Liverpool supporter. First match 1959 (pre-Shankly). Yes, I AM ancient.
Seven published poetry books, plus a volume of Selected Poems.
Football poems are quite a small percentage of my output, but I do like to write them now and again.
Currently an editor with Tapsalteerie.
http://www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/
Poems by Eddie Gibbons
- Divock Origi Blues
- Football / Poets
- A Thousand Misses Deep
- Genie
- A Scouse Counting Song
- Codex
- How To Write A Football Poem
- What If?
- The Double
- You, Too? haiku
- A Scottish Linesman Is Out Of Breath
- The Armband and the Eight
- John Motson Interviews Emily Dickinson
- Compatriot Games
- What I’d Do 500 Times
- Sweater From America
- Tiki Taka for Tots
- Thirteen Way of Looking at a Football
- Passing Through
- Double Bill
- We Go Again Haiku
- Big Yellow Taxi for Mourinho
- Tacit Tactics
- Premiership Punctuation
- The Long Game Closes
- Ritual
- Football Matters
- The Alaves Shirt
- What We Do
- Team GB Haiku
- Parental Guidance Hailku
- Euro 2012 Haiku Selection 2
- Euro 2012 Haiku Selection 1
- haiku hiatus haiku
- Hellenic Haiku
- We rely on you
- v. Dolorosa
- The Sweet Silver Song
- CEREAL
- The Score
- A Liverpool Villanelle
- FRIDA KAHLO meets ERIC CANTONA
- The Starlight Cup
- Remembering Morocco
- Reflection On Dalglish
- HÖLDERLIN’S TOWER
- Hari Kari Croquet
- Switztria* 2008
- First, Division
- What Football Poets Do
- Schrödinger’s Linesman
- How To Write A Football Haiku
- Lingua Franca Haiku
- The Thousand Year Stare Haiku
- The Loon’s a Balloon
- Twilight of the Gods? Haiku
- VILLA-NELLE
- Event Horizon
- In Hot Water
- Let Us Compare Mythologies
- So, Farewell Then, England Haiku
- An Alpha-Beta Man Than Them
- Paper View
- WE MILLIONS WATCHING
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About This Site
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!
Latest Poems
Clik The Mouse
4th October 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
2nd October 2026
joe morris
22nd September 2026
Crispin Thomas
21st September 2026
Alex Saynor
18th September 2026
joe morris
10th September 2026
joe morris
29th August 2026
Mike Bartram
25th August 2026
joe morris
22nd August 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
21st August 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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