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Thirty Years Ago

Denys E. W. Jones

Monday, May 19th, 2025

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It was thirty years ago today,
In a very merry month of May,
We’d been playing all year long with flair,
We were slicker than young Tony Blair,
So we’re calling just to remind you,
That we’re able to win Trophies too,
So let’s hear it for the Boys in Blue!

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 We’re called the Other Team On Merseyside,
Our real name is Everton.
Three decades now since we won Silverware,
And still the wait goes on and on.
Days, weeks, months, years slip by,
Days, weeks, months, years slip by,
Days, weeks, months, years slip by,
Yet no joy.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Hey, now Fortune’s gonna turn around,
We’ve new owners and a brand new Ground,
We’ll be sorry to leave Goodison,
But we’ve made a break and must move on.
Yes, it seems like things are looking up,
Next season we might win the Cup,
And if we do, be sure, we’ll let you know…

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 20/5/25
Denys E. W. Jones

Notes

On Saturday 20th May Nineteen Ninety-Five, Everton won the FA Cup, beating Manchester United 1-0 thanks to a goal by Paul Rideout. As the whole world knows, this was the last time Everton won a Trophy. This is a re-working of the Fab Four’s Sergeant Pepper. Some readers may recall that I also re-worked Sergeant Pepper in 1985 in a poem entitled Vent’anni fa (twenty years ago) to mark the twentieth anniversary of Hellas Verona winning their first, and so far only scudetto.

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/thirty-years-ago/

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