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When Irish eyes aren’t smiling

joe morris

Sunday, November 17th, 2024

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 You have to admire their pluck
When you’re out of Lady luck
Irish eyes were never smiling
Sinking hearts were sighing
Then crying into greater quantities
Of foaming Guinness
And yet today the Republic were never
Finished, far from the best
And then just blitzed by the Wembley
Bombardment of English going Wild West
The UEFA Nations League, just a mystery
Now enshrined in the books of history
Disguised as a puzzle
All sinew and muscle
A sad excuse for football’s authentic
Heart beat, so some would say
Throw money at it, but it’ll never pay
Its way
Today Lee Carsley bid farewell
His path to promotion clear as a bell
England promoted, yes you heard correctly
Ever so delectably
5-0, it was a rout in the end
Irish spirit steamrollered into
Submission, never in a position
Citizen Kane, Harry that is
No arguments this time
Dropped but still fine
Penalty stutter but always decisive
Of course incisive
Then Gordon, Bowen, Gallagher
Joined in the coconut shy
Eire, goodbye
Before Taylor Harwood Bellis
Flashes in header with
The cherry on the cake
For goodness sake
Where did that one come from?
England promoted to higher things
Angelic wings
Where next for Thomas Tuchel?
Next year
England strike fear
With delicious flair
The conclusion of a calendar year
England in 2025
A force to be reckoned with
Of course we care

Notes

So England are promoted in the UEFA Nations League with convincing 5-0 victory over Eire.

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/when-irish-eyes-arent-smiling/