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Poems tagged ‘Netherlands’

When Your Mojo’s Back ~ England 4-0 Netherlands

Crispin Thomas

Thursday, July 10th, 2025

when it clicks you lose the fear
all those doubts just disappear
let’s just mark it as a scare
when your mojo’s back

scintillating on the ball
pressing high and standing tall
so together one and all
and our mojo’s back

just ignore what they all say
blow those cobwebs right away
singing Caroline all day
when your mojo’s back

Lionesses roar once more
we all know there’s so much more
this is what we came here for
and our mojo’s back

Stanway Russo Hemp and James
hard to just pick out one name
Hampton Bronze all on their game
now our mojo’s back

Wiliamson’s over the moon
Greenwood Carter Walsh and Toone
and our mojo’s back

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If This Is Our Time

Crispin Thomas

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

nights like this are special
times like these are rare
savour ev’ry moment
when you know you’re there
you can call it fortune
who cares what they say
when that moment happens
failure falls away

and if this is really it
if this is our time
we’ll remember where we were
til the day we die
we’ll remember words we cried
in our silly way
just like when the Beatles sang
Things We Said Today

high upon this hillside
minutes seem to fly
suddenly it hits you
like in years gone by
all those days we came so close
all those times before
disappear and fade away
when at last you score

looking on in disbelief
through the tears and smiles
memories come flooding back
when you were a child
time to stop and pinch yourself
as you watch the game
what is it that moves us
in this way the same?
and if this is really it
if this is our time
we’ll remember where we were
til the day we die
we’ll remember words we cried
in our silly way
just like when the Beatles sang
Things We Said Today

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England & Netherlands Win E24#3

Crispin Thomas

Sunday, June 16th, 2024

in the late late show
Poland shine but just fall short
Oranje wall stands firm

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Eriksen strikes first
Danes hed by Slovenia
stalemate helps us loads

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difficult again
Bellingham the diff’rence here
one goal is enough

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England- Denmark- Netherlands & USA (just!) Advance – WWC ’23

Crispin Thomas

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023

~ China 1-6 England ~

Lionesses purr

roaring through to last sixteen

Lauren James sublime

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~ Haiti 0-2 Denmark ~

Harder shines for Danes

Haiti leave with heads held high

Matildas beware

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~ Portugal 0-0 USA ~

poor from USA

pushed all game by Portugal

just a post away

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~ Vietnam 0-7 Netherlands ~

Dutch in cruise control

find their shooting boots at last

as they top the group

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Czechs go Marching On ~ Day 15 Euro 29020 haiku

Crispin Thomas

Sunday, June 27th, 2021

Dutch capitulate

Czechs surprise with fire and flair

to reach the last eight

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Day 7 Euro 2020 haiku

Crispin Thomas

Saturday, June 19th, 2021

now well in the mix

early scares are put to rest

As Ukraine edge on

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in a wall of sound

Austria are rolled aside

By a strong Oranje

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with emotions high

Belgian class the difference here

as Denmark stand tall

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