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A Week Is A Long Time (In Football.)

Glyn Roberts

Monday, March 1st, 2010

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Portsmouth drowning
future drifting
into the English Championship Channel;
nine points adrift in a sea of creditors
credibility sunk by the Premier warships of success.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Chester dying
ancient City walls fallen
now upon its knees like a Roman gladiator
who sees the thumbs are all down
a monument of ruins to what might have been.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 But forget the boring stuff of football
the question on the lips of every fan
is will he, wont he, will he, wont he
will he shake his hand?

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 The battle of the Bridge
Love Lout versus Touchy Footy Man
a contest relished by supporters
up and down this Inger-land.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Handbags or handshakes
why shake hands anyway?
watch for that first tackle crunching
on the one who plays away.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 This game’s not about winning
but how those two losers play
and in the stand or on the phone in, Stan
every fan can have their say,

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 but tell that to the faithful of Pompey
or to the Chester lad kicking a can
around a brand new carpark.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-football/