Gavin Ellis and the season when time stood still -- part 7

By Ray Simpson

Gavin Ellis and the season when time stood still -- part 7

More from the Darlo poet

Here's some more prose from Gavin, looking back to our games against Boston, Tamworth and Kidderminster

PILGRIMS PROGRESS

 

Boston come to visit next after three wins on our travels

Let’s hope today we can make it four as the game unravels

It doesn’t take The Quakers long to take an early lead

Tyrone dances through the Boston team, one-nil just what we need

 

 

Adam Campbell makes it two, Boston are in shock

They find themselves two-nil down, ten minutes on the clock

Our hopes of reaching half time without conceding any goals

Are dashed when Boston pull one back through prolific Dominic Knowles

 

The second half gets underway and Boston come on strong

We worry that a leveller will quickly come along

In the closing stages they hit their own man on the line

We’re glad we’ve secured a two-one win then the ref blows for full time.

 

 

LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER

 

Cup fever hits the town again as we travel to The Lamb

The home of Tamworth Football Club just North of Birmingham

The town’s best known for Snowdome where people indoor ski

We’re here today with Darlo trying for cup win number three

 

The ref gets the cup tie underway on Tamworth’s pitch of plastic

Tyrone gives us an early lead with legs of sheer elastic

We then concede a penalty at the away end of the ground

Connell pulls off a super save then beats out the rebound

Liam Connell saves a penalty at Tamworth

 

 

Before half time we’re two-nil up, Tyrone and Omar combine

And Holness has a thunderbolt that flies across the line

In the second half we make it three, it’s Tyrone at the double

We’ve put Lambs to the slaughter and we’ve burst their’ team’s cup bubble

 

 

 

DOUBLE HEADER

 

Following torrential rain our game’s called off at Guiseley

With two home games on the trot we need to use them wisely

It’s Kidderminster Harriers, we aim for straight win number six

It’s almost Hallowe’en Night, hope we’re treat to some new tricks

 

The team in red from Worcestershire try to hold on till half time

Their full back gets caught in the face, free kick The Harriers whine

The Darlo players carry on and bring the game alive

When Rivers beats the keeper and his slow despairing dive

 

We’ve almost made it six straight wins the fans about to shout

When Connell makes a wonder save from a striker three yards out

We draw nil-nil the next game in, although Hereford have ten men

The team though now have self-belief, let’s do the same again