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Pompey Crimes

mark merriman

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

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sticking in throats of
bemused fans of
the South coast club.
Hartless, Portsmouth limp on,
lurching from one crisis
to the next.
Overseen, now by
eagle-eyed Grant,
for whom this must be
a far cry from the pomp
and ceremony at the Bridge.
For Pompey it may be
a bridge too far:
paying massive transfer fees
and extortionate wages to players
based on gate receipts from
the smallest ground in the
Premiership.
A fire sale of players predicted
in the January window –
survival Portsmouth’s only hope
as the tax man tightens his grip
and the winding up order is served.

© mark merriman september 2004

Notes

Football’s recent history is littered with clubs trying to overreach themselves and Pompey are no different from many others with one important exception – the sums involved with salaries etc are so much bigger than at lower league clubs. Fingers crossed that they survive, but I would imagine their fans are watching & listening as events unfold with growing trepidation. More to come on Stockport County’s worsening plight soon.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/pompey-crimes/