Wormholes of Time
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« on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 07:27:45 » |
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‘We’ve got our Club back’ What does that mean asked my scouser chum?
'It’s a great feeling when you feel and say this, The years roll back and you’re young again, Walking through the terraced streets and alleys Of memory and mind and imagination, And all your family is with you, And all your mates are all with you, From different seasons and time frames, Even though they never met each other, And they all get on fine, Because the impossible happens when you get your club back. And there’s queues for season tickets, And replica shirts, and no-one moans, And you’re eager for the latest news, And you meet up in the pub where the beer’s local, And they’re all there from past and present, And none of them have died or moved away, Because the impossible happens when you get your club back. And when you get to the railway station After buying a season ticket for the first time in thirty years, You congratulate three young men For proudly wearing their STFC Academy shirts, And wish them well in their future careers, And everyone bonds and smiles in union When you tell them, ‘We’ve got our club back’. And a childhood hero joins the advisory board, And becomes the club ambassador, And the new owner of the club plays football, And pulls pints at the County Ground Hotel, And has selfies taken with the fans, And Andy Beck aka Reg Smeeton, Smiles beatifically high up there in the sky, Far above the floodlights he saw erected, Way back in his Shrivvy Road childhood, Because the impossible happens when you get your club back, It’s just like Roy of the Rovers and Alf Tupper, With a benign rather than malign capitalist at the helm, And even though supporters of other teams scoff At my rose-tinted loss of proportion, Who cares? Because this is the moment When we’ve got our club back. And sometimes you have to live in the moment. And sometimes, the moment goes on for ever. Because the impossible happens when you get your club back.
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Diesel
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 07:37:44 » |
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Well done, that is beautiful. Bought a tear to my eye.
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OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 08:09:20 » |
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Wonderful stuff...what being a fan is all about and something the Premier League / Sky Sports generation who 'support' a Club from a city they've never even been to, will never experience...
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mexico red
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Demasiado no es demasiado
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 08:13:08 » |
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Fucking hell
I'm sat in my works canteen crying like a proper cunt
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Robinz
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 08:43:50 » |
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Says everything about supporting and following Swindon Town Football Club for a lifetime.
When you get your club back.
Thank you my friend from 18,000 kms away
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anglia red
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 08:59:51 » |
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That's brilliant .Now send it to the club and ask them to read out before the Carlisle gane
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ome on you reds
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Lardy Cake
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 09:53:53 » |
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Congratulations WoT, that's a fantastic emotive piece.
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"Still to find and still to follow. Joy in every hill and hollow. Company in solitude".
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chalkies shorts
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 09:58:28 » |
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The TEF has its very own wordsmith / Shakespeare. Great writing.
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Crackity Jones
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:12:39 » |
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Really nice piece WoT. You have perfectly captured the feeling and the moment
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donkey
Cheers!
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He headed a football.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:14:21 » |
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Wonderful stuff by Wormhole Shakespeare.
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donkey tells the truth
I headed the ball. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee-aaaaaaaawwwwwww
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TheDukeOfBanbury
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:15:06 » |
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Perfect timing on the Eve of a new season and beginning.
Like a family, we often fall out, we often disagree but taking that step back we are all one.
What a wonderfully well written piece, dedicated to a friend you clearly miss. Lovely that 👍
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Arriba
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:20:42 » |
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Nice one!
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Ardiles
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Stirlingshire Reds
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 10:56:58 » |
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Just brilliant. Resonates with all of us, that piece. Thank you.
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Red Frog
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, August 6, 2021, 11:00:09 » |
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Great to have our forum poet. WoT is fast taking on the mantle previously worn by Nev and Reg.
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Tout ce que je sais de plus sûr à propos de la moralité et des obligations des hommes, c'est au football que je le dois. - Albert Camus
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