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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. A huge Eagles lineman bust through the Jets o-line, throwing QB Zach Wilson to the tuf, “Jeez,” Anna said. The truce wasn’t total, and on Christmas Day 1914 there was some fighting on the western front; but Duffy’s poem homes in on the temporary cessation of hostilities – and those parts of the trenches where the battleground was made into a football pitch.

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If we all just stuck to a healthy, all-steak diet, ‘Mad-lettuce-disease’ would fade away and America would be saved. Away from these shores, Jordi Gomez points us towards ‘Ode to Plattkó’, in which the famous Spanish poet Rafael Alberti immortalises a Barcelona goalkeeper who played on after being knocked out in the 1928 Cup final, where Alberti was watching on from the terraces.The experience moved him so much that he wrote a poem about it – “Ode to Everton” – and sent it into the Liverpool Daily Post. He is the author of, among others, The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers’ Journey Through Curiosities of History and The Great War, The Waste Land and the Modernist Long Poem.

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I expected applause, or at least a few “Amens” but there were only a few grunts and maybe a chuckle. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge. There still remains a magic about the early rounds of the FA Cup that the premier league / internationals can never match.My first ever proper game when i was 10 was Chelsea 7-4 Pompey on Xmas morning 1959, Greavesie got 4. On the screen, the Jets defense broke through the Eagles o-line and quarterback Jalen Hurts, under pressure, threw an interception.

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The away fans serenaded the Stoke faithful with: “Going down, going down, going down … so are we, so are we, so are weeee-eeee!Composite: Alamy/Reuters The former Labour leader Michael Foot penned a poem about Dixie Dean’s Everton. With the ball at his feet he tears defences apart, his goals aren't like sport they are more like an art. From playful limericks to heartfelt odes, our football poems are sure to put you in the spirit of the game.