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Selling Up

Tony Lewis-Jones

Friday, November 2nd, 2001

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Being a Man Utd fan, I only take
A passing interest in our local teams
But I’ve always been fond of ‘The Gas’.
The Bristol underdogs, battling bravely on
Through years of exile at Twerton Park
The glorious return a few years back to BS7,
Near-misses, relegation. And now
They’re being put up for sale
As if anyone could ever put a price
On all that loyalty, goodwill and pride
Shown on the terraces, week in, week out.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I wish them well. Football, like life,
Has peaks and troughs
And maybe, there’s a millionaire
Waiting for the Rovers with a pot of gold.
Let’s hope so. They’ll be singing then
At the Memorial Stadium
Oh yes. ‘The Gas will rise again.’

© Tony Lewis-Jones 2001

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/selling-up/