2026-06-15
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I think it's hard to capture the grandeur of the game in the World Cup in a poem,
but that's kind of what poetry is about.
The difficulty and complexity and exhilaration of those moments of joy that can occur.
The people of Ghana love football.
Commentary is not just talking about this player pass the ball to that player.
You are trying to picture what is happening in the stadium for your listeners
and you want them to fall in love with the game.
Somebody will say a line of a chant and you pick it up straight away.
Somebody could say a line of a poem and the same thing can happen.
It's about being in a room or in a stadium or in a street.
Everybody's feeling celebratory.
I'm Mark Wilberforce.
I'm a writer and a lifelong Arsenal fan.
But in this summer's FIFA World Cup, my loyalties are divided between Ghana and England.