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Coin

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Early morning mist clears,
Leaving a blue tide
Descending on the city.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Glasgow moves to Manchester.
Trams and buses
Ring with tribal chants.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Parks and gardens
are vibrant
With Glasgow blue.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Pre match beers
Relax the fans
Sunning themselves in the city centre.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The game begins

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Early morning mist clears
Leaving a dark tide
Of bottles, cans and fans.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Glasgow goes home.
Trams and buses
Carry subdued warriors.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Parks and gardens
Are littered
With the drunks of the night.

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Post match beers
Turn to riots,
As fans destroy a city centre.

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 Game over.

Notes

Editor’s note :

it must be noted that it was, as ever ’twas, a minority of fans.

Not that it condones what happened, not at all.

Clik

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/coin/