Part of It All
PART OF IT ALL (at the heart of football)
well it’s starting to get pretty late now
it’s getting real late in the year
we might as well wait til next season my friend
when the heart becomes hopeful and clear
and lately i’m thinking how fickle it it is
and this time we surely will fall
but you and i know that wherever we go
we’re just glad to be part of it all
yeah it’s one of those times when you start to get real
and you feel like you just might break through
and it’s one of those times when you scream out loud
about what in the world can we do
like the anger at racist abusing
and the lowness of names that they call
do we turn a blind eye or just stand up and cry
for the future of life and football
and i don’t understand all this madness
this money this greed and this pain
the hatred of skin or just some other team
that just comes round again and again
but i’ve never been scared to speak from my heart
though sometimes it’s like a brick wall
but i’ll read you this poem
be you schoolgirl or Owen
and be glad to be part of footballl
and just when you feel like it’s worth sweet F.A.
and this is another dark day
some one phones in and they cry on the air
for their team or the way that they play
and i don’t feel naive to be feeling like this
and each season it ends up the same
i’m just always amazed at the twists that unfold
in this life and this beautiful gamel
@crispin thomas – stroud nov 03
Notes:
this is a poem /song that i wrote recently
which i’ve cunningly adapted..it’s about
not turning up at drug tests, clubbing, Leeds problems,Chelsea’s affluence,headline allegations,racism ,dodgy agents,
,superstar lifestyles ,arrogance and all the other good things about the game ! It’s also for..
for lovers and losers
and people in pain
and also for winners
in this funny old game..
and for jennie
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19th November 2023 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
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7th November 2023 at 6:34 pm
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
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6th November 2023 at 4:43 pm
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
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31st October 2023 at 4:26 pm
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
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6th October 2023 at 11:49 pm
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
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2nd October 2023 at 1:52 pm
There still remains a magic about the early rounds of the FA Cup that the premier league / internationals can never match.
Coventry Sphinx v Leicester Nirvana sounds so much more than a tale of two cities etc. etc.
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24th September 2023 at 5:14 pm
Very accurate indeed!
Palace home for me is always a tough journey as well. From the wilds of west London to Selhurst is a random journey into the unknown.
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20th September 2023 at 1:37 pm
Lovely stuff for one of the best.
We love him to death down at the Palace.
I’ll post my Roy poem a bit later. You’ve inspired me to finish it.
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19th September 2023 at 5:06 pm
I’d like to think some of my scarves might get passed down the generations, but can’t see some of the “quality merchandise” I have making much past my son’s generation. They’ll fall apart before he even has kids, I reckon!
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7th September 2023 at 2:43 pm
Very true Crispin. Thanks!
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