Denys E. W. Jones
I was born in 1962 in England. In 1984 I moved to Genova, Italy, where I work as an English teacher. As you can see from my poems, I support Everton and Genoa. Occasionally I write poems on themes other than football and if you are curious, you can find them on Poemhunter.
Poems by Denys E. W. Jones
- A Toffee in Number Ten
- Sweet Home Inghilterra
- Were You Up for Portillo?
- Kane is Able
- Clippety Klopp
- Democratic Monarchy of England
- Jude Bellingham Limerick
- Homeward and Onward
- England’s Number One 2026
- Stateside Campaign
- One Decade Ago
- The Patience of Job
- On the Banks of the Bisagno
- Who’s That Guy Between The Sticks?
- Icarus
- Rock Bottom
- Jack Grealish Limerick
- Genoa-Vicenza Limerick
- Sed Satiata
- What’s in a Name
- Thirty Years Ago
- Gotta Support Somebody
- Tarky Pooper
- Sequar Te Quocumque Ieris
- David Moyes’s Blue and White Army 2025
- Everton Back in the Day
- You’re Supposed to Be at Home
- Selling to Survive
- A Lot of Hard Work
- Stuck at the Bottom with You
- Que Sera Sera
- Two Nations went to Germany
- Sed Non Satiata
- What’s it like to have no Poets?
- Twenty-Five Percent
- FA Cup Replays
- Updated Hokey Cokey
- The Lads in the Rain
- When Dominic Finds The Net
- The Hokey Cokey
- The Lesson
- Hats Off To The Hatters
- Bring On The Hatters
- All We Want For Christmas
- Points Deduction
- Three Teams Worse Than Us
- Basement Blues
- The Ecstasy and the Agony
- Ooh ah, Serie A!
- Fever
- Lateling Laaland
- Jailhouse Cup (Final)
- I Just Can’t Leave That Team Alone!
- The King
- My Coronation
- Will you come to De Ferrari? 2023
- Unthinkable
- The Power of the Tweet
- Ritual Slaughter
- Sean Dyche Limerick
- Sean D’s Blue and White Army
- Joint Bottom
- The Chasing Pack
- Genoa v Cittadella
- TGTGD
- A Thought
- Stake
- Thibaut Courtois
- Phew!
- Farewell to A
- Where There’s Life There’s Hope
- Frankie Lampard’s Blue and White Army
- The BBC hoped for an Upset
- When We Were Losing One-Nil
- Bent on Revenge
- Addio Carlo
- The Monkey
- Squeaky Bum Time
- Don’t Sell DCL
- For Club and Country
- Dies Vini Rosarumque
- Who are you, Cazoo?
- Postponed by Corona – Limerick
- Closed Doors
- Dead and Buried
- Nineteen Ninety-Five
- Sweet Success
- Ancelotti’s Blue and White Army
- Mr X’s Blue and White Army
- Blue and White Army
- With God on Their Side
- The Years Slip By
- Marco Silva’s Blue and White Army
- It Could Have Been Us
- England’s Number One
- Russian Campaign
- Big Sam Allardyce’ Blue and White Army
- The Prodigal Son
- Ronald Koeman’s Blue and White Army
- Football and Brexit
- Load more
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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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