Football Poets

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Poland just miss out

two great goals and then stalemate

Portugal on pens

We score!
89 minutes –
which would be perfect
only
it’s 89 to go
too long?
unfortunately yes
and the hosts press
and press some more
and it’s lax defending
that allows them to score
and then they get a sec […]

Brexit 1 (regrexit even), is well and truly cemented
No matter how hard the remnants of Remain may appeal
There’s no going back, there’s no relenting
For it’s now a done deal

And so it is for Brexit II
wh […]

What does the game of football teach?
Smile when you win, and accept defeat.
You should not grumble, bleat, whinge or complain,
Cry “It’s not fair, let the match be replayed!”

Farage, Gove, Johnson and Stu […]

oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear
thank God that Wales are still there
as we awake from this bad dream
we’re still unsure of our best team
the beauty is.. though we’re unsure
it doesn’t matter anymore

but Roy has […]

kicking ev’ry ball

Conte drives Azzuri on

Spain are homeward bound

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dear oh dear oh dear

same old same old English fear

Iceland are sublime

Oh my Gudni
If Brexit was a shock
then this was a full on shocker!
Roy falls on his sword
Iceland gets its reward
It’s a low point in English soccer

Griezmann magic rules

Ireland leave with heads held high

as Les Bleus find form

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fluid ev’rywhere

Slovaks swamped by German class

still the team to beat

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Belgium come alive

Hungary are t […]

going to the wire

Swiss roll over in the end

as the Poles advance

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Bale shines right on cue

Northern Ireland leave in tears

Wales dream goes on

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stalemate til the death

disappointing […]

see-saw from the start

Hungary roll back the years

Portugal are held

Hungary 3 Portugal 3
June 22

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Reykjavik goes wild

Iceland fairy tale goes on

England lie in wait

Iceland 2 Austria 1
June […]

Have you ever felt an island bounce, like a trampolene?
England, Scotland, Wales
watch out for your coasts tonight
as the shockwaves hit like a tsunami!

England 0 – 0 Slovakia

Half time:
and the web wobbles, as hits bombard ‘thesaurus’
with the word ‘frustration’ the ‘mot juste’

to the chagrin of the stoic fans
there’s little to cheer
but they hear
of the Red […]

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still there in the mix

Northern Ireland’s keeper shines

Germany misfire

Group C
N.Ireland 0 Germany 1
Tuesday June 21

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Blaszczykowski’s goal

nestles Poland on the brink

will they dan […]

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Slovaks prove the point

if it ain’t broke why the change?

England firing blanks

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Wales make hay in Bales

top the group with grace and style

Russia slouch off home

Phew!
Last minute reprieve
So now we can still believe;
The Welsh Dragon slain
We put down Gawain
Not convincingly, but tis done
And ‘twas more arduous, than fun
But we should advance
To the next round and p […]

Bike or run?
My inner voice
says easy choice
as to the more fun!

And in the ‘licious sun
the 2 wheels option
pushes my pedals;
there are no medals, for torture, but
the haranguing of a heinous hamstring
and t […]

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Romelu comes good

Belgium find their form at last

Ireland left to hope

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Iceland come so close

as another late late goal

helps Hungary draw

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Austria […]

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triangles to goals

as Morata makes his mark

Spain cruise ever on

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as Croatian fans

cast more shadows on the game

Czech republic swoop

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Éder dazzles late

as Zlatan misfires […]

It’s an unseasonal summer Sunday
Sat in a sunny Glasgow non-league ground
A very minor womens football game
With hardly any people around.
This is Benburb FC
Who had a proud old ground next door
Now on that plot […]

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nervous at both ends

England changes make it work

Sturridge at the death

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always in command

green army defy the odds

Bring on Germany

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Germany fall short

woeful in the final […]