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Poems tagged ‘FA Cup third round day’

FA Cup third round day

joe morris

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Beneath the creaking terraces
Of the FA Cup third round
And the dancing, swaying floodlights
That cling tenaciously for dear life
Onto our souls and hearts
No surprises or shocks
For the Non Leaguers
Who tease flirtatiously with
The artful and upper classes
Of the bigger boys
No joy for Tamworth
Within the comforting folds of
Middle England
Tamworth tumble tiredly to
The mighty titans of Tottenham
Who have yet to trouble May time
At Wembley
Since Gazza and his revolutionary rebellion
In 1991 against Forest
Lashing out at Gary Charles
And Cloughie loses out
Perhaps for the first time
Then on Tyneside
Newcastle spoil the
Decorative Kentish garden
Of little Bromley
A walk in the park
Smash, bang, wallop, then
Manchester City demolish the fairtrade product
Of Giggs, Scholes and Butt provenance
Of Salford City, no neighbourly goodwill
Eight goals at the Etihad
A wrecking ball of
Ruthless ransacking
A massive massacre
Liverpool blast open the doors
Of Accrington Stanley
Those famous milk drinkers
From TV ad fame
Who might they be
Exactly?
Meanwhile another Cup reawakening
In the capital city
For 1979 read 2005
This time Manchester United get one over
Arsenal, it rarely happens
Another penalty spot lottery
Decides this altercation
Chelsea swot aside those lesser known
Lancashire seasiders Morecambe
With contemptuous ease
Eric brings us no sunshine this time
And finally the shocking result of
This day of days
In the East End provincial theatres
Leyton Orient
Bring a mystical air
To Brisbane Road
The Os through to the fourth round
Of the FA Cup
No battering Rams
But Derby are beaten by
Good, old fashioned Leyton Orient
How the FA Cup
Loves its inimitable giant killing

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