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At the website Poems for Football Fans there is a versified view of football where the scribes range in age and talent, but share a common muse. Founded on the work of the Stroud Football Poets, a collective of Gloucestershire round-ball rhymesters, the site welcomes new talent and showcases a sprinkling of fine work such as the above, by Marcus Moore. You can also enjoy Attila the Stockbroker’s moving lament upon the demise of the Goldstone Ground, Chris Robinson’s The Fookin Cup (a rarity in poetry circles – it scans and it’s funny too), and Rosemary Dun’s ironic tribute to footballers’ legs, In Praise Of (“And as for the gluteus maximus straining/Through tight satin shorts/Thank God for hard training!”). There are few other sites dedicated to the creative representation of football in either poesy or fiction, but nostalgia lured me towards the Roy of the Rovers website. Last time I read Roy he was happily married to Penny, had baby twins and was still effortlessly knocking them in from 30 yards while Rovers won just about everything bar the World Cup. From WSC 169 March 2001. What was happening this month On the subject...
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