Your EURO 2016 Poems (45) & haiku (43)
21 Jun Euro 16~ Day 11 Crispin Thomas
21 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 11 Emdad Rahman
20 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 10 Emdad Rahman
20 Jun Jamie Vardy Euro 2016 IV U Rowe
20 Jun Euro 2016 III U Rowe
19 Jun Eagles fly David Sanderson
19 Jun Euro 16~ Day 9 Crispin Thomas
19 Jun Euro 16~ Day 8 Crispin Thomas
19 Jun it’s the weekend (Euro 2016) Philip Johnson
19 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 9 Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Nice Haiku David Sanderson
17 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 8 Emdad Rahman
17 Jun Euro 16~ Day 7 Crispin Thomas
16 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 6 Emdad Rahman
16 Jun WTF Roy ? David Sanderson
16 Jun Euro 2016 II U Rowe
16 Jun France v Albania kevin raymond
16 Jun Euro 16 Day 6 ~ haiku Crispin Thomas
16 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 5 Emdad Rahman
16 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 4 Emdad Rahman
15 Jun Stade Velodrome – Haiku David Sanderson
15 Jun Russia on the brink Emdad Rahman
15 Jun Team DFB on the march Emdad Rahman
15 Jun Iceland v Portugal ~ haiku kevin raymond
15 Jun Euro 16 Day 5 ~ haiku Crispin Thomas
14 Jun Missing e power
14 Jun Italy v Belgium ~ haiku kevin raymond
14 Jun Euro 16 Day 4 ~ haiku Crispin Thomas
13 JunNo Surrender , Haiku ( maybe ) David Sanderson
13 Jun Play as a team – haiku e power
13 Jun England ~ haiku kevin raymond
12 Jun how come ? ~ haiku Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Poland first ever Euro win Emdad Rahman
12 Jun Modric missile earns Vatreni win Emdad Rahman
12 Jun England held in Marseille Emdad Rahman
12 Jun Euro 16 Day 3~ 3 haiku Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Euro 16 Day 2~ 3 haiku Crispin Thomas
11 Jun Euro Options – Marseille haiku David Sanderson
11 Jun Welsh Dragons first Euro win Emdad Rahman
11 Jun Swiss clip valiant Eagles Emdad Rahman
11 Jun Les Bleus win as Euro 2016 kicks off Emdad Rahman
11 Jun Euro 16 Day 1 ~ haiku Crispin Thomas
11 Jun The Field of The Cloth of Gold Graham Salter
11 Jun Payet Forward Trent Morris
10 Jun Euro 2016 I: avance! U Rowe
09 Jun Euro 2016 0:Who, who, who? U Rowe
08 Jun Iceland ~ haiku 1 Crispin Thomas
08 Jun Euro Love 2016 Crispin Thomas
08 Jun Euro16 Wall Chart Blues Crispin Thomas
08 Jun The Euros Are Upon Us Trent Morris
17 May The 26 Kevin Halls
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Gacina Bozidar
3rd February 2023
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3rd February 2023
joe morris
3rd February 2023
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30th January 2023
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29th January 2023
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25th January 2023
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23rd January 2023
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23rd January 2023
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14th January 2023
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5th December 2022 at 8:11 pm
Stuart, you are not alone, in your dichotomy of doubt
but without dissention
you stand alone
in hogging our attention!
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16th November 2022 at 11:04 am
[Football on soiled turf]
This is a wonderful phrase which I shall be using from now on!
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15th November 2022 at 3:54 pm
Well said Crispin. One of the reasons for The Ball 2022/23 is exactly this – that FIFA need to know. The Ball is essentially a petition to FIFA to honour their commitments to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. They signed up; they should act. The Qatar tournament takes the World Cup in the opposite direction to that commitment. And 2026 looks like it’ll be even worse.
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8th November 2022 at 2:06 pm
Hi Guys
Re ‘Lets Boycott Qatar ‘ poem
You probably hate me banging on..and problably know (like me) that my/your not watching the World Cup in Qatar will make no difference.
Of course it won’t. That’s not the point.
OK someone might possibly eventually publish a minimal drop in terrestrial TV viewer numbers, but I fear that is unlikely.
But please above all, do go on writing poems about the World Cup, as/you we have always done. I hate to think a poem or two of mine might l make you feel bad about comenting on a game or country …or that I’ve put you all off about wanting to contribute.
So we’d love to hear from you and read your thoughts and observations, as ever on what’s going on.
Some of us have been here since Football Poets website birth/inception for the Euros 2000 ….
All my best wishes
Crispin
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18th October 2022 at 10:06 am
Shoot! (Something we’ve also been screaming in vain at our team all season !)
Great memories Joe . Before Shoot, it was Roy of the Rovers comic too, dropping through my letterbox.
Anxiously waiting each week to see if they survived in the mexcian jungle after an ambush..or a pre-season earthquake!
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3rd October 2022 at 8:32 pm
Thanks for the kind words Sharon. Yes, it was a shame with Billy Shako, but with five subs now being allowed, he might yet make it off the bench. Even if it’s just a cameo to close out a poem.
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2nd October 2022 at 1:49 pm
John, your new book is an absolute delight and more please. It’s a shame ‘Swapping Shirts With Shakespeare’ never made it off the bench, but quality football poets light up the writing fields like Roman candles. Go well.
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4th September 2022 at 12:42 pm
Great memories Greg. Took me right back.
Today I stand on a small terrace in the hills where I live watching Forest Green Rovers in L1, and keep up with Chelsea on highlights. It’s a far cry and a world away from those times when I lived as a child within walking distance of ‘The Bridge’ – just off the Ifield Road, which led to Fulham Road. The Blues were rubbish for so long, but we loved them and somehow we stayed in the old First Division for so many seasons. And of course we got to see Greavesie at his impudent best, scoring goals for fun. Mad unpredictable games where we’d score 4 and let in five.
The looming floodlights in the dark and mist on magic night games. The big games when the ground heaved.
I don’t think we ever realized how magical and incredible it was back then. The atmosphere and arriving there so early – like you said.. just to make sure you got in. Back when Bovril, tea and cake and roasted peanuts for sixpence a back were just about all on offer.
Good times.
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4th September 2022 at 12:37 pm
see above
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18th August 2022 at 10:20 am
To put it politely!
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