Mike Bartram

¶ 336 Leave a comment on paragraph 336 0 19 May Football Collections Jools Hampton

¶ 337 Leave a comment on paragraph 337 0 17 May The Sound of Music kevin raymond

¶ 338 Leave a comment on paragraph 338 0 16 May   An Ode to Walter Scott McGhee

¶ 339 Leave a comment on paragraph 339 0 15 May   The legendary Walter Smith Emdad Rahman

¶ 340 Leave a comment on paragraph 340 0 09 May Two heroes   Gacina Bozidar

¶ 341 Leave a comment on paragraph 341 0 08 May 1991-Gazza Stripped Laurence Cotterell

¶ 342 Leave a comment on paragraph 342 0 06 May I (almost) subbed Martin Chivers Laurence Cotterell

¶ 343 Leave a comment on paragraph 343 0 05 May Where the heck is Dennis Law?   Robbie Kennedy Bennett

¶ 344 Leave a comment on paragraph 344 0 01 May Song of the Old Sweeper Laurence Cotterell

¶ 345 Leave a comment on paragraph 345 0 30 Apr Laudrup The Danish Prince Emdad Rahman

¶ 346 Leave a comment on paragraph 346 0 30 Apr Jairzinho Emdad Rahman

¶ 347 Leave a comment on paragraph 347 0 25 Apr The real damned United kevin halls

¶ 348 Leave a comment on paragraph 348 0 19 Apr The halfwayline   terry oldham

¶ 349 Leave a comment on paragraph 349 0 25 Apr United in grief    Clik the mouse

¶ 350 Leave a comment on paragraph 350 0 22 Apr The Liverbird and our history    Stuart Ashworth

¶ 351 Leave a comment on paragraph 351 0 19 Apr André the Giant Darren  O’Keeffe

¶ 352 Leave a comment on paragraph 352 0 16 Apr Le Carré magique Emdad Rahman

¶ 353 Leave a comment on paragraph 353 0 06 Apr The Life of a Table Football Player Jools Hampton

¶ 354 Leave a comment on paragraph 354 0 31 Mar In Praise Of The Underdog kevin raymond

¶ 355 Leave a comment on paragraph 355 0 31 Mar Streets of the Boro Gordon Farrel

¶ 356 Leave a comment on paragraph 356 0 24 Mar Walking From Games Crispin Thomas

¶ 357 Leave a comment on paragraph 357 0 23 Mar The Away Game   kevin halls

¶ 358 Leave a comment on paragraph 358 0 22 Mar Ricky Villa’s solo moment   Emdad Rahman

¶ 359 Leave a comment on paragraph 359 0 18Mar Everton And Neretva Gacina Bozidar

¶ 360 Leave a comment on paragraph 360 0 06 Mar The Sky Blue Lament Jools Hampton

¶ 361 Leave a comment on paragraph 361 0 06 Mar The Rovers   Stuart Butler

¶ 362 Leave a comment on paragraph 362 0 03 Mar Nostaalja   S B Ingle

¶ 363 Leave a comment on paragraph 363 0 23 Feb Roy of the Rovers Jools Hampton

¶ 364 Leave a comment on paragraph 364 0 21 Feb Field Of Dreams Jimmy Whelan

¶ 365 Leave a comment on paragraph 365 0 15 FebThe Real Ronaldo Darren O’Keeffe

¶ 366 Leave a comment on paragraph 366 0 14 Feb Ronaldo (Luiz Nazario de Lima)    Emdad Rahma

¶ 367 Leave a comment on paragraph 367 0 14 Feb Young versus Old in Irwell Road Simon Icke

¶ 368 Leave a comment on paragraph 368 0 01 Feb The Smell of Panini Stickers Jools Hampton

¶ 369 Leave a comment on paragraph 369 0 30 Jan Saturday Afternoon Heaven. Jools Hampton

¶ 370 Leave a comment on paragraph 370 0 28 Jan Nat Lofthouse-The Legend . Ann Madden-Walsh

¶ 371 Leave a comment on paragraph 371 0 21 Jan A Lion Sleeps Tonight. jim dolbear

¶ 372 Leave a comment on paragraph 372 0 18 Jan The Lion of Vienna Nat Lofthouse   Emdad Rahman

¶ 373 Leave a comment on paragraph 373 0 16 Jan Tanka-1970 Tony Lewis-Jones

¶ 374 Leave a comment on paragraph 374 0 16 Jan Chris Lawler Lol Ross

¶ 375 Leave a comment on paragraph 375 0 16 Jan The Lion of Vienna kevin halls

¶ 376 Leave a comment on paragraph 376 0 16 Jan Sleeping Lion  Alan McKean

¶ 377 Leave a comment on paragraph 377 0 16 Jan No More A Wandering Nat Lofthouse Crispin Thomas

¶ 378 Leave a comment on paragraph 378 0 12 Jan Character Building?   kevin raymond

¶ 379 Leave a comment on paragraph 379 0 11 Jan The Once Special F.A.Cup John Oliver

¶ 380 Leave a comment on paragraph 380 0 11 Jan Saturday On The Somme Andy Lockett

¶ 381 Leave a comment on paragraph 381 0 10 Jan Early Retirement Package Emdad Rahman

¶ 382 Leave a comment on paragraph 382 0 10 Jan Brisbane Road   Steve White

¶ 383 Leave a comment on paragraph 383 0 09 Jan Kevin Keegan Picture Card Doug E Harper

¶ 384 Leave a comment on paragraph 384 0 07 Jan Burrows’ Ballon D’Or moment      Emdad Rahman

¶ 385 Leave a comment on paragraph 385 0 07 Jan Game of two halves Greg Freeman

¶ 386 Leave a comment on paragraph 386 0 06 Jan The Centre Circle of Life Kevin Yates

¶ 387 Leave a comment on paragraph 387 0 05 Jan Stadio Artemio Franchi1983   kevin raymond

¶ 388 Leave a comment on paragraph 388 0 03 Jan Ibrox disaster 1971   Emdad Rahman

2010

¶ 389 Leave a comment on paragraph 389 0 29 Dec The Future of Football Andrew Detheridge

¶ 390 Leave a comment on paragraph 390 0 19 Dec Loftus Road ’82    Matthew Paul

¶ 391 Leave a comment on paragraph 391 0 12 Dec Roger Miller Traps Higuita   Emdad Rahman

¶ 392 Leave a comment on paragraph 392 0 12 Dec Those Were The Days kevin halls

¶ 393 Leave a comment on paragraph 393 0 01 Dec Proud to Wear the Shirts mark merriman

¶ 394 Leave a comment on paragraph 394 0 25 Nov Swapping Garrincha Kevin Halls

¶ 395 Leave a comment on paragraph 395 0 22 Nov I’m A Collector Get Me Out of Here    Crispin Thomas

¶ 396 Leave a comment on paragraph 396 0 18 Nov Any stickers to swap ? John Oliver

¶ 397 Leave a comment on paragraph 397 0 2 Oct  40 Years Of Motty    Crispin Thomas

¶ 398 Leave a comment on paragraph 398 0 21 Feb   Jimmy Greaves haikus – Crispin Thomas

¶ 399 Leave a comment on paragraph 399 0 2009

¶ 400 Leave a comment on paragraph 400 0 10 Oct  The Beatles, Mods, Rockers & Football   kevin halls

¶ 401 Leave a comment on paragraph 401 0 29 May (2009) Under the Atomium (Heysel) – Mark Thomas

¶ 402 Leave a comment on paragraph 402 0 12 May (2009) Heysel And The Darkest Hour – Crispin Thomas

¶ 403 Leave a comment on paragraph 403 0 2007

¶ 404 Leave a comment on paragraph 404 0 12 Dec  Hitching To A Game At Christmas    Crispin Thomas

¶ 405 Leave a comment on paragraph 405 0 23 Apr The Old Chicken Run  Gerry Lawrence

¶ 406 Leave a comment on paragraph 406 0 21 Apr Football’s First Lady. John Oliver

¶ 407 Leave a comment on paragraph 407 0 20 Apr   Rattles And Rosettes  Andy Lockett

¶ 408 Leave a comment on paragraph 408 0 08 Jan   Up For The Cup With Vince At Man U   Crispin Thomas

¶ 409 Leave a comment on paragraph 409 0 01 Jan   On The Death Of An Old Football Ground   Crispin Thomas

¶ 410 Leave a comment on paragraph 410 0 2006

¶ 411 Leave a comment on paragraph 411 0 18 Dec  Among These Hills At Christmas Time   Crispin Thomas

¶ 412 Leave a comment on paragraph 412 0 28 Apr  In The Street    Crispin Thomas

¶ 413 Leave a comment on paragraph 413 0 03 Mar    Snow at Stoke City Haiku    Crispin Thomas

¶ 414 Leave a comment on paragraph 414 0 16 Feb   In The Sepia Vibe / Looking at an Old School Photo   Crispin Thomas

¶ 415 Leave a comment on paragraph 415 0 2005

¶ 416 Leave a comment on paragraph 416 0 09 Dec Nostalgia: A Snapshot of 1955–Graham Salter

¶ 417 Leave a comment on paragraph 417 0 24 Oct Old Boy at the Match  mark merriman

¶ 418 Leave a comment on paragraph 418 0 14 Oct Fans and Fools – For Kick It Out Albert Nyathi

¶ 419 Leave a comment on paragraph 419 0 12 Oct The Real Story of the 1970 World Cup Poet Shot

¶ 420 Leave a comment on paragraph 420 0 06 Oct When Saturday Came  Andy Lockett

¶ 421 Leave a comment on paragraph 421 0 06 Oct Molineux Eulogy   Andy Lockett

¶ 422 Leave a comment on paragraph 422 0 05 Oct The Gentleman Player-Vivian Woodward

¶ 423 Leave a comment on paragraph 423 0 30 Sep The Story of Vivian Woodward- Football’s Gentleman – Elaine Fearn

¶ 424 Leave a comment on paragraph 424 0 24 Jun My First Scarf Haiku    Crispin Thomas

¶ 425 Leave a comment on paragraph 425 0 20 May  Lily Parr & The Dick Kerr Ladies   Crispin Thomas

¶ 426 Leave a comment on paragraph 426 0 18 May Looking At A Photograph.. From 1955   Crispin Thomas

¶ 427 Leave a comment on paragraph 427 0 19 May The White Horse Final   Crispin Thomas

¶ 428 Leave a comment on paragraph 428 0 19 May   When The Dynamo Came By  Crispin Thomas

¶ 429 Leave a comment on paragraph 429 0 19 May   Upon The Hands Of Fans Crispin Thomas

¶ 430 Leave a comment on paragraph 430 0 19 May It Was Sixty Years Ago Today That The Russians Taught The

¶ 431 Leave a comment on paragraph 431 0 Blues To Play–kevin john patrick raymond

¶ 432 Leave a comment on paragraph 432 0 20 May Climbing The Steps Haiku   Crispin Thomas

¶ 433 Leave a comment on paragraph 433 0 22 May  Like Matchsticks Haiku   Crispin Thomas

¶ 434 Leave a comment on paragraph 434 0 30 May The Ghost Of Bobby Moore!–kevin john patrick raymond

¶ 435 Leave a comment on paragraph 435 0 05 May I Remember Days Not Long Ago! – kevin john patrick raymond

¶ 436 Leave a comment on paragraph 436 0 16 Apr Fiorentina versus Juventus circa 1983 —kevin john patrick ray

¶ 437 Leave a comment on paragraph 437 0 14 Apr The Shed!–kevin john patrick raymond

¶ 438 Leave a comment on paragraph 438 0 29 Feb In The Middle Of The Shed Crispin Thomas

¶ 439 Leave a comment on paragraph 439 0 25 Feb Shed (Revisited 05)  Crispin Thomas

¶ 440 Leave a comment on paragraph 440 0 2004

¶ 441 Leave a comment on paragraph 441 0 10 Aug  Who Remembers Heysel? – P Maguire

¶ 442 Leave a comment on paragraph 442 0 08 Jan Beautiful Game-toby jones

¶ 443 Leave a comment on paragraph 443 0 08 Jan They Made The People Happy –toby jones

¶ 444 Leave a comment on paragraph 444 0 2002

¶ 445 Leave a comment on paragraph 445 0 19 Oct  Arthur Wharton – A Burning BlackStar -(1865-1930)-Crispin Thomas

¶ 446 Leave a comment on paragraph 446 0 2001

¶ 447 Leave a comment on paragraph 447 0 06 Feb CHARLTON ATHLETIC 7 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 6 Ted Smith-Orr

¶ 448 Leave a comment on paragraph 448 0 2000

¶ 449 Leave a comment on paragraph 449 0  

¶ 450 Leave a comment on paragraph 450 0 12 Sep The Wrong End Of Life Crispin Thomas

¶ 451 Leave a comment on paragraph 451 0 22 Aug  Football Time Stuart Butler

¶ 452 Leave a comment on paragraph 452 0 12 Jul Shed   Crispin Thomas

¶ 453 Leave a comment on paragraph 453 0 12 Jun Why? (long version) Dennis Gould

¶ 454 Leave a comment on paragraph 454 0 12 Jun Referee Dennis Gould

¶ 455 Leave a comment on paragraph 455 0 21 Feb  Days of old   Dennis Swift

¶ 456 Leave a comment on paragraph 456 0 12 Feb LEBANON 3 KAZAKHSTAN 0 Stuart Butler

¶ 457 Leave a comment on paragraph 457 0 11 Jan Gloucester City 1960 Jim Dillon

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