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Grass Roots Economy Football

by  Mickey

Posted: Sunday, October 2, 2016
Word Count: 90
Summary: I never thought of combining poetry with football (thank you Jane) but, as my last effort was received favourably, I knocked this one out this morning before I got up. Hope you like it




No need to raise a mortgage
to come and watch us play
at pocket money prices
every other Saturday.
You can buy a season ticket
for the price you’d pay per game
to watch the Premier-donnas,
but the passion’s still the same.
 
We don’t have corporate ‘boxes’
(you can use an empty crate!)
tho it’s clear the paradox is
that, despite our lowly gate,
at just six quid our fans enjoy
the game as much as those
who go to see a Premier team
and pay up through the nose.