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Boro Fan

Gordon Hodgeon

Friday, November 14th, 2008

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 My friend John’s
a Boro fan,
supports the Boro
rain or shine,
win or lose.
He says
someone has to.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 It’s how you tell
a real supporter.
He’ll be there, will John,
fair games, fouls,
good days, bad ones.
He says
someone has to.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Every season
these new signings
with wages bigger
than anyone dreamed of
when John was a boy,
they don’t suffer.
He says
someone has to.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Most of them leave,
they get injured, they don’t
come back from holidays,
their wives complain,
it’s too cold, boring,
they catch the plane, John knows
most of them don’t last.
He says
someone has to.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 John agrees with them,
it’s cold and boring.
They’re right, not wrong,
they don’t belong,
don’t know the song,
haven’t put the years in
on the terraces
the thick and thin years.
He says
someone has to.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 It’s John. He has to.
It’s a job for life
being a Boro fan.
He tells me again,
he says
someone has to.

© Gordon Hodgeon 14/11/2008

Notes

I wrote this for my friend John, who is indeed a Boro fan. He says every word is true.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/boro-fan/