World Cup Willie
Mascot that appears every 4 years!
Poems by World Cup Willie
- WC2018 A to Z
- WC2018 – WC2022.. are we nearly there yet ?
- WC2018 Day 25 FINAL – haiku
- WC2018 Day 24 : 3rd/4th
- WC2018 Day 23 – reflection
- WC2018 Day 23 – out
- WC2018 Day 23 – Wish I Could Be Like…
- WC2018 Day 22 – haiku – Allez Les Blues!
- WC2018 Day 22 – haiku – free!!
- WC2018 Day 21 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 20 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 20 – Nervous about tomorrow!
- WC2018 Day 19 (post)
- WC2018 Day 19 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 19 (pre)
- WC2018 Day 18
- WC2018 Day 17
- WC2018 Day 16
- WC2018 Day 16.5 (Rest Day)
- WC2018 Day 15 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 14 – shockaiku
- WC2018 Day 13 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 12 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 11 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 10 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 9 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 8 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 7 – haiku
- WC2018 Day 6
- WC2018 Day 5
- WC2018 Day 4
- WC2018 Day 3
- WC2018 Day 2
- WC2018 Day -1 haiku
- WC2018 Day 1- Russkis Rack Up Five
- WC2018 Day 1 – Mish Mash Mix
- WC2014 : Epilogue
- WC2014 : Day 31
- WC2014 : Day 32 : The Final
- WC2014: Day 29 rest day
- WC2014: Day 30 rest day
- WC2014: Day 28
- WC2014: Day 27
- WC2014: Day 25 thru 26, rest days
- WC2014: Day 23, 24
- WC2014: Day 15 thru 22
- WC2014 : Day 14
- WC2014 : Day 7 thru 13
- WC2014 : Day 6
- WC2014 : Day 3
- WC2014 : Day 4
- WC2014 : Day 5
- WC2014 : Day 2
- WC2014 : Day 1
- WC2014 : Qual : Yes!
- WC2014: Qual: Trapdoor
- WC2014 : Qual round 3 & 4
- WC2014 : Qual round 1
- WC2014 : Where do they stop?
- The cynic in me
- Fare play
- WC2010 : reflections haiku
- WC2010 : Day 20 to the end
- WC2010 : Day 20
- WC2010 : Day 19
- WC2010 : Day 18
- WC2010 : Day 16
- WC2010 : Day 17
- WC2010 : Day 14
- WC2010 : Day 15
- WC2010 : Day 13 2nd Half
- WC2010 : Day 13 pre-match
- WC2010 : Day 13, Half Time
- WC2010 : Day 12
- WC2010 : Day 8
- WC2010 : Day 9
- WC2010 : Day 11
- WC2010 : Day 7
- WC2010 : Day 10
- WC2010 : Day 4
- WC2010 : Day 5
- WC2010 : Day 6
- WC2010 : Day 2
- WC2010 : Day 3
- WC2010 : Day 1
- WC 2010 : Discarded
- WC 2010:pre World Cup draw.S.Africa 2009
- The Hand of Lucifer
- WC 2006 : Day 30
- WC 2006 : Day 31
- WC 2006 : Day 29
- WC 2006 : Day 28
- WC 2006 : Day 27
- WC 2006 : Day 26
- WC 2006 : Day 22
- WC 2006 : Day 23
- WC 2006 : Day 24 & Day 25
- WC 2006 : Day 20
- WC 2006 : Day 21
- WC 2006 : Day 19
- WC 2006 : Day 16
- WC 2006 : Day 18
- WC 2006 : Day 15
- WC 2006 : Day 17
- WC 2006 : Day 14
- WC 2006 : Day 13
- WC 2006 : Day 12
- WC 2006 : Day 11
- WC 2006 : Day 09
- WC 2006 : Day 10
- WC 2006 : Day 07
- WC 2006 : Day 08
- WC 2006 : Day 06
- WC 2006 : Day 05
- WC 2006 : Day 04
- WC 2006 : Day 01
- WC 2006 : Day 02
- WC 2006 : Day 03
- WC 2006 : Toe be or not toe be
- WC 2006 : Puns intended
- Reasons why you can
- WC 2006 : oh woe is we
- WC 2006 : Sprechen sie football?
- WC 2006 : Jason and the ergo norths
- WC 2006 : The hare and the tortoise (plus added twist)
- WC 2006 : qualified!
- Day 30 : 3rd / 4th place playoff
- Day 17 : Suwon Swansong
- Day 31 : The Final
- Day 32 : a) the generously proportioned chanteuse …
- Day 32 : b) a review, in Haiku
- Day 33.333r
- Day 28 : Sonnets
- Day 29 : World Cup Unwinese
- Day 15 : Paint the town red
- Day 23 : Korea capitalise
- Day 24 : Rest Day 4 – Sore Losers II
- Day 26 : Hun won, we’re subdued
- Day 27 : second meeting
- Day 21 : Rest Day 2 : Sore losers
- Day 25 : Rest Day – New Order?
- Day 14 : wrong socks
- Day 16 : British Bulldog
- Day 22 : Got the ‘Gone Fishing’ blues
- Day 20 : Rest Day
- Day 19 : The Italian Job
- Day 18 : US swAy
- Day 12 : Au revoir, mes amis
- Day 13 : Don’t cry for me Argentina!
- Day 11 : raining cats and dogs
- Day 07 : French toast
- Day 06 : Kean-o, there’s only one Kean-o
- Day 08 : They think it’s all …..
- Day 09 : Samba smile
- Day 10 : minnows
- Day 02 Sonnet : party, party
- Day 03 : gloom, not glee
- Day 04 : household chore
- Day 05 : abc / QE2
- Day 01 Sonnet
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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.
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Latest Poems
joe morris
26th May 2022
Ian Martin
25th May 2022
Richard Tindall
24th May 2022
kevin halls
23rd May 2022
Crispin Thomas
22nd May 2022
joe morris
20th May 2022
Gacina Bozidar
20th May 2022
Denys E. W. Jones
20th May 2022
joe morris
16th May 2022
Denys E. W. Jones
15th May 2022
Crispin’s Corner
In Memoriam
Kick It Out & Christmas Truce
Latest Comments
27th April 2022 at 10:01 pm
Many thanks for featuring my poem. It’s been one hell of a journey but for all the bad times I’m still here supporting my home town club. Play Up Sky Blues !
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27th March 2022 at 11:36 am
Re: first verse of ‘My dad’ by Joe Morris..
Great words Joe…Moving.
It also reminds me, of all the people that I’ve been with in my life that just didn’t get football at all, full stop. So basically you never mentioned it, unless you enjoyed dumbfounded stares or extensive yawns! .
People who I talked with at length , often on their level, about loads of other stuff we both loved and like you basically everything but football!
This coincdentally included my strange dad : David Thomas : a brillant bohemian beatnik CND and Peace loving artist. He was someone who, being a very young writer and artist myself , with whom I could have had and shared so much stuff in common, but who I only finally met when I was 15.
As a result, and with the over-riding presence at atmosphere of his new partner and new step-son, I only actually got to see him intermittently very briefly for around 20 years, before he passed on..
Your poem also reminds me of John Lennon’s words from the song ‘Julia’:
Half of what i say is meaningless,
but i say it just to reach you..”
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26th March 2022 at 7:04 pm
Haha, thanks Crispin, I hope you can at least see your pie well enough to eat it!
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26th March 2022 at 6:58 pm
Great imagery Joe …but I struggeled to read it in the fog at first…
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24th March 2022 at 9:28 pm
Looks like FGR are going up as champs Crispin ? A season is the proverbial rollercoaster ride, up and down and twists and turns. As Greavsie said ” It’s a funny old game. ” We love it though. ⚽️
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24th March 2022 at 9:12 pm
Tell me about it Kev…!!!!!
Great emotion …just how we’re feeling here in leafy Glos!
best C
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22nd March 2022 at 10:18 am
…Fan is short for fanatic.
Empires fall. Football’s
nowhere near
as important
as life and death…..
Great words Greg..keep on …best… C
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28th February 2022 at 9:10 am
‘Roman holiday’ … good line, Joe. As a Chelsea fan, I can’t get my thoughts together on all this yet. I suppose it would be nice to write something before the Big One drops
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18th January 2022 at 9:21 am
“Are you – and this is the most important –
wearing your lucky pants?”
(from ‘Reasons Why You Lost’ by Joe Williams)
ALWAYS JOE!
But when it’s cold like tonight at FGR v Mansfield its the Lucky Long Johns..
Rave on Lucky Pants.
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11th January 2022 at 10:21 pm
It’s weird to see it happening, especially when you consider the price of tickets at PL games. So much action often happens in the final 5 mins!
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