'Over The Moon: Championship Football Poems' - Forgotten poems by Gazza, John Fashanu, John Motson & more...

About this episode

The episode explores a unique collection of 90s football poems and features a competition of football chants.

Listener Nina has sent us in a book that, even after 96 episodes, we've never seen the likes of before. 'Over The Moon' - a collection of 90s football poems written by some of the greatest players of their generation, including Gazza, Gordon Banks, John Fashanu. Plus Pam Ayers. Featuring John Motson's terrible limericks, Jimmy Hill's take on 'Jerusalem', Gazza's genuinely heartbreaking verse, an outbreak of chickenpox, and a gorgeous PE teacher named Mrs Jones. Plus Ken Zong and new challenger Lucas Winter face off in a battle of the football chants, as we bring you the inaugural Eurovision Zong Contest. Want an exclusive, bonus Book Club episode every week? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/ X - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/footballbookclub.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Football Book Club

Guest: Lucas Winter

Topics covered

• football poetry
• 90s football
• football culture
• comedy
• football chants
• Eurovision

Keywords

• football poems
• Gazza
• John Motson
• Eurovision Zong Contest
• 90s football
• comedy
• football culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Over The Moon

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