Poems tagged ‘England’
On Charles Dickens watching England win on Pennos haiku
From the best of times
To the worst of times, and then!
The best time ever!
Gareth Southgate W1A Penno haiku
‘We own the process.’
I’ve no idea what that means –
But I’m glad we do.
World Cup day 19
Forsberg sends Switzerland home
Sweden 1-0 Switzerland
Some thought the talisman
Retired in the autumn
Sweden are a team now
No Zlatan, no problem
Forsberg’s shot deflected
Helvetia chuck the towel
Swiss Lang is soon sent off
For a very late foul
Magical run runs
As the Swedes beat the Swiss
For the first time since 1994
It’s World Cup Quarters bliss
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Penalteam England are in the last eight
Colombia (3) 1-1 (4) England
When it comes to a spot kick
It’s that man Harry Kane
With seconds left on the clock
Yerry Mina inflicts the pain
We go to extra time
90 minutes and add ons are up
Sweat in gallons and nails are bit
This is the World Cup
Hendo and Bacca fail to net
Pickford, Dier, destiny on a date
We have news for you
England are in the last eight
03 07 18
number7
© emdad rahman
WC2018 Day 15 – haiku
B team v B team
gunpowder held in reserve
no fireworx
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the counting of cards
elimination ensues
galling Senegal
Three One Nils & a One Two Haiku- WC Day 15
Three One Nils & a One Two Haiku
three goals in three games
one nil one nil and one nil…
and then a one two !
Senegal 0-1 Columbia
this is what I love
two great continents who bring
rhythm and passion
oh what fans they have
like some Womad festival
colour dance and song
so what should we fear?
will Rodriguez recover?
Cuadrado looks hot
Japan 0-1 Poland
once again they win
teams already going home
Samurai won’t mind
into the sixteen
just like England and Belg’yum
syllables but just
Poland wake at last
Lewandowski’s thoughts will turn
to his future team
England 0-1 Belgium
in this evening light
we played out a tame affair
with a second team
though our fate is sealed
Rashford-Loftus Cheek aside
what did we learn here ?
when the chips are down
can one really plot a route?
only time will tell
Panama 1-2 Tunisia
with nothing to lose
both sides give their fans a lift
and a fond farewell
love the enegy
that both sides bring and display…
sad to see them go
how dull would it be
without sides like Panama
and Tunisia?
World Cup day 15
Day 15
Fair Play sends Senegal home
Senegal 0-1 Colombia
The second most populous nation
In South America
They came from close and far
Together in a World Cup bazaar
When Yerry Mina rises
It sends alarm bells ringing
When the towering stopper rises
The Tricolour are singing
Poland’s surprise win
Makes Los Cafeteros’ day
The Lions Of Teranga terminated
Heartbreak with the Fair Play
Walking football Japan proceed
Japan 0-1 Poland
Jan Bednarek struck
In a game that was abysmal
But coach Akira Nishino
Was grinning at the whistle
Despite losing to Poland
Japan are glad
Nippon go through
Scraping through in Volgograd
The end of this game
Was somewhat a car crash
Both teams walking it
Incurring a fans backlash
Januzaj stunner sends Belgique top
England 0-1 Belgium
Southgate rang the changes
Eight new faces enter the ground
No matter what happens tonight
Both teams are in the next round
All outfield players have featured
In terms of match play
We need to go beyond this loss
Look ahead to Tuesday
Belgium with a few close ones
Some say we were poor
Januzaj with a stunner
Come on England is our roar
Khazri shines as Tunisia bow out
Panama 1-2 Tunisia
A second-half strike
From Sunderland’s Khazri
Sends the Tunisians home
With a World Cup victory
Rodriguez’s shot deflected
Off Yassine Meriah
Ben Youssef equals
Thanks Khazri the Tunisian Tsar
Khazri is the heartbeat
Of this energetic side
He meets Haddadi’s cross
2,500th goal in his stride
28 06 18
number7
© emdad rahman
WC2018 Day 11 – haiku
six past Panama
all hail hat-trick hero Kane
perfick summer’s day
~ # ~
Scorcher ‘n Score
just like Roy of the Rovers
hat-trick hero Kane
~ # ~
Non-haiku…..
Everybody watched
Even Ossie (collie / lab mix)
So it was a case of –
Canine watching Kane, 9 😉
~ # ~
Too many flies
Too much sun
Too hot to paint
Too hot to cut the grass
Too hot to walk
Too many F words, on my son’s playlist
Too many dead rappers
Too many loans
Too many doubts, going into the match
(Sterling, Lingard, Stones)
“Quick, rewind that bit!”
“You had it last!”
Too many lost zappers
Fortunately….
You can never have….
Too many goals!!!!!! 😉
Kane haiku
Kane proves he’s able,
Not the brother of Abel;
But still merciless
On England Japan Senegal & Colombia haiku-WC Day 11
England 6-1 Panama
as we fire in six
time to dream or say that it’s….
…only Panama?
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Japan 2-2 Senegal
clean and playing fair
Samurai leave ev’ry ground
looking spick and span
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Poland 0-3 Colombia
Colombia shine
with Falcao and Cuadrado…
Poland’s time is up
On the Eleventh Day…
Ingerland
Knock Panama into a cocked hat,
I raise my cap to Gareth and the chaps.
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Los Cafeteros
Go to The Poles
It’s a landslide.
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Japan
With the reliable Honda driving them on
Step up a gear to earn a draw with Senegal.
World Cup day 11
Kane hat trick breaks records
England 6-1 Panama
Despite the searing heat
It’s a Sunday English rout
Stones heads & Kane from the spot
Panama are on the way out
Stones again from a training set piece
After Lingard’s curler sublime
Kane hammers a second from the spot
Spurs Hat trick and Southgate calls time
Felipe Baloy made history
The Canal Men with a grateful huddle
Panama’s first World Cup goal
All they really wanted was a cuddle
Warriors share the spoils
Japan 2-2 Senegal
Both Japan and Senegal
Control their own fate
The Taranga Lions pegged
When Nihon left it late
Senegal use brawn and beauty
To feed Sadio Mane
Takashi Inui’s slick shot
Outshone by Moussa Wague
But Japan have their oldest squad
The wily Honda joins the attack
With wisdom and knowledge
He drags his team back
Sorry Poland pack their bags
Poland 0-3 Colombia
When the Colombians clicked
Poland were dreadfully below par
With some of the best football
Of the tournament so far
In came the short cross
James on it from the get go
Yerry Mina from close range
Falcao buries one low
Lewandowski starved of service
How he need a Quintero
Poland crash out in Kazan
With a third from Cuadrado
24 06 18
number7
© emdad rahman
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13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
Welcome to Football Poets Beth
Great evocative poem Beth….
More please !
Haiku always welcome.
Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon
Best
Crispin
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26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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