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The Family on the Kop

Rob Barron

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 An 8-year-old dreams ‘Owen is kool!’
His 12-year old sister just dreams….
‘So fit, so fine, wish he was mine!’
Two years older and getting bolder,
her big sister eyes the line….
‘Le Tallec is dreamy, must try harder
In my French lessons at school!’
At 17, big brother is counting the cost
Of paying his own way out of his first
Wage packet, it’s a racket,
So many hours for so little reward.
But this is my team, the love of my life,
I want a good time, too young for a wife!
Dad gazes down, his offspring engrossed
His thoughts drifting back to the days
When trophies and titles came with most
End of season parties. ‘GOAL!’
The whole family rise as one….
Harmony reigns, unity lives,
Today, just for now, let’s be
The Anfield FAMILY!

© Rob Barron 2003

Notes

I love Liverpool as it is the most fantastic family unit. Sit on the Kop or in any of the stands and just look around at the families there. It’s great and on these days and at these times, family arguments are lost, rivalry is set aside, they are as one with each other. That is real family medicine!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-family-on-the-kop/