Moore chews toffees
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My early football memories fade
As they’re mostly of a monochrome shade
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But there’s one that does not fade away
A cup-tie screened on ‘Match of the Day’
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I hail from Ireland’s Northern zone
A schoolboy Forest fan alone
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Schoolmates torn ‘tween Leeds or United
To follow Forest, I had decided
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So the Goodison Greats had come to town
Harvey, Ball and Sandy Brown
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A quarter-final, beside the Trent
A game the crowd, could not have dreamt
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Ken Wolstenholme was there as well
The drama he conveyed so well
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Ian Moore we asked, ‘What was the Storey?’
Would he be the man, to grab the glory
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Or would the Toffees, wrap it up
As early on, James Husband struck
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By half-time Forest were second best
But they re-emerged, like men possessed
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Two goals from Moore reversed the score
Cue a sea of scarves and a deafening roar
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From end to end, the game it swung
Amid chanting fans, both old and young
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But alas, an equalizer came
When Husband’s second, tied the game
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As both teams rued their chances missed
There was to be a final twist
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Moore’s third goal, it was heaven sent
As he headed home, at the third attempt
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The boys in blue, went on the attack
But hairy Hennessy, held them back
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3-2 the score – it finished then
‘Match of the season’, said Big Ken
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A hat-trick hero, in the Forest jersey
The holders were out – O Lord have Mersey
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The Blues would have no beer that night
Their faces, a paler shade of white
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The year was 1967
I was 8 years old and near wild heaven
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I watched all in black and white
Stayed up late – then to bed GOODNIGHT
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