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Welcome, Harriers

Rowan Waller

Saturday, December 2nd, 2023

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 A bitter Marsh Lane for Kidderminster,
Cup o’ Bovril and a piping hot Ginsters,
Or something just like one, from out o’ the hatch,
And then, there’s the whistle, and eyes one the match;
Both teams promoted, with something to prove,
the hoops were the first to make their move,
with a classic scramble in front of goal
And Andre Burley to bundle it home.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 A pretty tense and even affair,
Chances at either end, to be fair,
But then Canice Carol played one through
And Olly Sanderson made it two.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 – (And what a belter that was.)

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Two nil up then, and riding high
And three minutes left to go til half time…
But football, well, it’s a funny old game –
The way a game turns… ahhh; you feel my pain.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 First, a foul that wasn’t a foul
Earning Parker a yellow, that was never a yellow,
Which led to a corner that wasn’t a corner,
That led to a pen, that was never a pen,
Which led to a goal at the Nick of half time…
And I’ll take your word that their next was sublime,
‘Cos I admit, I heard the away crowd cheer
Just after the break… but, I was still at my beer.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 From two nil up, to a level two-two,
What more from the boys in the white and blue?
A decent enough display, but in fact
What we had was a bit like a Tier 6 scrap,
Between these two newly promoted teams,
Both of them chasing an identical dream,
And after a hundred minutes of fight and toil,
These drop-zone rivals shared the spoils.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Well; that point puts us on twenty-one
From twenty two played… so not a lot wrong.
Game twenty-three next – so let’s fill The Shed
Mark halfway with three points ‘gainst Maidenhead…

Notes

Getting towards halfway point in the season, and we had Kidderminster at home, another team promoted from tier 6, and a sight of three points that we really could’ve done with to give us a chance of then hitting the true halfway point against Maidenhead with a real opportunity to be over halfway to the 50 points we are aiming for, for safety (are you with me so far?).

As it happens, Kidderminster was a chance squandered, but a point at least. As for Maidenhead… Well, enjoy this poem first; I’m still working out what to write about the Maidenhead game, but it was not pretty!

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/welcome-harriers/