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“Seven Days On”

Dulwich Poet

Friday, March 9th, 2018

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Football can be rubbish
Such a pile of cack
What a difference a week makes
The Dulwich boys are back!
From humiliation at home
Thrashed by an average Harrow Borough
To going on a long mid-weeker to Lowestoft
Three nil and more than thorough!
This one was for the Old Skool
Nay a new-veau fan in sight
Not that the small turnout detracted
From what’s been a brilliant night.
No more than twenty made the journey
By train, team coach and car
Quality rather than quantity
Every one of us a star.
Down the years we’ve suffered
Seen many a heavy defeat
That’s why such an emphatic win
Seems even more sweet.
Lowestoft is a tough place to go to
We’ve not won there before
The ‘Natural Born Pessimist’ inside me
Knowing we’ll lose for sure.
An early goal settles the nerves
We are the first to score
And when the third goal went in
I knew we’d win for sure.
No matter what the season holds
I’ll cherish tonight’s win
When I get to bed in the early hours
I’ll hit the pillow with a big grin.
In truth there’s no glamour
Being a Dulwich Hamlet fan
We must take our pleasure
In any little way we can.
The opposition fans and players
Couldn’t believe how good we were
But me…I always had the faith
I knew what could occur.
Personally, I don’t know much about football
But won’t call for the manager’s head
I can’t believe some of the comments
On messageboards I’ve read.
Though there’s been some shockers
Calling for the gaffer’s head is barmy
My colours are proudly nailed to the mast
One of Gavin Roses’s Pink & Blue Army!

Notes

(This was from early October 2016, It was a bit of an indifferent start to the season, hopes were high for Dulwich Hamlet. But that night we had an excellent win, three nil away to Lowestoft Town. I wrote this on the team coach home, which I am lucky enough to travel on, as a Club official.)

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/seven-days-on/