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United Counties and Peterborough 2016

Each team would somehow pick itself No boys were left upon the shelf No substitution sulks or shame If you showed up you got a game. . Not 2-3-5 or 4-2-4 But 2-8-12 or even more Six centre forwards, five right wings Was just the normal run of things. . by Allan Ahlberg (1937 – […]

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March 2016

They ran and shouted, ran and shot (At shooting they were not so hot) Pulled a sock up, rolled a sleeve And scored more goals than you’d believe . Slid and tackled, leapt and fell Dodged and dribbled, dived as well Headed, shouldered, elbowed, kneed And, half-time in the bushes peed. . With muddy shorts […]

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The End of The Year

Dad on the Line . I’m playing in this big game New kit, great pitch Proper goals with proper nets All of a sudden With rattle and scarf And a flask of tea … there’s Dad Come on, my son! says Dad Square ball! says Dad We are the champions! says Dad Que sera, sera. […]

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Ten Days in October 2015

You Tell Me . Here are the football results League Division Fun Manchester United won Manchester City lost Crystal Palace 2 Buckingham Palace 1 Millwall Leeds nowhere Wolves 8 cheese roll and had a cup of tea 2 Aldershot 3 Buffalo Bill shot 2 Evertonil Liverpools’s not very well either Newcastle’s Heaven, Sunderland’s a very […]

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Minor Matters!

 Dream Football Dream Football is the harder game The grass is devilishly long And growing Fish appear in the trainers bucket Your mother has set up a small shop On the halfway line You are obliged to play in your underpants. by Allan Ahlberg (1938 – ) . . . Friday 26th Sept 2014 Chromasport […]

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Deja-vu

Team Talk 2 …………….Yes, and another thing I know your dad’s an expert I can hear him But take no notice – right? If I’d wanted to play you through the middle I would not have picked you At left back So let’s get out there Keep plugging away They’re not eight goals better than […]

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Geordie Hopping

Geordie was a villian. Geordie Crump was a villian Geordie Crump was really hard Geordie Crump did sliding tackles In Windy Nook school yard………ouch But I had too much skill for him Nutmegged him once or twice But for making a mug of Geordie I paid a hefty price. While waiting for a corner kick […]

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Bloody Tractors

Late again what do we do? Traffic held up another long queue glance at your watch nerves uptight engine getting hot flashing a red light. Cars moving slowly legs stiff and sore radio blaring loudly vibes hit the floor Clutch up clutch down brakes always used shouting and screaming people being abused. . . . […]

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Like Stout Cortez

  On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did […]

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The Season’s Evening Draws On

  This is the place. Stand still, my steed, Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been. The first verse of “A Gleam of Sunshine” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)     Tuesday 16th April 2013 Chromasports & Trophies United Counties League k.o.:- 7.45pm Premier Division […]

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