Football Poets

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Poland just miss out

two great goals and then stalemate

Portugal on pens

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

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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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in another first

Slovakia win in style

Russia clutching straws

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with one special strike

Switzerland remain on course

for the last sixteen

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Les Bleus leave it late

plucky Iceland […]

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rolling back the years

Hungary return to find

that ol’ Magyar style

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Christiano peeved

little Iceland hold their own

for their first sweet point

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Czeched back for so long

Iniesta shines for Spain

stifled but they win

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one late Zlatan touch

pens back plucky Ireland

as they share the points

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woeful Belgium

as Italia call the […]

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how come ev’ry time

we are let down once again

by moronic fans?

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Turkey gobbled up

in the end Croatia hail

one great magic strike

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valiant throughout

Northern Ireland fall short

Polish leave a shine

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so direct and strong

Germany march on once […]

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just one goal’s enough

as the Swiss roll over

brave Albania

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Wales turn back the years

spirit strength and brilliant fans

in their first great win

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watching England draw

all […]

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nervous from the start

can they dance a nation cries ?

yes they can-can (ouch)

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more than just a store

smallest ever nation there

Iceland live the dream

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another golden Euro football summer
across the land in villages and towns
another chance to pit our wits in Europe
another chance to turn it all around
to rearrange your life around the matches
to hopefully avoid […]