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Venue of legends

Dennis Swift

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 As the Towers were demolished at the Stadium of Wembley
Not a dry eye in sight from the fans in assembly
The venue of legends is never no more
But just a mass of old debris that’s strewn on the floor.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 A new Stadium will be built and rise in its place
Of what was called our National disgrace
Although it was worshipped by those who now pine
A monument of disinfectant and the smell of urine.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Facilities were poor and the prices were high
Aftershocks were felt after buying a pie
Hot dogs and hamburgers were the price of a meal
And the prices of a programmes that didn’t appeal.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Seventy odd thousand were crammed into the ground
With most drinking beers and swaying around
The queues for the toilets was always too long
And most had a bladder which wasn’t that strong.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 But we cannot forget that sixty six date
When Geoff Hursts goal sealed the Germans fate
The Stadium itself so famous world wide
Now finally rests with me abide.

© Feb2003

Notes

After seeing the picture in the tabloids this week demolishing the towers I had to put pen to paper.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/venue-of-legends/