Twice a week the winter thorough Here stood I to keep the goal: Football then was fighting sorrow For the young man’s soul. . Now in Maytime to the wicket Out I march with bat and pad: See the son of grief at cricket Trying to be glad. . Try I will; no harm in […]
From:- “The Goals of Bingo Boot” by Allan Ahlberg . His goals in life were modest though He had no wish to be Sir Bingo Boot of Camden Town Or Bingo O.B.E. He loved his wife and family His Kiddies, Joyce and Jim He never went to see the King The King came to see […]
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 […]
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree Where Alph, the sacred river ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1798) Monday 5th August 2013 Pre-Season Friendly k.o.:- 7.30pm Graham Street Prims 1 […]
