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Did Yer Ever? Well, Did Yer?

kevin raymond

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Did yer ever play football with a cotton reel
Dream of leather balls and grass?
When the stark reality of it all
Was cinders, stones and broken glass

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Did you have real nets?
One forgets, such dreams of long ago
Again, the harsh reality was,
You couldn’t afford a ball

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Did yer get the train, to a cinders pitch
When the other team, came by bus
When half time came in a close fought game
Did yer think, ‘its them or us’

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Were yer team a bunch of misfits
With just six pairs of boots
Different coloured shorts and socks
That the other team thought a hoot?

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Did yer think that they, were better than you
Cos they had all the gear?
No! Not for a minute
When yer young, you have no fear!

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 To beat them boys, was ecstatic joy
A feeling just so…… good
How did we achieve it?
Cos our teacher, said we could!

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 When everything’s against yer
When yer play for love of fun
Its one great big adventure
This game of football, son!

© kjp raymond 2005

Notes

Yep! We overcame it all, to win the day. how did we manage it?

Because our teacher told us we were as good as they were, if we wanted it, we could win it, O, how we wanted it, we wanted it so much, it hurt, so we went and won it!

Probably, that half time interval talk, was my first real taste of great man / boy management, it worked a treat!

As a ten year old, you are never gonna forget this kind of stuff.

It stays with you forever!

peace.

kev.

Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/did-yer-ever-well-did-yer/