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Give It to the Beanpole!

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 My friend Shane says, “Crouch will be
one of Liverpool’s greatest players.”
But what about Peter the England player
on the biggest stage of all: the Mundial?

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 What odds to see the Beanpole raise
the World Cup trophy on July 9 and kiss it?
As the games approach, Jurgen Klinsmann
squirms in the media spotlight, hoping

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 his young squad can recreate the German
machine of old–and he does have home advantage
as he opens against lowly Costa Rica on Friday.
Then England vs Paraguay on Saturday. . . think of ’66

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 and England opening against Uruguay (an omen?),
a dull 0-0 draw–but we went on to win the Cup.
Will we do better this time? Crouch and Owen to score?
Big man, little man, the classic combination. Maybe. . .

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Christopher T. George

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/give-it-to-the-beanpole/