Football Poets

Ronaldo knocks out Morocco
Portugal 1-0 Morocco
 
Ronaldo again with the magic
This time an in the box spinner
At the Luzhniki Stadium
Yet another World Cup winner
 
All eyes on the Madrid star
After h […]

Colombia Red mist eases Japan home
Colombia 1-2 Japan

Nightmare start to the World Cup
Colombia found it too hot
Sanchez dismissed for handling
Shinji Kagawa’s shot

After the first red at this World […]

Swedes start life without Zlatan
Sweden 1-0 South Korea

Ibrahimovic had said earlier
“The World Cup without me,
is not worth watching”
To some that’s a desperate plea

But the Blågult kept their nerve […]

Kolarov class the difference
Costa Rica 0-1 Serbia

Nemanja Matic is a hard man
He took on the Costa Rican bench
Over a tussle for ball retention
He received a pardon for his French

David Guzman headed […]

Pogba spares the Blues
France 2-1 Australia

This was the game of plenty
France had more and more
With their lethal attacking trio
How many would Les Bleus score?

Twas a penalty that never was […]

Day 2

Unlucky Pharaohs sucker punched

Egypt 0-1 Uruguay

There’s a mystery in Ekaterinburg
Where missing seats are aplenty
Suarez looked well sluggish
But Cavani is equally lively

Carlos S […]

Russia 5-0 Saudi Arabia

Seemed the Saudis had better luck
Finding the moon than the net
Gazinskiy gives the Russia lead
The hosts they hardly broke sweat

It’s the first goal of the World Cup
But D […]

Human Relief All Stars
Took a short hop to Tamale
After a long haul flight to Accra
To the aroma of the Kukuo bakery

First stop is Kpaling
An encounter so very brief
Honoured by the locals
We met the […]

Mohamed Salah’s hair
Bobby & Mane so uber cool
Of all the teams out there
Why do fans choose Liverpool?

There’s tales of King Kenny
Bill Shankly OBE
Boot room & Bob Paisley
Smokin Joe & Rafa’s leg […]

At the tender age of eighteen
Stamford Bridge he made his mark
The boy did ‘dangerously well’
A class act on and off the park

Deft touches and radar passes
Is how we’ll celebrate Ray
That lob and chip […]

It was at Villa Park
We noticed big Ugo’s frame
At the tender age of forty four
He’s sadly lost to the game

To partner Paul McGrath
Big Ron shelled forty gee
A snip from the Baggies
For the defensive […]

The first to strike gold in Europe
Was that famous Black Pearl
Fondly known as Benbarek
To others the Moroccan Earl

El Ouatane aged fourteen
Honed the Black Pearl’s stealth
Two Spanish titles for El […]

From the Reds golden age
Came a local lad called Ronnie
Hailed from nearby Crosby
Fondly nicknamed “Bugsy”

As an apprentice electrician
Ronnie signed for Don Welsh in 52
Played in Joe Fagan’s […]

Lincoln City where it begins
The youngest coach’s rise from shadows
Took Watford and Villa to the brink
And England to the Swedish Euros

What a fairytale with the Hornets
FA Cup Final and second in the […]

Since that start with Rubin Kazan
We’ve had one year of Klopp
Geggenpressen and a new main stand
And proven he’s more than a prop

There’s that four goal Mersey derby win
When the goals just wouldn’t […]

Portugal 1-0 France (AET)

Many just wanted to crown France
When Ronaldo suffers a knee injury
Portugal have Quaresma and Luis Nani
Things may not be a total catastrophe

Deschamp’s boys did dominate the g […]

Germany 0-2 France

To gee those fans up
We saw replays of a horror foul
When Schumacher poleaxed Battiston
‘Aux armes, citoyens,’ a common howl

It was Griezmann with a penalty
Right on the stroke of half time
A […]