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Chelsea 0-0 Man City, Dave Sexton R.I.P.

Borat Skorbard

Friday, November 30th, 2012

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Another day, another manager

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 No goals on which to report
but the fans resort
to booing

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 ‘cos
owner Abramovich
went a-wooing

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 to the ol’ enemy
and we end up with Rafa
as gaffa

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 and like elephants
we never forget
on this day of regret.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 The day wasn’t just about disrespecting the newly arrived
or the now deprived
Roberto di Matteo

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 He was acknowledged in the 16th minute
our only manager to tackle the Champions League – and win it

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 But for those of us of a certain age
there was a sage
for our golden era –
when squad names tripped off the tongue
more easily than the current ones tumble –
some humble
some loud and proud, but truly enigmatic:
Bonetti, Webb, Dempsey, McCreadie
Hudson, Hinton, Hollins, Harris, Houseman, Hutchison
Kember, Baldwin, Boyle, Phillips
and the true greats, Charlie Cooke and Ossie the King
presided over
by the now lamented
Dave Sexton.

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 A man who not only honed
a team to which we gave homage
but he did so with a quiet certitude, and fortitude
and he garnered many plaudits
from his latter posts, including
Man Utd, QPR, and England

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 We loved the way he steered
And he’ll forever be revered

© Borat Skorbard, November 25th 2012

Notes

Premiership, match day 13

Dave Sexton led Chelsea to victory in the 1970 FA Cup and then to the European Cup Winners’ Cup title in 1971. (The very era I was at my most impressionable!!!)

He went on to coach the England Under-21 team between 1977-90, leading them to successive European titles in 1982 and 1984, and again from 1994-96.

Chelsea released a statement saying they “would like to express our enormous sadness and send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Dave Sexton. Sexton is without doubt one of the greatest managers in Chelsea history”.

He left Chelsea for QPR in 1974 and led the west London team to their best league finish of second in the 1975-76 season, one point behind champions Liverpool.
He was awarded an OBE for his services to football in 2005.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/chelsea-0-0-man-city-dave-sexton-r-i-p/