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The Funny Ritual Of The Half Time Snack

Mike Bartram

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Half Time at Anfield, at every game.
We saw the vendor with a deadly aim.
In front of The Kop, he made his way.
Hanging from his neck, a goodies tray!

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 What a thankless task, lay ahead of him.
This guy had bottle and very thick skin!
Hundreds of orders but so little time.
Impatient hungry Kopites waiting to dine!

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Wrigley’s Gum was always in demand.
Way up in The Kop, a pack would land!
Mars Bars he would launch at great speed.
With his pin point accuracy guaranteed!

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Interception of goods…not worth a try.
A risk rewarded with a poke in the eye!
In the 60’s Kop, came an unwritten law.
Everyone received what they paid for!

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Over Kopites heads, the choccky flew.
This was an early version of Divereroo!
Whistling through the air…to and fro.
Sped the coinage, so all heads kept low!

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 At every game, I had to avoid being hit.
By a flying tanner or stray threepenny bit!
All goodies sold as seen, no money back.
The funny ritual of the Half Time snack!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-funny-ritual-of-the-half-time-snack/