Former Contributing Editor at TheNonLeague Magazine
Former Media Manager. Retail Manager and Commercial Manager at Stockport County
Author of the official Danny Bergara ‘biography’ The Man from Uruguay
Former contributor to The Non League Paper
Several books published PhilB1883 on Books.by
Poems by Phil Brennan
- Goodbye to Castle Street
- Goodnight Vienna
- The Mirror of Victory
- Cheers, Thank You
- Get in the Bin!!
- To Sky Blue Heroes (A Toast to the ‘Holy Trinity’)
- (Un) Lucky Seven
- Support Your Local Team
- The Beautiful Game
- El Hattico
- Long Live Phil Robinson
- Half & Half Scarves
- Ode to Non-League Football
- Turnstile Ghosts
- The Scarf He Gave Away
- Munich 58 (In Memory of Those Lost on February 6, 1958)
- Ghosts That Whisper in the Breeze (In Memory of the Busby Babes – February 6, 1958)
- A Toast to The Trinity
- At the Match
- Football Eh?
- Football (Nearly) Came Home
- There’s no easy games here…
- Football’s coming home…
- For Our Lost Little Ones – FOLLO FC (A football club for bereaved dads)
- The Dressing Room
- The Christmas Truce
- Our Club Will Never Die
- Footie with Dad
- Another man down
- Valentine’s Day
- Football Alphabet
- Just Passing By
- Big Keith
- The Devil is a Rugby Fan
- Please God
- On the brink
- 75 Grand
- If all footballers were pop songs
- I could do that!!
- What if I don’t make it?
- Confabulation (Stockport County’s FA Cup Win)
- The Monster that ate Football
- Administration, Administration, Administration
- One Year On
- Someone killed my football club
- The Village Idiot
- The Harlem Globetrotters
- Football’s strangest ‘injury list’
- 25 Miles
- Edgeley Park Heroes (1 to 11)
- Edgeley Park Villains
- The Manager
- Football (We love it)
- A ‘Ghost’ Story
- 125 Years
- The Man from Uruguay
- Goodbye
- Albert Crustyloaf’s Lament
- (Nearly) 30 years of Hurt
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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
joe morris
29th August 2026
Mike Bartram
25th August 2026
joe morris
22nd August 2026
Denys E. W. Jones
21st August 2026
joe morris
8th August 2026
Phil Brennan
3rd August 2026
joe morris
2nd August 2026
Phil Brennan
30th July 2026
joe morris
30th July 2026
Jason Prasad
28th July 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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