Football Poets

~ 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 ~

rusty or off form?

Lionesses underwhelm

Haiti look the biz ~

so this is it – morning in July here
Winter in Sydney now… nine hours ahead
a celebration of the Women’s Game
a record crowd all wrapped in scarves
a waiting stadium excited for the night
what’s not […]

after tragedy

Wilkinson fires home to thrill

this great record crowd ~

we used to be invisible
to some perhaps a joke
reserved for those whose daughters played
the rebels and the woke

banished for a hundred years
our game at last expands
but struggles on for backing
in […]

feel it getting closer now
never mind the rain
where they are the sun will shine
as we go again

can we do the business…
can we show the world ?
football is for everyone
ev’ry boy and girl

the past […]

come so far and its nearly here :
The Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand
so much to admire and enjoy
and guess what
this time we’re one of the favourites-
Early mornings late nights aho […]

on any street at any time
and right across the world
you’ll see them glaring from the shirts
of grown ups boys and girls
these gambling match day sponsors
who boldly underline
that betting is for e […]

once in a blue moon

comes a day when you can say

oh yes I was there

BBC confirm

here within our national game

free speech ain’t allowed ~

classic shots and lines from games
there are loads I know
the freezing figure of the man
just standing in the snow
blizzard howling round his head
empty pitch and stand
the patron saint of sheepskin […]

call him old fashioned but he had his own style
churned out facts like an old speed dial
started out way back in sixty nine*
Motty was a one off in his own time
call him quirky and say what you like
Motty […]

If you’ve ever been there
If you’ve had the call
If you’ve had that feeling
Writing’s on the wall
Like some guilty party
In your heart you know
There is no alternative
When it’s time to go

Whe […]

The blue Azzurri fire that burned
when I first saw you on my screen
one Nineties Sunday Channel 4
Sampdoria your long time home

the passion in your play that shone
as bright as bright for all to […]