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Chelsea- Leeds – another fiery contest

joe morris

Monday, December 13th, 2021

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Oh Chelsea against Leeds
Shades of 1970
When the old Wembley
Cup Final
Resembled a sand pit
Or was it an allotment
Site where cabbages
And raddishes may
Well have been picked
By Billy Bremner or
Norman Bites Yer Legs
Hunter and Jack Charlton
Towered over the spectacle
Like the gentle giant
Who just loved a scrap
But then matters relating
To the game
Were no agricultural
Thump into the stands
And yet 1970 was
copied and photcopied
By the class of 2021
On the penultimate weekend
Before festive boots
Were trodden
No dubbin needed
Here
Just a blizzard of fists
Sweeping across
Impassioned lands
Where the Bridge
Met the well educated
Feet of the Elland Road
Bielsa ball purists
Brave and admirably
Schooled by a man
Who knows far more
About the game’s morals
And principles.
So the final whistle went
At Stamford Bridge
On the sabbath weekend
And all hell broke loose
The dam broke
Sheer bedlam
Rudiger, powerful
And yet, taking
Sport far too seriously
For his good
Anger floods through
His blood
Tributaries of fury
Pouring from
Torrential brows
Sweat on over heated
Forehead
Then Mount, Harvitz
Or quite possibly Hudson
Odoi.
Joined the red blooded
Tempest, the hurricane
Of tempers, bursting
And boiling.
Then we remembered
It was but a football
Match
Chelsea and Leeds
We’ve seen it all before
But no more animosity
Again, it is just a game
No more handbags
Please.

Notes

This is my take on the Chelsea -Leeds game over the weekend.

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