It’s normally a pity
to see Leicester City
sitting at the league table’s top.
But today I just don’t care
because Forest put them there
by bringing Cardiff’s run to a stop [...]
A derby day poem I could not write
the score was too painful, the game too shite,
the referee so bafflingly bad,
and Forest’s form so startlingly sad [...]
Birmingham came to disrupt Forest’s game,
the passing style that has won us acclaim,
and succeeded in frustrating the Reds
deservedly going two goals ahead.
Just when it seemed that all hope was lost
McGugan played a long ball up to Cox
and, though it looked impossible to control,
with just two touches it was in the goal [...]
‘What’s in a name?’ Shakespeare once wrote
and Huddersfield Town clearly took note
re-branding their stadium every few years
and thus reducing me nearly to tears [...]
Never mind the bollocks, here’s Sean O’Driscoll!
He’s our very own footballing Sex Pistol
and if there were doubt, it’s now clear as crystal:
he’s as good as Cotterill was abysmal [...]