Poems by Khadim Hussain
- To Kiss the World Cup
- Celebrations – Tanka
- I am a Boro fan
- Boro Haiku
- The Battle of Turf Moor
- For Boro Fans Friday is Fun Night! – Villanelle
- December of longest night
- The Derbyshire Ram!
- Summit of the Championship
- Return to the Top – Haiku
- Top of the Table – Tanka
- Hakuna Matata!
- Waiting For the Flood Gates to Open – Villanelle
- Tis the Season to Watch Boro – Villanelle
- Boro Fans Hold Your Head High With Pride – Villanelle
- Steeled we Stand!
- Boro’s Season
- Premiership Football
- At Wembley – List Poem
- Boro Supporter
- Boro Wembley – Haiku 2
- BORO WEMBLY – Haiku
- It’s over!
- Go Tell the Boro Supporters
- Wigan v Boro Haiku
- Riverside – Haiku
- Boro vs Bournemouth – Haiku
- Who Was Gibson’s Best Manager?
- Boro Haiku
- Point by Point
- Neymar – Haiku
- Argentina v Iran – Haiku
- Rumble in the Jungle – Haiku
- The rumble in the Jungle
- England v Italy Haiku
- Pure Magic
- New Season Dawns
- It’s That Time Of The Year
- Hull City Haiku
- Boro Vs Peterborough Haiku
- Not for Boro fans!
- Boro Till Death
- Boro Haiku
- Come Saturday Night
- Dragon Slayers
- Welsh Dragon at the Riverside
- At 1500
- Boro Supporters!
- In the swirling mist that engulfed the Riverside
- Siege of Cardiff City Stadium
- When Boro stormed to the top – Villanelle
- Before every match …
- Heroes
- Heroes of Stadium of Light
- Boro’s Not Afraid
- Best is yet to Come!
- Which shirt was Brian Clough wearing? – Villanelle
- The Quiet Man
- England’s Euro 2012 – villanelle
- On The Promotion Road
- March
- North East Cup Kings
- Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace
- Thank God!
- We May Be Under-Dogs…
- Boro Always Bounces Back – Villanelle
- The F.A. Cup Third Round
- Happy New Year To All Boro Fans
- We Could Have Been At The Top!
- Day After Christmas
- Up the Boro!
- So Near Yet So Far
- Six Pointer
- Twelve Points for Christmas – (For all Boro fans)
- Sepp Blatter – Acrostic
- ‘I Am’ Poem
- St. James’ Park
- A year and a day ago – Triolet
- Remember
- Goals May Have Dried Up – VILLANELLE
- Should have been at the top
- Boro – A Ghazal
- Our cup run is over
- Carling Cup
- Marvin Emnes – Acrostic
- Middlesbrough F.C. – Acrostic
- Promised Land
- At Riverside
- ‘I Am’ (Bragging) Poem by a Boro Fan
- Mogga Will Not Smile – Villanelle
- Middlesbrough F.C. – An Acrostic
- It’s In Our Nature – Villanelle
- Epigram
- In Football Speak
- Start of Sammat Big?
- The Late Horror Show
- Not Good Enough!
- We’re a Striker Light!
- Jinni of the Ball
- Boro
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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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