This year, Northern Ireland qualified for their first ever European Championship.
In the video, a young boy speaks for all the Northern Irish football fans. They are “the extra man” (de twaalfde man) of the Northern Ireland national football team.
Read the following words and phrases and their definitions.
- come rain or shine - whether it rains or not; always
- at the top of your voice - in the loudest way possible
- Complete the second line:
"We are the North, the South, the East and the West,
The ..........................................................................." - Fill in the other 3 years the boy says:
We are the 1958,
the ...........,
the ..............,
the ............... - What colours does the boy mention at the end? Explain why these colours.
Extra assignment for poetry buffs
The first line the boy says bring to mind a line from a famous English poem:
"He was my North, my South, my East and West,"
- Go to the internet.
- Find out which famous English poem it is and who wrote it.