Football Poets

When the working class was first given the vote,
The Home Secretary said:
‘We must educate our masters’;

The result was the Education Act,
Which resulted in elementary schools,
Throughout the cities, tow […]

fab four goal fest brings

one more clean sheet one more step

closer to the prize

team spirit and pride

drive this Denmark outfit with

spirit class and style

Italy stand strong

who can stop a team reborn

raised by Mancini

Simón saves for Spain

stretched and tight they win on pens

ten men Swiss are rolled

And behold
as the match unfolds….
I didn’t even see the goals
but those second half roles
spoke volumes
and I could see the score
and heard no roar
but the tension was taut
Belgium fraught
but the tec […]

It’s possible to shout that in umpteen different languages
And still mean it.
‘Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman’
And what does that smell like?
It smells of Prehistoric Beaker Folk from […]

Buy George, bye George, by George,
It’s my jubilee too this year,
Fifty years of hopes and fears,
And while you couldn’t call my life
A total exercise in active citizenship,
You couldn’t call it total subje […]

We’re dancing in the streets
We’re dancing in the aisles
United and delighted
A country full of smiles

We’re beaming with delight
We’re rejoicing in the pubs
Every damn one a hero
From the keeper to the […]

in the tightest clash

Kane and Sterling fire the dream

it’s coming Rome

Ukraine leave it late

Zinchenko the diff’rence here

guess who they face next?

we sailed through qualifiers
like toy ducks in a bath
we felt our group looked doable
but dare not plot our path
with home advantage on our side
our opener looked tough
the dark horse of Croatia
but one […]

‘Swiss Roll Magnifique!’

France go out in epic style

who could forsee this?

five star Spain again

Croatian fightback falls short

Morata the key

Belgium proceed

Thorgan Hazard with a peach

dethrones Portugal

Dutch capitulate

Czechs surprise with fire and flair

to reach the last eight

Austria leave proud

forced to find another gear

Italy march on

who will rule out Danes?

with their passing class of moves

poor Wales are destroyed

Christiano’s pens

stretches France to breaking point

on a bonkers night

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Hungary so close

Germany survive a scare

to face Southgate’s boys

Spain ignite at last

five goals stun Slovakia

San Miguels ahoy

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Forsberg fires Swedes on

Lewandowski’s late late strikes

not enough for Poles