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Daylight Robbery At The Emirates

Chris Barber

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 When the boys in old gold,
went down to North London,
all those in the know,
said Arsenal would get
a half dozen.
Well the extras refused
to follow the script.
And just the one goal,
was all they shipped.
A Fletcher goal
swelled Black Country pride.
And when it got physical
some big names did hide.
They kicked us !
They time wasted !
Gunners fans whined.
As Van Persie, failed to shine.
International Keeper’s talent ignored,
“Game of his life”.
They cried and roared.
Minus one Serbian,
we held on for a draw.
A point which got stuck
in the purists craw.
Effort and teamwork,
are no cause for shame.
There’s more than one way,
to play this great game.

Notes

I composed this after reading comments on an Arsenal fan forum after my team, Wolves, snatched an admittedly fortuitous point at the Emirates.

I could not believe some of the comments on the site. And fans of the big clubs wonder why they get slated ?

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/daylight-robbery-at-the-emirates/