Your Euros Poems
2024 ~ Your Euro 2024 Poems ~ Germany
Thank you for all your Euros poems (55 poems in all) and thanks to all our readers. We began our first Euro journey poems here (on the old site) in June 2000 with Euro 2000! This time our 2024 contributors are: David Sanderson, Denys E.W.Jones, Gacina Bozidar, Greg Freeman, Joe Morris, John Gilbert Ellis, John J O’Connor, Kevin Halls, Phil Brennan, U Rowe and myself Crispin Thomas
Jul 22 Two Nations went to Germany Denys E. W. Jones
Jul 22 Letter from Gareth (Pass it on) John J O’Connor
Jul 16 Farewell Gareth Southgate joe morris
Jul 15 It’s Not Coming Home kevin halls
Jul 15 Caught Up In A Dream (It’s Over) Crispin Thomas
Jul 15 Football (Nearly) Came Home Phil Brennan
Jul 15 The final word from Berlin joe morris
Jul 15 Euro 2024: FINAL: It’s not, you know U Rowe
Jul 14 Not Quite Full -My Euro 24 Wall Chart (Part 2) Crispin Thomas
Jul 14 England- your country needs you joe morris
Jul 14 Euro 2024: FINAL: pre-match nerves! U Rowe
Jul 12 Friday in the Mediterranean joe morris
Jul 12 It’s Coming Home. Isn’t It ? Part 2 kevin halls
Jul 12 Two similar events Gacina Bozidar
Jul 11 If This Is Our Time Crispin Thomas
Jul 11 Sometimes it really is a beautiful game Greg Freeman
Jul 10 It was worth it in the end joe morris
Jul 10 Euro 2024: Semi-Final 🙂 U Rowe
Jul 10 Euro 2024: Sufferfest! U Rowe
Jul 10 Messi’s Teenage Son Crispin Thomas
Jul 9 On the eve of the big match joe morris
Jul 7 Straight To Penalties Crispin Thomas
Jul 7 How much more can we take? joe morris
Jul 7 Euro 2024, Q-F: Doom Loop U Rowe
Jul 1 So close to the exit gate joe morris
Jul 1 When England Take On Switzerland Crispin Thomas
Jul 1 To Be An England Fan (After Slovakia) Crispin Thomas
Jun 29 It’s now or never joe morris
Jun 26 England, oh England joe morris
Jun 26 England Nil ~ England (Slovenia) Nil Crispin Thomas
Jun 24 Scots Dream Over Crispin Thomas
Jun 23 Farewell, Scotland joe morris
Jun 21 Oh England, what happened there? joe morris
Jun 21 The Frankfurt Shuffle (How Low Can We Go) Crispin Thomas
Jun 20 Euro 1984 Gacina Bozidar
Jun 19 Turkey, Georgia, Portugal and Czech Republic joe morris
Jun 19 There’s no easy games here…Phil Brennan
Jun 19 Euro 2024: Round 1: Mbappé bopped U Rowe
Jun 17 Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Slovenia, England and Serbia joe morris
Jun 16 England & Netherlands Win E24#3 Crispin Thomas
Jun 16 Switzerland, Spain and Italy joe morris
Jun 16 Switzeland Spain & Italy Triumph E24 #2 Crispin Thomas
June 15 Scotland, brave but battered joe morris
Jun 15 Football’s coming home…Phil Brennan
Jun 15 Germans Set The Bar E24 #1 Crispin Thomas
Jun 14 Here we go…….Here we go ……..again David Sanderson
Jun 10 Come on England joe morris
Jun 9 It’s Coming Home. Isn’t It ? kevin halls
Jun 3 My Euro 24 Wall Chart Crispin Thomas
Jun 2 Sed Non Satiata Denys E. W. Jones
May 30 David Beckham – Ambassador of Greed Crispin Thomas
Apr 22 The Poetry of Euro ’24 & Fooball Poets 2000-2024 (Revisited) Crispin Thomas
Jan 17 Can Bing Win the Next World Cup (or Euros or Afcon or the Asian Cup)? John Gilbert Ellis
Dec 04 2023 Euro 2024- the draw joe morris
Jun 2021 (Revisited) Now That The Euros Are Nigh Crispin Thomas
2022
~Your Women’s Euro 2022 England Poems~
Aug 1 We Can Be Heroes Sharon Jones
Jul 31 Let’s hear it for the ladies joe morris
Jul; 31 Homecoming Greg Freeman
Jul 15 A pride of Lionesses (and all the other teams) Greg Freeman
Jul 13 Lionesses Roar As One Crispin Thomas
~ Your Euro 2020* Poems ~ (Held in 2021* in various countries incl England.)
2021
15 Nov Euro 2020 Steve White
01 Nov Euros 2020 joe morris
01 Nov Football Coming Home, Hopefully joe morris
24 Jul Fallen General Eugene Abrams
18 Jul Seven Days Ago kevin halls
17 Jul Rough Musick Stuart Butler
16 Jul Missing in London Town John J O’Connor
16 Jul A New England: Reasons to be Cheerful Sharon Jones
14 Jul Keep The Faith kevin halls
13 Jul Euro 2020: RSS heart U Rowe
13 Jul Euro 2020: Wrong doorbell U Rowe
13 Jul Okay. Okay. Enough Already! kevin raymond
12 Jul All Things Must Pass Sharon Jones
12 Jul Far From Down. In London Town. kevin raymond
12 Jul Sometimes You Know When it Isn’t Your Day Crispin Thomas
12 Jul Heartache In The End ~ Day 22 Final Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
11 Jul Early Warning. Sunday Morning…kevin raymond
11 Jul En Route Carol Stewart
09 Jul When England Take On Italy (Again ) Crispin Thomas
08 Jul Grass Roots Carol Stewart
08 Jul I’ve Just Heard…kevin raymond
08 Jul In The Cold Light o’ Day. kevin raymond
08 Jul Finally. kevin raymond
08 Jul Where We Were That Day (Then & Now) Crispin Thomas
08 Jul Time To All Believe ~ Day 21 SF Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
07 Jul It’s at the front door……U Rowe
07 Jul Fratelli d’Italia. kevin raymond
07 Jul Italy Spot On ~ Day 20 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
06 Jul Never Happy (England 4, Ukraine 0) Richard Hough
06 Jul Four Nil, would you Adam n Eve it! U Rowe
05 Jul On Matters of Life and Death and the Euros Carol Stewart
05 Jul Get The Beer In kevin halls
04 Jul It’s Always Really Easy Watching England Crispin Thomas
04 Jul We Ain’t…kevin raymond
04 Jul A New England Sharon Jones
04 Jul We’ve Won in Rome. We’ve Won in Rome…kevin raymond
04 Jul It’s Coming Home Stuart Butler
03 Jul England’s Dreaming Sharon Jones
03 Jul Italy stand strong ~ Day 18 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
03 Jul Simón saves for Spain ~ Day 18 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
02 Jul Tell me that you’ll open your eyes…..U Rowe
02 Jul England v Germany Gacina Bozidar
01 Jul Come On England ~ Revisited Stuart Butler
01 Jul St George 2021 Stuart Butler
30 Jun England 2 – 0 Germany, Last 16 U Rowe
30 Jun It’s Coming Rome! ~ Day 17 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
30 Jun Ukraine Leave It Late ~ Day 17 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
29 Jun Jurgen Klinsmann Sharon Jones
29 Jun England Warning -Still Contain Hope Crispin Thomas
28 Jun Swiss Roll Magnifique! Day 16 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
28 Jun Five Star Spain Again .Day 16 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
27 Jun Italy March On ~ Day 14 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
27 Jun Who Will Rule Out Danes? Day 14 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
26 Jun Danes slaughter Wales – haiku John J O’Connor
24 Jun The striker’s fear of the penalty Greg Freeman
24 Jun France/Portugal/Germany’s Day 13 ~ Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
24 Jun Spain & Sweden’s Day 13 ~ Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
23 Jun Teenage Kicks kevin halls
23 Jun Watching England v Paint Drying in The Euros Crispin Thomas
23 Jun England & Croatia’s Day12 ~ Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
23 Jun Croatia-Scotland Gacina Bozidar
22 Jun EURO 2020 Squads Dave Martin
22 Jun Belgium+Denmark’s Day 11 Euro 2020 Crispin Thomas
21 Jun Wales/Italy Through Day 10 Euro 2020 Crispin Thomas
20 Jun Here We Go Again kevin halls
20 Jun Day 9 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
19 Jun Auld Enemies kevin raymond
19 Jun Day 8 Euro 202 haiku Crispin Thomas
19 Jun Day 7 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
17 Jun Fickle or What? kevin raymond
17 Jun The Missing Waistcoat kevin halls
17 Jun Deja-Vu? kevin raymond
17 Jun Wales & Italy’s Day 6. Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
17 Jun Russia’s Day 6 Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
17 Jun Euro 2020, 16th June 2021 U Rowe
16 Jun News Just in…kevin raymond
16 Jun Portugal & France’s Day 5 Group F Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
16 Jun The Real Thing. kevin raymond
16 Jun Germany v France kevin raymond
15 Jun Memories are Made of This Stuart Butler
14 Jun Spain v Sweden Gacina Bozidar
14 Jun Day 4 Group E .Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
14 Jun Raheem, Raheem, Raheem, Raheeem…kevin raymond
14 Jun Day 3 Group C Matches.Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
14 Jun England’s Day 3. Group D. Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
14 Jun Turkey v Italy haiku Stuart Butler
13 Jun Russia v Belgium. kevin raymond
12 Jun Blinding News kevin raymond
12 Jun Day 2. Group B Matches. Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Forza Christian Ericksen haiku Sharon Jones
12 Jun Day 1 & 2. Group A Matches. Euro 2020 haiku Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Euro 2020 Teams haiku Crispin Thomas
12 Jun Change of Tack? kevin raymond
11 Jun The Pessimistic Predictor John J O’Connor
10 Jun Euro 2020 opener U Rowe Clik The Mouse
09 Jun Now That The Euros Are Nigh Crispin Thomas
03 May The Poetry of Euro ’21 (Football Poets 2000-2021) Crispin Thomas
2016
~ Your Euro 2016 Poems ~
21 Jul Euro 2016 XII: C’est fini! – U Rowe
12 Jul Everything But The Goal ~ Euro 16 Final –Crispin Thomas
12 Jul Post-Euro 2016 – Ianthe Exall
11 Jul Final – Portugal fulfil their Euro destiny – Emdad Rahman
10 Jul Griezmann fires France to Euro 2016 final – Emdad Rahman
08 Jul Helping Hand Haiku –kevin raymond
08 Jul Euro 16~ Day 21 SF1 Portugal v Wales – Crispin Thomas
08 Jul Euro 16 ~ SF 2 Day 22 France v Germany –Crispin Thomas
08 Jul Euro 2016 XI: Corp speak – U Rowe
07 Jul Euro 2016 X –U Rowe
04 Jul Euro 16 QF4 ~Day 20 – Crispin Thomas
01 Jul Tactical Error John J O’Connor
30 Jun Euro 2016 IX : Ireland out – U Rowe
29 Jun “Euro 2016” haiku Dulwich Poet
29 Jun Haiku For Harry kevin raymond
28 Jun Football and Brexit Denys E. W. Jones
27 Jun Euro 2016 VII: OMG – U Rowe
22 Jun Euro 2016 V – U Rowe
22 Jun Euro 2016 VI – U Rowe
20 Jun Euro 2016 IV – U Rowe
20 Jun Euro 2016 III – U Rowe
19 Jun it’s the weekend (Euro 2016) – Philip Johnson
17 Jun Nice Haiku David Sanderson
16 Jun Euro 2016 II U Rowe
16 Jun France v Albania kevin raymond
16 Jun Euro 2016 II – U Rowe
14 Jun Missing e power
12 Jun England held in Marseille Emdad Rahman
11 Jun The Field of The Cloth of Gold Graham Salter
11 Jun Les Bleus win as Euro 2016 kicks off – Emdad Rahman
10 Jun Euro 2016 I: avance! U Rowe
09 Jun Euro 2016 0: Who, who, who? – U Rowe
2015 ( Euro 2016 Qualifiers)
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27th November 2024 at 5:55 am
‘You’re Supposed To Be At Home’ is an excellent and moving poem Denys.
You start off thinking it’s just about another oft-sung chant, one we personally heard a lot last season throughout our second relegation in a row here at Forest Green(FGR) ! I always love poems where you think they are saying one thing and then they suddenly pull you deeper to somewhere or something else else.
I’m currently helping in a local school for FGR in a voluntary capacity using football to help young students with reading. At an upcoming session we will tackle racism, just like we did in workshops at football schools and grounds when we first started this site 24 years ago. I’m gonna try and weave your poem into a session.
We’ve added it to the Anti- Racism/Kick It Out section under Crispin’s Corner.
Best C
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26th November 2024 at 1:59 pm
Great poem and great to see you back Wyn.
Don’t leave it so long next time my friend!
More please.
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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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