Poems by Apollo Gees
- FC Lust
- Simple Game, Simple Mind
- And now for the good news…
- Winter woes
- Whizzo
- Play Gerard Ism
- a bird in the stand is worth?
- what fore(d)?
- Slack at the back
- Rod Hull and Emu? No?
- brief
- A simple chore; and the journey thereupon…
- Remembering Phil
- Seamus Heaney R.I.P.
- Santi
- A Lightning strike!
- Homily for Ubiquity FC
- Matt Bianco ‘tween The Styx
- ‘I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It’
- Super Cally
- The Bridge of the ‘Rising Sun’
- Fifty pennies for your thoughts Ma’am?
- Return to Senda
- Marred match
- Me2 4 U2
- Days Like This (we can do without)
- Apology not good enough
- Glopp
- nil – nil
- changing formations
- O the hare and the tortoise
- Ken Loach gets it so right …
- Gregory’s girdle
- The great deflector
- Poison
- Steve Sherwood was better!
- World Without Football
- all you need is glove
- Grand ‘ol Dame
- What is it about football?
- Sat 3pm
- What it is
- Peeking
- Sammy Igoe on his way Haiku? His fans mutter …
- They …. would love to hear this from the terraces, the players, the media
- Morse
- England strip (in my dreams!)
- Ode to Football
- WBA – All for one and one for all?
- Taboo
- A Refrain not entirely about the ref ‘n rain
- All I Want For Christmas Is My Two …
- A message to you, Dioufy
- Dionne Warwick whistles through my mind
- Sorry, it’s all jazz to me
- Over-simplified Football Philosophy
- As time flies by (play it again Stam)
- Harpo marks moody star
- The Jaded in Red
- Relegation Survival
- Olympic Bid 2012
- Twinkle Twinkle
- Duff is at the ground
- For Jack and Jill, read Alex and Arsene
- Not in my name
- Not in my name
- Why does it always rain on me?
- muppets
- Love, is a many defendered thing
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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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Phil Brennan
3rd August 2026
joe morris
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30th July 2026
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28th July 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
26th July 2026
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Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
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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