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End of season prayer

Peter Goulding

Saturday, September 20th, 2014

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Oh Lord, as we complete this two-horse race,
the football season barely six months old,
deliver us, we pray, from this dark place.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 We kneel before your majesty and grace,
looking for a way back in the fold
as we, oh Lord, complete this two-horse race.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Longford folk are scurrilous and base –
wickedness abounds and men are bold.
Deliver us, not them, from this dark place.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Oh, guide us through the perils that we face.
Let refs be kind and wingers rubber-soled,
dear Lord, as we complete this two-horse race.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Let our opponents curse the lack of space,
and let our breakaways be more controlled
and please deliver us from this dark place.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Yes, let our wingers never lack for pace
and let our forwards win promotion gold.
Dear Lord, please help us win this two-horse race
and deliver us, we pray, from this dark place.

© Peter Goulding 19th September 2014

Notes

Going into the final few matches of the season, Longford Town are one point ahead of Shels in the fight for automatic promotion. Written for the Shels v Shamrock Rovers B programme

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/end-of-season-prayer/