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In The Middle Of The Shed

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 on nights like this the heart returns

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 to where our passioned hearts would burn

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 along that heaving Fulham Road

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 to where the floodlights loomed and glowed –

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 the push and shove before those gates

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 in frantic cup-tie queues and waits

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 that snaked through streets for miles and miles

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 to squeeze at last through old turnstiles

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 and climb those steps to claim our place

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 that magic concrete sacred space

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 where you and I on dreams were fed

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 within the middle of The Shed –

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 how different then the atmosphere

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 when we would stand and roar and cheer

15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 and yell and bay for hours and hours

16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 as though empowered with super-powers

17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 where you and I both old and young

18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 were crammed so tight and sung and sung

19 Leave a comment on verse 19 0 those anthem songs in anarchy

20 Leave a comment on verse 20 0 so famous in our loyalty

21 Leave a comment on verse 21 0 away away to every ground

22 Leave a comment on verse 22 0 we bathed thoses terraces in sound

23 Leave a comment on verse 23 0 from Carefree to the CFC

24 Leave a comment on verse 24 0 wherever you or I would be

25 Leave a comment on verse 25 0 we carried hopes with hearts of stone

26 Leave a comment on verse 26 0 like snails our corrugated home

27 Leave a comment on verse 27 0 and jumped and leapt and screamed on high

28 Leave a comment on verse 28 0 until our voices all ran dry

29 Leave a comment on verse 29 0 when relegation hung like thread

30 Leave a comment on verse 30 0 within the middle of The Shed –

31 Leave a comment on verse 31 0 an hour or so before each game

32 Leave a comment on verse 32 0 we’d meet to lift the vibe again

33 Leave a comment on verse 33 0 and raise our hopes to one day see

34 Leave a comment on verse 34 0 success from mediocrity

35 Leave a comment on verse 35 0 but often never knew or saw

36 Leave a comment on verse 36 0 exactly who had missed or scored

37 Leave a comment on verse 37 0 when hopes would fly at fever pitch

38 Leave a comment on verse 38 0 the underdogs against the rich

39 Leave a comment on verse 39 0 where instant wit and jokes combined

40 Leave a comment on verse 40 0 to quell those butterflies inside

41 Leave a comment on verse 41 0 that to this day will still remain

42 Leave a comment on verse 42 0 in nevousness before each game

43 Leave a comment on verse 43 0 to banish ridicule and scorn

44 Leave a comment on verse 44 0 that lingered since this club was born

45 Leave a comment on verse 45 0 to reach these current dizzy heights

46 Leave a comment on verse 46 0 and Euro glory heartstop nights

47 Leave a comment on verse 47 0 we stood and stretched above the heads

48 Leave a comment on verse 48 0 within the middle of The Shed

Notes

Early memories from The Back Of The Shed to follow…. certain followers of Arsenal,Man U,Celtic,Swindon,Bolton,Norwich,Forest Green Rovers and assorted Irish sides be warned…..

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/in-the-middle-of-the-shed/