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Football: ‘The Boys’ Club’

Sharon Jones

Sunday, March 8th, 2026

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It started in those ‘golden days’
Of mines and working classes
‘The people’s game’ and all that jazz
For those with rose hue glasses

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 It’s modern now and family friendly
Kids and even women
But still those chants rain down from stands
Expletives freely given

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 The rules are clear the law it states
What’s right and firmly wrong
But offensive language knows no bounds
In those throaty terrace songs

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Drinking gambling sponsors preen
Just part of fun and bants
Likewise the sexist innuendo
On the size of players pants

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 ‘Homophobia has no place here‘
The slogans proudly shout
But closeted by crippling fear
No male prem player out

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Misogyny and Apathy
Set pieces in each zone
Ensuring that the changes rung
Are there in name alone

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Racist slurs across the pitch
Disrupt the field of play
But Fifa does what Fifa does
As usual sweet FA.

Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/football-the-boys-club/