Derby Day poem....

[Gary James]

Not my work of art - but well done to whoever produced this beauty!

‘Twas the 10th of December,
Reds 8 points behind,
Mourinho was planning,...
Not one clue could he find.
Men against boys,
And this was no friendly,
2-1 at home,
Silva, Otamendi.
‘It’s not fair!’ - he whined,
He did curse and did cuss,
‘If only I’d done anything,
But park that big bus.’
It drove him insane, to the land of cuckoo,
Two assists from the clown - Romelu Lukaku.
Beaten at home for the whole world to see,
‘I know!’ said Jose,
‘I’ll blame the referee!’
Nobody laughed, it wasn’t too funny,
‘But..but...,’ came the cry,
‘At least we earn our own money!’
Unimpressed as they were,
With their teams lowly feats,
All that was left was to sing:
‘Empty seats!’
Worn out old songs,
And dreary sad rhymes,
Still living on the treble,
Hollow chants of ‘20 times’.
When all’s said and done they’re left feeling bereft,
Ranting on about history,
As it’s all they’ve got left.
The reds fans went home, in a collective trance,
To Dublin and Belfast, London, Penzance.
But all that mattered after, by a quarter to seven,
Was the eight point gap had now grown to eleven.”

I'm sure you know this anyway but the 3-1 OT derby of March 1968 inspired quite a few Blues to write poetry about the game. One was called 'The Crushing of the Reds or When the Reds Turned Blue" and was handed out on typed paper at Maine Road at the following game. Another was published in the City programme.

 

[El Gringo]

Now that is quality. There must be possibilities for a complete anthology of the humerous posts in the various threads on here. If there is any chance of it being available for Christmas put me down for 10. That's half for the family and 5 for a few once smug reds of my acquaintance.

Why not mate, it's Christmas after all. Spread the love and enlighten the dark side ;)

 

[Jordie]

I'm sure you know this anyway but the 3-1 OT derby of March 1968 inspired quite a few Blues to write poetry about the game. One was called 'The Crushing of the Reds or When the Reds Turned Blue" and was handed out on typed paper at Maine Road at the following game. Another was published in the City programme.

Come on Gary, share these with us.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

I'm sure you know this anyway but the 3-1 OT derby of March 1968 inspired quite a few Blues to write poetry about the game. One was called 'The Crushing of the Reds or When the Reds Turned Blue" and was handed out on typed paper at Maine Road at the following game. Another was published in the City programme.

I remember one of them was featured on "Scene at Six Thirty" on Granada. It was read by the "poet" in City scarf and hat and told the story of the match culminating in Stepney's forlorn dive the wrong way to try and save Frannie's pen (no doubt a wrong decision with 2 minutes left!). Not exactly Wordsworth but very enjoyable.