Football Poets

we gazed enchanted here at home
as swept along each day
through early morning matches
on evenings far away
we sensed a #Me Too moment
a raised and valiant fist
the tournament that ebbed and flowed
until the […]

so near yet so far
what a tournament it’s been
Spain a class above

Success is counted sweetest
By those who don’t succeed.
To win a World Cup Final,
Some goals to score you need.
Sure, you can save a penalty,
Can hit the post or bar,
But if you don’t put ball in […]

It’s coming home!
It is….
Isn’t it?

Not to wash or cook or clean
But on achievement of a dream
Where the Ladies
Will be lauded, applauded, and awarded
The freedom of every city
Achieving legendary statu […]

there again at last
Lionesses on the brink
time to bring it home ~

(Australia 1-3 England)
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cagey from the start
settled in the late last show
La Roja are through

(Spain 2-1 Sweden)

Milan, Inter, BolognA.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Atalanta, VeronA.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Juve, Lecce, Empoli.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Udinese, Napoli.
Ooh ah, Serie A!

Sassuolo and Cagliari.
Ooh ah, Serie A! […]

~ Australia 0-0 France (AET 7-6 Pens)~

passion and belief
see Matilda semis bound
aurevoir Les Bleus

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~ England 2-1 Columbia ~

in a tough affair
Lionesses fight with fire
can […]

“C’MON YOU BLUES!”

My team
My chant
But I just can’t
Bring it to bear
Tonight…
Not because I don’t care
But because
There are teams of similar hue;
Don’t get me wrong
I’ll always be true
To me an […]

~ England 0-0 Nigeria (4-2 pens)

rollercoaster time
second best and down to ten
Kelly sees us through

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~ Australia 2-0 Denmark ~

Bold Matidas shine
Danes go out without a […]

They’ll never know how much we love ’em.
Never know how much we care.
But when they step out on the Hallowed Turf,
We get a feeling that’s beyond compare.

They give us Fever, in the p.m.,
Fever under […]

~ South Korea 1-1 Germany ~

Auf Wiedersehen Pet

South Korea defy the odds

Germany are gone

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~ Morocco 1-0 Columbia ~

in the streets and fields

from Tangiers to […]

~ China 1-6 England ~

Lionesses purr

roaring through to last sixteen

Lauren James sublime

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~ Haiti 0-2 Denmark ~

Harder shines for Danes

Haiti leave with heads […]

~ Canada 0-4 Australia ~

waltzing on they go
bold Matildas find their best
Canada are out

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~ Ireland 0-0 Nigeria ~

flying safely through
Super Falcons battle on
Ireland […]

I’ll write on my own

I’ll write on my own – whatever

I’ll write on my own

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~ Germany 1-2 Columbia ~

history is made

brave Columbia hit late

to stun […]

~ England 1-0 Denmark ~

stunning strike from James

sees the Lionesses home

China lie in wait ~

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~ France 2-1 Brazil ~

Renard nod for France

steers them past a slick […]

one more legend gone

suave and clinical always

Forest through and through ~