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The Night I Bent the Balcony

Gacina Bozidar

Sunday, November 23rd, 2025

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Every now and then
We have a  Gascoigne health updates

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 That brings me back to
The Night I Bent the Balcony

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Here is what happened
At the end of Penalties
in Turin, England vs Germany,
Italy 1990

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 I went to the Balcony of my flat
in Sarajevo

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The ordinary social building among many others

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 At the end of Penalties in Turin
I Bent the Balcony

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 My usual 4th floor balcony had
two metal poles sticking out from
the wall so we could stretch plastic
clothesline between them

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 I went to my Balcony and those metal poles
were there

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 I grabbed one in each hand and
pulled, pulled, pulled, pulled,
pulled,pulled,pulled in anger over
the Penalties outcome in TURIN,
World Cup Semi-Final
1990

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 That is always in my mind when
I see Gascoigne

Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/the-night-i-bent-the-balcony/