Poems by Dulwich Poet
- “Before The Match”
- “Escapism”
- “Lark In The Park”
- “Topsy Turvey Cup”
- “Stick To Your Patch”
- “Derby Time”
- “Rally of Hope”
- “Hitting The Post Again”
- “Struggling With A Semi”
- “Going Home”
- “Essex Boy”
- “Families”
- “Hair of the Dog”
- “Que Sera Sera”
- “Survival”
- “Claire”
- “The Wally at Zwoll-ie”
- “Utrecht in the Cup”
- “A Den Haag Return”
- “Green With Envy”
- “Football at Fifty”
- “Sober Football”
- “Seven Days On”
- “Honouring The System”
- “Work Life Balance”
- “The Girlie Game”
- “What Did You Do In The War?”
- “Guernsey Pub Quiz” Haiku
- “Euro 2016” haiku
- “Ticking Away”
- “Home From Home”
- “45 Minutes To Go” (2 of 3)
- “Same Old, Same Old…” (3 of 3)
- “Three Hours From Glory” (1 of 3)
- I have a dream
- “What A Load Of Rubbish!”
- Special Ks
- “Bugger Bognor”
- I Could’ve Been A Lion
- Football Beyond Borders
- “Each To Their Own”
- Back of the Net
- ” My Glory’s Better”
- “Great Men are the Humblest”
- Back To Basics
- “Dreaming of the Runs”
- “Oddset Pokal”
- “As One”
- “Colour Blind”
- “For Gazza”
- “Silence is a Virtue”
- “On My Way To Worship”
- “Wrong Message”
- “Minor Soft Spot”
- “Dear Lord”
- “World Poetry Day”
- “With The Juniors”
- “Post Match Chill”
- Fields of Red
- “Reading It Wrong”
- “Birthday Hop”
- Who Are Ya?
- “Non League Day”
- ‘Rainbow Laces’ Day
- “Tea Break”
- “A Century On”
- New-veau beaux
- “Not For Me”
- “Great Day”
- “Shirt Off Your Back”
- “Forgive Me”
- “Matchday Tenderhooks”
- “Promotion Fears”
- “Stones on a Roll”
- “The Real Thing”
- “What Might Have Been”
- “Buzzing About The Bees”
- Margate Was
- “Shellshocked”
- “Remembering”
- Rivals
- “Mythical Magic”
- “Ooh, Clapton Ultras!”
- “So Endeth The Dream”
- “Piglets”
- “After You Claude”
- “In The Hat”
- “Cup Nerves”
- “Magic of the Cup!”
- “Withering Vines”
- “Arry Boy”
- “Flight of Fancy”
- “Scaffold Brigada”
- Plastic Fan
- “Grassroots”
- Two On The Spin
- “Decisions, decisions”
- “No Plant Pot Glory”
- “How Was It For You?”
- “Burnley Boy”
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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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joe morris
15th October 2026
joe morris
9th October 2026
Alex Saynor
8th October 2026
Clik The Mouse
7th October 2026
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4th October 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
2nd October 2026
joe morris
22nd September 2026
Crispin Thomas
21st September 2026
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18th September 2026
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10th September 2026
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
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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