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The Men In Flags & Rags

Steve Mclean Ellis

Monday, May 14th, 2012

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 ‘No Way, Never Was!’
Cry the nation’s public house reserves
‘that was in, It must be!’
And these bloody foreigners lead us to victory.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Screaming ‘Get him off’ to the referee
and remembering the god-like genius of Eric C.
You’re so full of advice, good solid advice.
But if you could shut up for once would be nice.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 So have you considered being a pro-manager?
Or the coach’s personal advisor?
You should be, you know so much,
It’s the guys in tracksuits who are out of touch.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Proud of your team to the point of violence,
all the rest of us want is a little bit of silence.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Wrapped in a flag with your red and white face
Yet you think men who wear make-up are a queer disgrace
Sat on a stool in the middle of the bar,
You’d go every week but Trafford’s too far.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 With your wisdom at full volume you dispense the wit.
‘GO ON GEEZER, KICK IT’

Notes

I wrote this during Euro 96. It was aimed at the fairweather fans who only ever supported football when there was a related single in the charts.

Living in Holloway and watching the games in the Enkle Arms, there was often some nasty arguments to be had between the Spurs and Arsenal fans….

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-men-in-flags-rags/