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Twennyfourthousan o us

seb gevers

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 we wis sittin in the southstand
thenicht Aiberdeen beat the jirmins
on a cauld wet day in eightythree
twennyfourthousan o us packed in

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 a crackinside, thae jirmins
wi thon bigyin Rummenigge playing forem
but we haed Rougvie un Simpson, squarego aye
screamin “get stuck intae them“, twennyfourthousan o us

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 then this Augenthaler yin cracks one in past bigjim
a screamer so it wis
afore Simmie pegs one back richt on the hauftimewhistle
wi the crowd gaun mental, twennyfourthousan o us

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 but no lang efter the restart thae jirmins gettah goal fae Pflugler
anither screamer rightenuf
we’re needin tae score twice thenou
so the crowd’s gaun mental, twennyfourthousan o us

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 then Aiberdeen get a freekick right ootside thair box
Strachan run ower the ba looking a richt fuil, bit he wheels back an fires it in
and big ‘lec heads it intae the net and
wer aw gaun mental, twennyfourthousan o us

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 and wer jist settlin’ doon
when McMaster finds Black with a beauty ohacross
(mind he wis aye gettin them tae curl in)
their goalie parries it but Hewitt gets their first
and wer aw gaun mental, twennyfourthousan o us

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 ‘mon the reds, ‘mon the dandies, crackin night
aye ye shoud hae been there, thenicht we beat the jirmins
ah lost ma voice sittin in the southstand
gaun mental, twennyfourthousan o us

© Seb Gevers

Notes

My attempt at capturing the game between Aberdeen and Bayern Munich on the 16th March 1983 (I was at it, aged 13!). It’s written in the local Aberdeen ‘patois’ called “Doric” so wont pass your spell checker, but I’d appreciate it if you could bend the rules a wee bit and publish!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/twennyfourthousan-o-us/