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Come A Long Way

Kyle Norbury

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 We’ve come a long way, have Stoke City,
We’ve come a long way since being in division three,
We’ve come a long way since Liverpool beat us 8-0 in the League Cup at the turn of the century,
We’ve come a long way since struggling to get out of the second division,
We’ve come a long way since losing 2 play-offs in 2 seasons under Gudjon Thordarson,
We’ve come a long way since the dubious decisions of Icelandic ownership,
We’ve come a long way since finishing 21st in the Championship,
We’ve come a long way since our best result was winning away at Sheffield Wednesday,
We’ve come a long way since losing 1-0 at Southend on the opening day,
We’ve come a long way since our best player was Lee Hendrie,
We’ve come a long way since hitting long balls up to Big Mama Sidibe,
We’ve come a long way since a 0-0 draw clinched promotion on the last day of the season,
We’ve come a long way since our football was less than aesthetically pleasing,
We’ve come a long way since lining up with little Premier League experience,
We’ve come a long way since our record signing scored 5 goals in 40 appearances,
We’ve come a long way since Ricardo Fuller was the only player who would score us goals,
We’ve come a long way since being hated and Rory Delap’s long throws,
We’ve come a long way since Tony Pulis rested players in a Europa League game against Valencia,
We’ve come a long way since he played Charlie Adam as a right winger,
We’ve come a long way since the end of the Tony Pulis era,
We’ve come a long way with Mark Hughes and we’re about to go even further.

© Kyle Norbury

Notes

It’s been very rewarding being a Stoke City fan. I’ve been lucky enough to see continued progress from my team throughout my lifetime, but it’s sometimes forgotten just how far we’ve come.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/come-a-long-way/