Carling Cup

I watch this today, at home with my Uncle, a Spurs fan...my dad meanwhile a Chelsea fan like myself went to Wembley to witness all the action. But the whole way through Dad and my uncle were texting each other, you know all that banter to wind the other one up....so I wrote one of my first ever poems, inspired by this crazyness.

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Paying money to be at the final
Might as well be at the pub.
A bit of fan banter,
Concentrating on text.
The in-laws on atmosphere,
What will be next?

Testing out the telly,
Is it better in HD?
The crowd are better looking,
Spot the members of the family.
Watching shirts and shorts
For hidden signals of rivalry.

Shouting advice to those on the pitch,
It's not as though they don't know,
Is it third time lucky?
One goal and one text
The in-laws on atmosphere,
What will be next?

Disagreeing with the ref,
but didn't even see.
Two minutes left to equalize
And bring it back before half time.
Then the whistle blows.
Deserving or not, chances benign.

Half time comes with all the ads
Get up for a burger
And a trip to the loo,
Still continuting to text.
The in-laws on atmosphere
What will be next?

Then a typical fan
On the loosing side,
'Cause it's not a "major cup".
Wont be gutted if no win.
No more magic touch,
Optimism thrown in the bin.

He's back down on the floor again,
Guess that's no suprise,
Subs on to bring more hope.
What happened to the text?
The in-laws on atmosphere
What will be next?

And so there's a penalty
Score! 20 minutes left.
Everything now to play for,
atmosphere turned around.
Free-kicks and shots at goal
But no breakthrough. Extra time bound.

Extra-time starts off real lucky,
A comeback from behind
Defend for more attack.
Bring on the text
The in-laws on atmosphere
What will be next?

A mad dash panic,
Fighting till the end.
The holders have lost their grip
On the nonsense two-cents cup.
Why always wait until
Game's almost over to pick pace up?

And so the winners get their prize.
Now it's worth every last thing,
And it's all fun and games
Ceasing the text
The in-laws on atmosphere
The journey home is next.

by Ashley Byford (aka ME)


Of course I am disappointed in my team, but it has to be said that spurs were very deserving. Chelsea are just lacking something these days...a bit of a spark about them. And I've noticed many times that they never seem to do a whole lot anymore, just score a goal on the odd occasion...but then that is the point of football.

Anyway...enough of that. I find it incredibly amusing that fans on the loosing side say things like it's just a little cup, nothing major. And as soon as they are on the winning side it's everything. This was the case with my uncle, and through the text, this was the same with my dad too...

People are astounding...they really are!!