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On the 31st It’s Piggin’ Wigan

FoggontheTyne

Friday, August 13th, 2004

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 The Gelderd mob endured severe frustration
In suffering a recent relegation
Though now the pressure’s off Leeds fans are happier
The problem is the fixture list’s much crappier

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 So kicking off at home to Derby County
Leeds ought to come away with 3 points bounty
But on the 10th they visit sunny Gillingham
A prospect that is seriously chilling ‘em

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Then Wolves and Forest followed by the Blades
I don’t think they’ll break even from these raids
And Watford, Sky Blues, Plymouth on a roll
These games may not be such an easy stroll

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 September 18th might see change at Crewe
But win or lose I’ll leave it up to you
Sunderland, Stoke City, Cardiff, Preston
Such thoughts they could get seriously depressed on

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Away to Reading, then away to Brighton
Now that could really be a very shite ‘un
October signs off with a mega-big ‘un
When on the 31st it’s piggin’ Wigan

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Then Burnley, Ipswich, Preston, Queen’s Park Rangers
Leeds shouldn’t underestimate the dangers
November 27th off to Rotherham
Against the odds this one could seriously bother ‘em

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Then Foxes, Hammers, Millwall and the Mackems
The Christmas run-in’s tough I wouldn’t back ‘em
Leeds could be coming terribly unstuck
And facing an enormous Christmas Duck

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 The family Yuletide could be far from perky
With daddy wrecking vengeance on the turkey
And uncles who really won’t be missed
And Auntie Elsie on the sofa pissed

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Leeds could be in a low point situation
With prospects giving rise to desperation
Then New Year time it’s turn and turn about
Let’s hope by then it’s not a headlong rout

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 And so on and so forth ad infinitum
The clubs return again for Leeds to smite ‘em
If Christmas burial leads to mass dejection
Here’s hoping for an Easter resurrection

© Nick Fleischmann 2004 [FoggontheTyne]

Notes

August 2004 – just scanning LUFC’s fixture list, I hit on the idea of an ode based on it. The quality is down to its usual standard, but it’s had a 50/50 reception on waccoe [LUFC fans board]

Link: www.waccoe.com

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/on-the-31st-its-piggin-wigan/