Football Poets tribute to Euro 2000

A great tournament with many magic moments - and what's more the best side won.

Enjoy the poems and if you feel inspired to pen a retrospective on the tournament we'll be delighted to put it on this page.

A good a place to start is Stuart's poem which sums up what many of us thought in the end...

Why I loved Euro 2000

...Finally, because France’s triumph
Was a triumph for beautiful football,
And because it really did bring people together,
Simultaneously all across the world,
And because it made us all more aware
Of what binds us,
Rather than what divides;
It isolated the racists and xenophobes,
And it was,
In the end,
Quite simply,
Without cynicism,
Quite simply,
Football without Frontiers,
The Beautiful Game.
Allez les Bleus!

Post Tournament
Eur'opless
Magic Moments
The Ancient Manager
Why I Loved Euro 2000

During The Tournament
18-Jun to 3-Jul-2000
Page for week 3

18 to 23-Jun-2000
Page for week 2

10 to 17-Jun-2000
Page for week 1

before 10-Jun-2000
Pre Tournament

Send your Poems
on Euro 2000 to:
poems@footballpoets.org