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the curse o’ Andy D’Urso

Clik The Mouse

Tuesday, June 24th, 2003

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 in the 2002 / 2003 Premiership season
a certain Frenchman, lost all sense of reason
for in the closing stages of the League
Arsenal let slip, a comfortable eight point lead

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 but Arsene Wenger, would like it to be known
that it had nothing to do, with Martin Keown
no, despite his ill-timed o.g.
the fault lies squarely, with a referee

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 and neither was the bizzare own goal by Kaolo Toure
the reason why the rival reds, were busily singing ‘hooray!’
and Sol Campbell’s elbow so errant
didn’t fit the bill, for our Gallic pedant

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 no, no, you see
it was all the fault, of ONE referee

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 it was nothing to do with an arrogance, a swagger
over-confidence, surely? no, we have it wrong, it was a dagger;
a stab in the back
from a man ‘formerly in black’

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 nor did the season hinge, on the form of a goalkeeping icon
as the Gallic Master was quick to refute, with the tv mic on
no, he announced loud and clear, Seaman was no Nemesis
it was the presence of a certain match controller, on the premises

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 so there’s definately one arbiter, dropped from his Christmas card list
as Wenger regales, on all the bad tackles missed
that lead to crippling injuries, to a crop of star players
the reason for which, he attributed to whistling betrayers

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 it couldn’t be, could it? that all the ups and downs
could have been curtailed, without the Upson frowns
when a glaring lack of cover, in the centre of defence
ultimately brought failure and an attitude intense?

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 no, no, you see
it was all the fault, of THAT referee

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 one in particular, shoulders the blame
a whole season’s misfortune, condensed, all in one game

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 for it was the man with the whistle
who caused Arsene to bristle
and so I daresay Mr D’Urso
will never be Wenger’s favourite perso n.

© Clik the mouse, June 2003

Notes

rhymes can be so contrived these days!

as can the excuses from bitter football managers – Arsene Wenger lost a lot of friends with his sore loser stance.

He was particularly upset with the following match :

April 26th 2003
Bolton 2 Arsenal 2
h-t 0-0
Bolton scorers : Djorkaeff, Keown og
Arsenal scorers : Wiltord, Pires
Arsenal were 2-0 up!
Referee : Andy D’Urso

Laville of Bolton was sent off in the last minute, but Arsenal were unhappy with the number of heavy tackles that were committed before that

Manchester United went on to win the League that season.
Earlier in the campaign, Arsenal’s reserve centre back Matthew Upson was sold to Birmingham City. By the end of the season he had made his debut for England.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-curse-o-andy-durso/