Football is back – the Euros are here again
Nationalist fervour and lust for the beautiful game.
Yet it doesn’t seem so beautiful – more ugly and despair
As violence and vandalism turn dream to sad nightmare.

It’s nothing new this hooliganism, we’ve seen it all before
Yet it’s rampant now as ever – most people do deplore.
Let’s hope the Gendarmes use full force to quash the feral scum
And celebrate this tournament of skills and goals and fun.