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1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 where could i go
a movie a show?
it wasn’t to obvious
it was difficult to know

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Bill and Dave and
Jim and Paul
all they wanted to
do was watch the football

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 but i was bored
my team
defeated
my season ticket
torn up my account deleted

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 so i wandered on down
past a school
young people were playing
this game was cool

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 further on
there was a working men’s game
no one here had money
or sought fame

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 it was a basic match
where were the rich?
not here with us
on our neighbourhood pitch

Notes

i watch local teams far more than i used to; there are some smashing players…

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/show/