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Sporting Benefits

John Gilbert Ellis

Saturday, November 18th, 2023

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It’s easy to mock,
marvellous to laugh and sing,
Hooray, Everton
are right back in the mire again.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 May be Jordan Pickford
should play for the Blades,
A better sanction
than ten points taken away.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Or share them out
with the newly promoted three.
Make Everton pay for football’s
high crime of dodgy accountancy.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Now get the Popcorn out,
ready for the real laugh out loud,
the one that will send
a big fish to National League South.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Medals, pots, and pans will be thrown
in the bottomless dustbin of history,
and financial misdemeanours
will no longer bank roll shiny cup glory.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Or Everton remain the one answer
to the football quiz question set to persist,
while the elite get a measly fine,
a stern warning, and a slap across the wrist.

Notes

So the Premier League are going after those who break the rules.

Everton have been hit hard, so we can assume those who have broken even more rules, or done things worse, will be hit even harder.

I won’t be holding my breath.

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/sporting-benefits/