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50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems

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Stream-of-consciousness and almost prose poetry in its form, ‘Football’ takes a wry and humorous look at the game. Back in the glory days when football was new, Sky used to give their man of the match a bottle of bubbly. Andy Linehan recommends two songs: “The Real Sounds of Africa’s 13-minute track Tornados v Dynamos (3-3) – it details the game in the title and includes commentary on the goals (plus the arrival of the President of Zimbabwe to watch the game). Paul has compiled lots of books for Macmillan (over 500,000 copies sold to date), including The Works , and has two collections of his own poetry.

Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems includes witty chants, a haiku or two, and fun shape poems about the beautiful game. Sarah Wardle is well-known for her football poetry – she was once the poet in residence at Tottenham Hotspur FC in London. As Grant explains, “Football is always the winner”, illustrating our mission is to encourage young people to explain their football emotions through the written word. On the last day of the 1997-98 season, Manchester City beat Stoke City 5-2 to condemn them to the third flight. The power of football as a way of ‘fighting sorrow’ also chimes with the message we find elsewhere in A Shropshire Lad: that male bonding, friendship, and neighbourly solidarity are all features of rural village life.Ranging from the 1580 poem The Bewteis of the Fute-ball to poems by many of Scotland's best-known contemporary poets, including Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan, the long and fascinating relationship between Scotland and football has never been encapsulated so well, nor has it meant so much.

Writing poetry is a bridge that allows people to express their feelings and make others live every single word they read. Perfect for football fans of all ages – from the young footie fanatic to a been-to-every-game-grandma, and every ‘I could’ve been a pro’ in between. Ben Wilkinson digs further: “I can happily report many modern poets have written on the beautiful (and not so beautiful) game. Whether you're a high school, college, or an NFL fan, these poems will help you get ready for the season.Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.

My son and his Step Dad bought season tickets for Fulham before they ascended into the Premiership after Al Fayad bought the club, on the basis that eventually, they would get to see Premiership football – which worked. com contains an enormous number of famous poems from all over the world, by both classical and modern poets. It’s a playful, humorous take on the Lord’s Prayer, where ‘Hallowed be thy name’ becomes ‘Hallowed be thy game’ and ‘Amen’ becomes ‘Full time’.Hayes (1884-1940) was an actor as well as a poet, who is best-known for his poem ‘The Green Eye of the Yellow God’. He describes how every supporter feels an intense and personal type of grief when their team loses a match. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. While Jesus said ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’, Cookson pays tribute to the ‘tea makers’ – and everyone else who makes match day possible.

My Old Football’, which was set to music in the early twentieth century, is a fine football song/poem about the singer’s/poet’s close bond to his old football, because of the football’s close associations with the poet’s brother, who is off fighting in the war (see also Duffy’s poem below). Over the years he's also worked successfully in partnership with Road Safety officers combining the road safety message with creative writing. Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Composite: Alamy/Reuters View image in fullscreen The former Labour leader Michael Foot penned a poem about Dixie Dean’s Everton.Calendar arrived safely in plastic-free packaging - which I've not seen before with a calendar, so kudos for that.

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