Football Poems

Poems in this section relate to thoughts and memories of many years involved in local grassroots football. I was extremely fortunate to work alongside extraordinary groups of players, in my time as manager and assistant manager.

All of my poems are called Jack, They are in number sequence from when they were originally written.

Below are the numbers and the first line of the poem, for the pieces in this section.

Poems from this section can be accessed via the buttons below

The first line of each poem is shown, this might or might not give a clue to the direction of the poem

Please take a moment to scroll and see if anything catches the eye

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