Travelling east to play the game
Not thought to set the world aflame
Making friends while you're away
Impressing with your football play
Pleasing critics with what they see
Though they call you England B
Well done the noble men in green
With Holland, Dunn and Robbie Keane
You've really done your country proud
Let them proudly sing your names aloud
In 2002 England were in the east
Intending to serve up
a football feast
The ginger ninja’s
were in control
Butt and Scholes in
the midfield role
Campbell, Southgate
and Ferdinand at the back
Owen, Heskey, Fowler
and Vassel in attack
In goal David seaman
with his ponytail
Praise be to the
English hero’s hail
By example Beckham
driving on his team
In vein pursuit of the
world cup dream
In the end we just
weren’t good enough
Beaten by a lucky
Brazil goal to make it tough
Oliver Khan the man of the hour
If you talk to Mr. Beckenbaur
But its different it would seem
When he's talking of the German team
Because if you put them in a sack
And gave the sack a mighty whack
Whoever it was received the blow
Would in no doubt deserve it so
They said we’d never make the trip
Along came Sven to steer the ship
Injury time deep we win a free kick
Golden balls scores with the final kick
The group of death they put us in
They said that not a game you’ll win
Well we reached the quarterfinal
Losing to Brazilian’s inspirational
We will be back in four years’ time
To great new heights we will climb
Our place at the top we will regain
And we will win the world cup again
In 2002 England were in the east
Intending to serve up a football feast
The ginger ninja's were in control
Butt and Scholes in the midfield role
Campbell, Southgate and Ferdinand at the back
Owen, Heskey, Fowler and Vassel in attack
In goal David seaman with his ponytail
Praise be to the English hero's hail
By example Beckham driving on his team
In vein pursuit of the world cup dream
In the end we just weren't good enough
Beaten by a lucky Brazil goal to make it tough
They travel east
With Gaelic pride
Oliver Khan was the man of the hour
If
you talk to Mr. Beckenbaur
But
it’s different it would seem
When
he’s talking of the German team
Because
if you put them in a sack
And
gave the sack a mighty whack
Whoever
it was received the blow
Would
in no doubt deserve it so
They said we’d never make the trip
Along
came Sven to steer the ship
Injury
time deep we win a free kick
Golden
balls scores with the final kick
The
group of death they put us in
They
said that not a game you’ll win
Well,
we reached the quarterfinal
Losing
to Brazilian’s inspirational
We
will be back in four years’ time
To
great new heights we will climb
Our
place at the top we will regain
And
we will win the world cup again
Travelling east to play the game
Not
thought to set the world aflame
Making
friends while you’re away
Impressing
with your football play
Pleasing
critics with what they see
Though
they call you England B
Well
done the noble men in green
With
Holland, Dunn and Robbie Keane
You’ve
really done your country proud
Let
them proudly sing your names aloud
They travel east
With Gaelic pride
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
It’s said pride comes
Before a fall
They fell from high
Against Senegal
The next game a win
Or wonder why
A draw this time
With Uruguay
The final game
They have to win
Their cup defence
Must now begin
Will they play
Them off the park
They lose again
Against Denmark
So, France crash out
And exit early
Perhaps they’ll miss
The hurly burly
No broken hearts
They leave behind
Were glad they’re gone
To be unkind
So what’s the reason
France are out
We demand to know
The Frenchie’s shout
The answer is in
My firm belief
They should have eaten
British Beef
(Poem written after the early exit of Cup Holders France from 2002 World Cup, at a time when the French were refusing to accept Beef shipments from the UK)
Korea have had a great World Cup
They’ve
beaten Italy with a golden goal
How
will they celebrate the victory?
They’ll
be eating dog tonight in Seoul
Poem written after Italy v South
Korea match at 2002 World Cup
