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Poems tagged ‘Australia’

Time To Bring it Home ~ WWC 23

Crispin Thomas

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

there again at last
Lionesses on the brink
time to bring it home ~

(Australia 1-3 England)
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cagey from the start
settled in the late last show
La Roja are through

(Spain 2-1 Sweden)

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England & Australia Next WWC ’23

Crispin Thomas

Saturday, August 12th, 2023

~ Australia 0-0 France (AET 7-6 Pens)~

passion and belief
see Matilda semis bound
aurevoir Les Bleus

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~ England 2-1 Columbia ~

in a tough affair
Lionesses fight with fire
can we now believe?

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England & Australia Last Eight Bound ~ WWC ’23

Crispin Thomas

Monday, August 7th, 2023

~ England 0-0 Nigeria (4-2 pens)

rollercoaster time
second best and down to ten
Kelly sees us through

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~ Australia 2-0 Denmark ~

Bold Matidas shine
Danes go out without a shout
as Sam Kerr returns

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Australia Nigeria Japan & Spain Through WWC ’23

Crispin Thomas

Monday, July 31st, 2023

~ 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 win respect

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~ Japan 4-0 Spain ~

Japan top the group
Spain collapse but still survive
after four goal blitz
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~ Costa Rica 1-3 Zambia ~

in this dead rubber
Zambia impress too late
as both team depart

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Winter Dreams in Sydney ~ WWC ’23

Crispin Thomas

Friday, July 21st, 2023

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 to love?

I remember as a child in London in mid-Summer
just like today I’d be out in the garden with a trowel
five or six years old maybe
convinced by my grandmother sat on the wooden bench
that I could a dig a hole to Australia..
and I tried and tried until a friend told me it was impossible
early dreams dashed

I wonder what those brave women thought
playing football together in breaks at munitions factories
during and just after World War One
dreaming of a future in the game
Lily Parr was one of them – feisty and fiery – a fag on her lip
turning out in front of massive curious crowds
for Dick Kerr’s Ladies while the blokes were at the front

their hopes and dreams just like mine
suddenly wiped out
the women’s game banned for fifty years in’21
by a sexist dumb FA who ‘claimed it’ un-safe
and a ‘potential’ danger to childbirth
the mind boggles

but here we are a century on
as the Matildas take on Ireland
different dreams for us and them
who will emerge victorious?
how far have we come?
it’s been a battle a long long journey
and still so much to do

but 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 to love?

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Denmark France Argentina Croatia Through haiku-WC Day 13

Crispin Thomas

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Denmark 0-0 France

we’ve been here before
two teams through afraid to risk
yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn

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Australia 0-2 Peru

Los Incas leave proud
joyous fans and skilful play
Socceroos head home

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Nigeria 1-2 Argentina

brave Nigeria
gave so much but once again
Argies still come good

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Iceland 1-2 Croatia

Iceland come so close
how we’ll miss their strength and fans
Croatia advance

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World Cup day 13

Emdad Rahman

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

First bore draw at Russia 2018
Denmark 0-0 France

Only a matter of time
Some team would refuse the bait
With a bore draw at the Luzhniki
We’re treated to a stalemate

Where would a goal come from?
Neither team needed the win
They passed it back and sideways
Who could blame the fans din

It was eleven behind the ball
Red frustrating the blue
Anything else a bonus
As both nations go through

Socceroos humbled by Los Incas
Australia 0-2 Peru

Peru’s first win in forty years
Starts with a volley from Carrillo
Saved from a sure fire ban
It’s that man Guerrero

His World Cup dream
Saved by Jedinak’s letter
Peru finish on a high
Aussies leave Russia with a whimper

With Peru’s skipper facing a ban
The Group C captains did their bit
And when the chance came
Guerrero made the most of it

Rojo again as Argentina arrive
Nigeria 1-2 Argentina

Cometh the hour, comes the man
Wonder goal from Messi
Mascherano wrestles Balogun
Moses rolls home the penalty

Following on from Port Alegre
Lightning does strike twice
Mascherano leading the charge
With a last throw of the dice

It took the centre half to settle
Begging went chance after chance
A stupendous volley by Rojo
It’s the Argentines who advance

Brave Icemen fall short
Iceland 1-2 Croatia

Badelj puts Croatia in the lead
Dejan Lovren becomes a sinner
Sigurdsson levels from the spot
Perisic with a last minute winner

It’s heartbreak in Rostov
No more thunderclap hands
Iceland and their fans crestfallen
There are tears in the stands

Group D ends up like this
After a breathless nights play
Croatia face Denmark
France meet Argentina on Sunday

26 06 18

number7
© emdad rahman

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World Cup day 9

Emdad Rahman

Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

Coutinho and Neymar leave it late
Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica

In Phil Coutinho
Seleção Brasileira have an ace
The Barcelona playmaker
Runs the hard race

Costa Rica set up well
Douglas Costa came in flying
They’d shed Brazilian skin
Even had Neymar crying

And so it looked like the favourites
Had run out of breath
But Coutiinho and Neymar
Swooped to seal it at the death

Magic Musa at the double
Nigeria 2-0 Iceland

Close control and a tidy finish
In my book he’s a maestro
Exquisite touch and deft of pace
What if Musa was Latino

Gylfi Sigurdsson fluffs a penalty
Iceland never in the race
Ahmed Musa for Nigeria
With a magic second half brace

The Super Eagles super win
Leaves second spot to grab
Both teams can still do it
Even the Argies still have a stab

The Eagle has landed
Serbia 1-2 Switzerland

Mitrovic pounced
Xhaka’s howitzer was regal
The Swiss are made from sterner stuff
Behold the Albanian eagle

With the clock ticking
They looked to share the cake
But Shaqiri’s late stunner
Leaves Serbia with heartache

Kaliningrad erupts
Raw emotion in the ground
Rossocrociati in the driving seat
To reach the second round

22 06 18

number7
© emdad rahman

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Beards Snails & Stars haiku -WC Day 8

Crispin Thomas

Friday, June 22nd, 2018

things are hotting up
still the ‘fave-rites’* struggle with
beards snails and stars

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Denmark 1-1 Australia

Jedinak spot on
striking pens like stroking beards
Socceroos hold Danes

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France 1-0 Peru

Bleus advance like snails
with their huge army of fans
bold Peru are gone

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Argentina 0-3 Croatia

Croats light the night
Rakitic their shooting star
Argies lost in space

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World Cup day 8

Emdad Rahman

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

VAR to the rescue
Denmark 1-1 Australia

Australia are still in it
With Jedinak so trusty
Securing the first point
Against the Danes in Group C

Eriksen with a stunner
Cancelled by the Aussie penalty
Yussuf Poulsen’s handball
Thanks video assistant referee

Aaron Mooy went close
Sisto almost with a goal
France play next
As Age Hareide’s side take pole
 
21 06 18

number7
© Emdad Rahman

Les Bleus reach last sixteen
France 1-0 Peru

If France have a blazing weapon
It’s Mbappé’s youthful flame
It was left to the young star
To decide an absorbing game

Les Bleus are the third team
To clinch a spot in the last sixteen
Los Incas could’ve shocked
Had Gareca’s strikers been more keen

So France’s youngest World Cup scorer
Is a mere nineteen years old
Tapping in a Paul Pogba pass
To think things stone dead cold

21 06 18

number7
© Emdad Rahman

Argentina on the brink
Argentina 0-0 Croatia

With Ronnie on four goals
Would Messi start to shine?
Already playing catch up
We’re assured it’ll all be fine

A clanger from Caballero
Ante Rebic with a super volley
Modric hammers in a blinder
You can’t just scapegoat Willy

And as the seconds ticked away
Rakitic applied the handcuff
Now even a win against Nigeria
May not be quite enough

21 06 18

number7
© Emdad Rahman

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