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Denied by the Paintwork

Christopher T. George

Monday, March 20th, 2006

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It was a screamer of a shot, everyone agreed,
headed for the top left hand corner: guaranteed.
However, the paintwork denied him, once again.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Denied not by the ref, for offside, or for handball,
denied not by the linesman’s flag. He was glad,
it was a screamer of a shot, GOAL all the way,

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 headed for the back of the net — what a pay day!
Aye, it wuz a bullet of a shot! All the ball he’d got!
Yet goal, it wuz not. Erk! Denied by the Paintwerk!

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Christopher T. George

© Christopher T. George

Notes

Actually, editorializing here, the expression “denied by the paintwork” has to be one of the silliest expressions in football. The player has not been denied by the paintwork. The goalie might deny a goalbound ball but a ball that is “denied by the paintwork” was not going in.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/denied-by-the-paintwork/