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Team Sheet

Alan McKean

Friday, December 19th, 2014

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 lying unfinished
on the dressing room floor
the team sheet waits
for the final score

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 the scorers, the subs,
the dying, the dead
the Gaffer’s last choice
waiting to be read

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 the names long forgotten
to most fans, not all.
the fact that they played,
gave the game their all

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 a kick off, a game,
it’s just how you play
some fouls, no regrets
at the end of the day

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 the last final whistle,
The Ref says “let’s go,
the dressing room beckons,
it’s the end of the show

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 so, now shake the hand
of the other team’s men,
it’s time to pack up lads,
and say “never again””

© Alan McKean December 2014

Notes

After reading CT’s poignant piece “The Un-Final count”

Information I didn’t know

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/team-sheet/