50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems

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We switch football, or what is known in the United States as ‘soccer’, for American football with this poem, as we cross the Atlantic for this poem by contemporary US poet Louis Jenkins (b. Literature and football may not seen like natural bedfellows, although it’s worth remembering that Albert Camus, the philosopher and author, was a goalkeeper, and that the American football team the Baltimore Ravens are named in honour of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem ‘The Raven’. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. And Ben Lander took us to the Madejski Stadium on 28 April 2013 when two teams, who both needed to win to stay up, set about doing absolutely nothing to help their cause.

The experience moved him so much that he wrote a poem about it – “Ode to Everton” – and sent it into the Liverpool Daily Post. This collection captures the passion Scots feel about football, covering every aspect of the game, from World Cup heartbreak to one-on-ones with the goalie. Christopher Vaughan got the ball rolling with an example from back when Manchester City were a comedic shambles instead of today’s Pep-fuelled turbo-elite Premier League champions. It’s a footballer’s paradise, he says, where ‘there’s always a top team to play on’ and ‘the matches never end’.Back in the glory days when football was new, Sky used to give their man of the match a bottle of bubbly. It’s about the 2006 World Cup final, with the truly magnifique translated chorus: ‘Zidane hit it, Zidane beat it, headbutt! SWNT is the world’s first National Football Team Poetry Society, launched in 2019 and contains over 40 poems.

In this article, you’ll find a selection of poems on football and death, as well as some inspirational football funeral readings from literature. Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems shows Brian Bilston's genuine love for the beautiful game, whether it is a kick about in the back garden, a Sunday match in the park or watching your team winning the cup. During Crystal Palace v Burnley, Ally McCoist and Jon Champion referred to Roy Hodgson’s age as the oldest-ever Premier League manager and second-oldest in football league history,” says Mark Stephenson.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. It focuses on memories of childhood football matches, so would make a good funeral poem for a footballer or anyone who played in their youth. True, football is a team sport and feeds off the energy and will of the group, but it’s bigger than that. Bilston is a magician with words' Guardian 'Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative. Whether you're a high school, college, or an NFL fan, these poems will help you get ready for the season.