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A Cold night in January

Alan McKean

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 A cold Lancashire night.
Temperatures low
Expectations high.
Ewood in January is not welcoming.
As the cold night air
Sweeps down off the West Pennine Hills.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Local rivalries run deep,
As the B of Blackburn
And the B of Bolton
Grind out a Lancashire derby,
With a first minute booking for the home side’s new signing.
Is anyone surprised?

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Subs come and go
As the play flows left and right.
A deadlock
Created by a mixture
Of clever play and silly mistakes.
And then THAT penalty.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 The game’s afoot, and the pace quickens,
As the home Bs chase the away Bs.
Penalty number two?
No – and justice is done.
The games rolls on relentlessly to its conclusion,
As the points go back to The Reebok.

© Alan McKean January 2005

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-cold-night-in-january/