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FA Cup Final

John Cox

Friday, May 18th, 2007

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 “Where have you been till this time?”

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 “I’ve been in the pub watching the Cup Final.”

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 “I watched it here with the commentators.
They were saying that certain players are very direct.
That Yankey reminds me of Giggsy.”

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 “She doesn’t look anything like him.”

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 “She does on the wing. Arsenal need more opposition.
Where’s that two hundred pounds gone
that I left on the work surface?”

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 “I’ve put it in the bank like I said I would.”

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 “And Charlton were winning one nil as well.”

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 “Was that a question? What are you talking about?”

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 “No it wasn’t a question. I know that they were winning.”

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 “So do I.”

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 “I know you do. Twenty to one to win they were.”

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 “I know. And they lost. What’s this all about?”

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 “It’s all about money and football.”

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 “It’s the football that counts, not the money.”

15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 “So where’s that two hundred pounds gone then?”

16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 “There it is now. It was in my coat pocket.”

17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 “I thought you took it to the bank.”

18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 “I was going to but I forgot.”

© John Cox May 18 2007

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/fa-cup-final/