A good-luck bad luck start to a good-luck bad luck day All that separates the haves and have nots Is a ticket to the game And today before and after breakfast I was ticketless all the same And although the midday sun has passed My situation hadn't changed You'll never walk alone we sang As we thronged towards the stand My luck was all to change Mally had spare tickets, two within his hand Me and Steve were on them quickly Two ticket-hungry lads, that can't believe their luck From the outside to the inside We joined the roaring crowd In a dawning moment of awareness My shock, I expressed out loud "Steve, me mate, we're down the other end" "No way, no way, no way," said Steve Because once was not enough "We're not going in their end," he said "We'll be kicked to ******* death" There's only one thing for it Steve We'll have to swap with those not red So round to section Z we went To find some unsuspecting heads Its an end for neutrals, sold tickets on the day Right next to Liverpool's Kop army Raucous, wild and partisan, roaring on the reds No place for fans of Juve They should be down the other end Here's two older couples Looking sensible and kind Its time for a charm offensive If we're gonna turn this inside out My persuasive words aren't working They don't want to split their group Time to raise the stakes I think And use the power of fear "There's going to be much trouble" I warn "There's bound to be a fight, Best to play it safe" I say "And get down the other end That's where all the Juve are You'll be amongst good friends" Fear is quite persuasive And fortune favours change Funny how quickly luck changes On a good-luck bad luck kind of day And when the fans started fighting Fortune it changed again The dead they lay broken And something in me too So every anniversary I think about our friends Reflecting upon my words of wisdom From down the other end
The Challenge - A Narrative Poem. Myself and a friend attended the Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels. 39 football fans died after a wall collapsed following escalating violence between rival supporters of Liverpool and Juventus.