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“Grass Roots”

Dulwich Poet

Friday, May 10th, 2013

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 One man and his dog
Without the hound
But about 25 people
Scattered around
A railed off pitch
And not much else
Just one small stand
To the side of the dugouts.
More players than fans
Welcome to the Kent Invicta League.
Real honest down to earth stuff.
Eltham Palace at home to
Seven Acre & Sidcup.
At Orpington FC
In Swanley.
Work that one out!
Showing in the clubhouse
Live on the telly
From the Bridge
Chelski against Tottingham
Not for me
Even if I had Sky TV.
Give me a real live game
With real live men
Over miniature on the box
Over paid prima donna’s
On a big screen
Dahn yer local boozer
Full of footie fans
Who’ve never been through
A turnstile in their life.
As the ‘When Saturday Comes’ t-shirt goes-
“Stuff Yer Superleague!”
I concur.
Give me your local boys
Short of pace
Red in the face
Some with a bit of a belly
That suggests they’ve spent
A tad too much time
Watching games on a pub telly
But still with a
Million times more talent
Than the pub bore
Who screams Torres can’t score
And they could do better themselves.
So tell me, at closing time
Who had the better night
You? With your all singing
All dancing best in the world
Premier League
Or me? On top of the game
Living and breathing
Every kick and hoof of the match
Right in front of me?
Speak for yourself, mate.
But my conscience is clear.
Enjoy your beer!

Notes

On Wednesday I watched a minor non-league game,which gave me far more enjoyment than watching any top flight professional match on television ever would.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/grass-roots-2/