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“Flight of Fancy”

Dulwich Poet

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 I travelled across London
For a match tonight
You could say it was a fanciful flight
British Airways versus Indian Gymkhana
Hardly classified as footballing nirvana
Not going to be a filler
On your ‘Match of the Day’ screen
Us groundhopping types are weirder
Than that strange Mr. Bean!
A bumper crowd of thirty two
At least a dozen
From the tick it off crew.
A roped off pitch all the way round
But that still qualifies as a ground.
The standard of football
Wasn’t the best
But at Middlesex County level
Give it a rest!
All I expect is honest endeavour
Even if the skill on show
Is none too clever.
For the actual level
It’s entertaining enough
You can see worse
At that Premier League stuff.
Back to my ‘bread and butter’ on Saturday
Dulwich Hamlet and Hornchurch play.
You might think I’m weird
So imagine the worst
I’m clearly not listening
Got the Reserves at Hanwell Town first.

Notes

( I went to a Middlesex County League Premier Division match earlier this evening. British Airways 1, Indian Gymkhana 0. Ground number 619 for me.)

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/flight-of-fancy/