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GALLANT CHELSEA, ADVANTAGE ARSENAL

Michael Adubato

Thursday, March 25th, 2004

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 And the boys in blue
On the other side of London
Fail in their noble quest
Yet again

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 A tired, sluggish Arsenal
Went to their pitch
To play their game
In their backyard, and

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 The blue boys played it
So much better,
For longer stretches on that
Frigid night

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Attacked more
Attacked harder
Had the Gunners leaning
Back against the post
Corner kick after corner kick
Slouching towards defeat

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 And after ninety minutes
Of noble football poetry
Champions League football
All they could show for it
Was a 1-1 home draw
Gave up a soft goal
A result of bad defending
For one blink of the eye

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Took the game to Arsenal
Ran them around
Stamford Bridge
Backwards and sideways
Pressed, pressed, pressed
Yet, gave up that away goal
For their troubles

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Everything is predetermined
The Arsenal will not be beaten
By their Russian-bought rivals

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 The Chelsea dilemma
As they search for silverware
A quest without a grail

Notes

The CL game was what I thought was a mediocre, non-passionate display by Arsenal but still they get a draw and an away goal from it. Now Chelsea gets to come and play at our house!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/gallant-chelsea-advantage-arsenal/