Christmas Truce Poems
Your Christmas Truce 1914 Football Poems~ Selection 2000-2023
2023
19 Sep The Christmas Truce Phil Brennan
2021
19 Dec The First World War football truce joe morris
2018~ 100th Anniversary of WW1 End
27 Dec It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Stuart Butler
05 Dec One Christmas in the Trenches ~ Centenary-Crispin Thomas
23 DecThe Truce traduced –Clik The Mouse
2014 ~ 100th Anniversary of WW1 Start
24 Dec Bydand Trent Morris
22 Dec The Great Christmas Truce of 1914 –Emdad Rahman
22 Dec Young Bertie Hislop (no man’s land hero) – John J O’Connor
19 Dec The Un-Final Count of Footballers Lost 1914-1918 –Crispin Thomas
18 Nov Football In The Trenches -Stuart Butler
02 Dec The Game – Christmas 1914 Jean Maskell
17 Nov The Sainsbury’s Advertisement Stuart Butler
14 Nov One Christmas Truce in the Supermaket Crispin Thomas
14 Nov The 1914 Truce in Context Stuart Butler
14 Nov Live and Let Live Stuart Butler
2013
30 Dec The other WW1 Christmas Football Matches Lou Butler
13 Dec Christmas 1914 –Stuart Butler
2012
1914, the game of truce Clik the mouse
2011
23 Dec Christmas Day Truce, 1914 – Clik The Mouse
16 Dec More Than a Game Ianthe Exall
11 Dec Forest Green Rovers and WW1 Stuart Butler
2009
01 Apr WW1 Poets fast forward to here and now –Eoin Brooke
2007
19 Dec xmas truce match haiku –Emdad Rahman
2006
27 Dec Long Time Ago at Christmas SB Ingle
27 Dec Christmas Truce 2006 – S B Ingle
24 Dec In The Trenches Crispin Thomas (haiku)
2005
21 Dec One Christmas Crispin Thomas (haiku)
2004
22 Dec Ceasefire Christmas 1914 Haiku Clik The Mouse
13 Oct The Christmas Truce 1914 Mark Thomas
2003
18 Dec Coached By Donkeys Verdun
15 Dec The World’s Greatest Tommy Atkins
2002
Dec 20 Play Football Not War Tony Lewis Jones
2000
23 Dec War & Christmas Stuart Butler
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28th July 2026 at 9:40 pm
Hi Denys. Thanks for your kind words. I could have mentioned Dixie Dean but decided not to.
Best wishes, mate
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26th July 2026 at 3:47 pm
Great knowledge of Everton history, Joe.
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23rd July 2026 at 6:54 pm
Hi Jason,
Sorry I forgot to congratulate you on your excellent poem as well.
Keep well
Joe
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23rd July 2026 at 6:43 pm
Hi Jason,
Thanks so much for your kind words about Kevin Keegan, a footballer of legendary status and deeply missed.
Best wishes
Joe
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23rd July 2026 at 12:01 pm
Thank you, Crispin. I will defo encorage my bunch to contribute and will of course clear it with staff room.
Many thanks
Jase
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22nd July 2026 at 6:48 pm
Great poem Jase.
You are a man of my own heart …
And great to hear that you your students poems from our site.
Keep on and more please
if ever some of your students write anything suitable for here and most importantly they give you permission to publish them, you can always do so under your name referencing their names and the school..and year.
Best Crispin
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22nd July 2026 at 10:29 am
I think this is best thing I have read so far about the legend. Thanks
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22nd July 2026 at 10:22 am
One of the greats, inspired my generation of school kids in the 80s
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23rd May 2026 at 3:35 pm
Hi Crispin,
Thanks for the featured poem for the Arsenal Premier League victory. I love that photo showing the Arsenal ladies and fans in full rattle and rosette mode. I’ve seen it before quite a few times and, I think, a bit iconic. I think it was before the Gunners victory against Liverpool in the 1950 FA Cup Final. Great photograph.
Thanks
Joe
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8th May 2026 at 4:21 pm
Thanks for that Joe. Yes it’s been some season we had a blip but came out of it and finished strong. A mate of mine supports West Ham here in Coventry and my next door neighbour is a Spurs supporter, and both are getting edgy ! I like the Championship though as it’s competitive and has some good teams, players, and fans. Anyway we are back in the top flight and who knows what will happen ?
Cheers. Kev.
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