from:- “The Goals of Bingo Boot” by Allan Ahlberg And so the years went flying by In liniment and sweat Life was a great high-scoring game An ever bulging net And Arsenal won the cup and league Six seasons on the trot All on account of Bingo Boot And his most amazing shot. . But […]
Each team would somehow pick itself No boys were left upon the shelf No substitutions, 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 . Lined up then in such formations […]
Silhouettes on a greyish day thick heavy grey sky above rainy fragrance all over no season today low hanging fog in a stew clear daylight a reaping hook on this eclipsed day by Elly Wouterse . . . Wednesday 5th February 2014 Dutch Eredivisie k.o.:- 7.45pm NEC Nijmegen […]
