Throw in king Brooks
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Midgely United Amateur
Flung with missile trajectory
Lengthiest football throw ever
To create a little bit of history
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From Brooksbank Sports College
Danny Brooks the meek hero
Chucked from nowhere to the fore
With a designer ‘flip’ throw
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‘I used to be a gymnast’
Claimed the lad from Elland, Halifax
So from a running leap he became
A log in the record tracks
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‘I could do a flip holding a ball’
Brooks keyed up his vocal chord
‘If I could get the timing and angles right
‘I could beat the world record
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It was 49.78 metres
Launched with a prayer and kiss
More than half a length of pitch
And a new entry for Guinness
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Inquisitiveness from Stan Pulis?
What with a pummel that raps fairies
On a sixpence for Tuncay or Fuller
New Delap at the Potteries
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Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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