Football Poets

can we start to dream
or are we fooling ourselves…..
why not all the way?

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Sweden 0-2 England

whatever you say
England swept the Swedes apart
with this new […]

On the banks of The Thames
To the tune of a bright summers day
I’ve sluggishly just woken up
Sweeping the cobwebs away
A mind-blowing thought engages my brain,
Two games to play…
There’s more than a […]

England are in the semi finals
Sweden 0-2 England

Gareth Southgate joins the ranks
Of Sir Alf and Sir Bobby
For the first time in 28 years
England are in the semi

Red Henderson controlled the […]

For goodness sake
For Goodison sake

Everton’s Russia 2018
came from nothing
or came from something

Everton fan looks at ROBERTO BOB
and his Belgium
And Everton fan looks at LUKAKU
and FELLAINI
Everton […]

he used to be compared sometimes
to Gobbo out of Noddy
he’d stand their all close shaven
his look was never shoddy
it came together suddenly
it altered points of view
a manager type masterstroke
brought […]

Europe holds the cards
France and Belgium semis bound
in this mad World Cup

Uruguay 0-2 France

such a strong display
France begin to look the part
wil they go the course?

always in control
one sweet […]

Lives on the balcony below
Likes a bet – steamed in heavily on Brazil
Screams eminating from her flat
When them Brazilians pulled one back
Akin to a baboon riding a pneumatic drill.

‘Tweren’t till […]

Les Bleus reach the semis
Uruguay 0-2 France

Not since 2006
Have France made the last four
Oscar Tabarez’s men
Were today shown the door

We contrast the fates of the keepers
After Raphael Varane’s hea […]

there’s a question that’s burning inside me
and it’s burning inside you I’m sure
we’ve been hoping and longing for years now
and we’ve felt it a few times before
now the pundits are rating our chances
and […]

It’s almost as if
today doesn’t exist –
work will be perfunctory
tea breaks and coffee breaks
will take just that little bit longer
as that gnawing doubt/hope paradox
gets stronger and stron […]

CNB
Crazy New Belief
resulted from some
very tough games
is debatable

Old School, New School
illusion
Revolutionary football
Revolutionary World Cup
CNB
Crazy New Belief

It is that anybody can […]

Came from Marks and Sparks
Sure cuts a dash…on a sharp dressed bloke
Racing cross the park.

He’s raised the nations hopes again
Restored a bit of pride
Mash them Swedes in Saturday’s game…?
We’ll sing […]

England win a penalty shoot out
now I don’t want to gloat,
but the secret behind it ?
Gareth Southgate’s waistcoat.
Colombia played really dirty
they went for our players throat,
but the Three Lions stayed […]

Cheering on the national team
Tis rare you’ll see him dream
Of what might have, could have been?
Fortune up a bulbous nose – into a claret stream.

Only see him now occasionally
A comic/lauded icon in our […]

Who knows what will happen when England play Sweden
Nae more Turnips v Swedes that’s fae sure
And yon Southgate in his smart waistcoat
Put that ghost of ’96 to sleep
A lesson in patience resilience […]

The incredible Inexplicable
Unexplainable bewitching
Ineffable passion of football touches us all
In some way somehow somewhere
Bigger than @realDonaldTrump
Wilder than Rock & Roll
Bosser than […]

It takes many years of hurt
To learn how to blurt……
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!

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small steps
on a long road
cobbled with miss-haps
yet hopefully
studded with glory

~ # ~ […]

usual story
penalty dilemma / curse
Pickford’s big strong hand!

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nerves were frayed, Kane calm
senses working overtime
ecstasy a […]

Televised…rabid rants, sick head-butts
Sly assaults, nigh on GBH
Peckermans menagerie dejar The World Cup stage
Ingerland’s mighty lion cubs
Roar in to the next act… of a quarter final […]

Sweden England next
hopefully play-actingless
and a finer game

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Sweden 1-0 Switzerland

Zlatanless but through
One deflection is enough
To cut this Swiss roll

furnished with […]