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Tammy wynette never sang about this Daddy ***** another woman while I burn American flags in the kitchen there's blood on the tv we have football for supper the sad thing about being a woman is turning out just like your mother killed by men long before we die I may be many things but ill never be a wife
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16h ago
Jun 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTC
Tammy wynette
Shout out to holte enders in the sky At villa, we believe in Unai Shout out to Dean who got us back up May 26 we won the Europa League cup No silverware since 96 30 years of feeling like **** Relegation, managers coming and going But Birmingham is ours - sun, rain or snowing Great wall of Argentina doing his thing Rodgers in the pockets, pulling every string Watkins coming back with fire in his belly A great season from our little old Emi Where do I begin with John McGinn Him being injured was a massive sin But him and Youri came back with a fight Showed us how to play under the lights One who stood out was Matty Cash Grabbing the ball and making a dash In a week we beat Liverpool and City The football we played was rather pretty Shout out to the players who got less time We are one team, and they all did just fine Massive credit goes to our main man Konsa Betano better believe they're a lucky sponsor People may say we aren't in the top six But personally, I think those people are ****** Finishing fourth, champions league here we come Spurs may as well sign my nan and my mum I have this feeling there's more to give Aston villa gives me a purpose to live We may lose at times and lose our mind But when it really matters, we really grind Emery, thank you for bringing back hope After we found ourselves down a slippery slope He's a master of football and he is our own Villa park is a place where you can go alone And make all the pals, our fans are the best It's a shame that we have to wait now and rest But Watkins, Konsa and Rodgers have chance Bring it home for England - the final dance A season of greatness, to remember forever Birmingham is ours, whatever the weather I love this club and I always will Even when we lost to Palace 3 nil So let the celebrations continue on Let's hope next season, no one will be gone Except maybe Bailey, bless his soul Though he did get that Europa league goal End there I must, my heart filled with pride. It's been a long journey, but one hell of a ride!
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM UTC
Aston Villa 2025/26
Shout out to holte enders in the sky At villa, we believe in Unai Shout out to Dean who got us back up May 26 we won the Europa League cup No silverware since 96 30 years of feeling like **** Relegation, managers coming and going But Birmingham is ours - sun, rain or snowing Great wall of Argentina doing his thing Rodgers in the pockets, pulling every string Watkins coming back with fire in his belly A great season from our little old Emi Where do I begin with John McGinn Him being injured was a massive sin But him and Youri came back with a fight Showed us how to play under the lights One who stood out was Matty Cash Grabbing the ball and making a dash In a week we beat Liverpool and City The football we played was rather pretty Shout out to the players who got less time We are one team, and they all did just fine Massive credit goes to our main man Konsa Betano better believe they're a lucky sponsor People may say we aren't in the top six But personally, I think those people are ****** Finishing fourth, champions league here we come Spurs may as well sign my nan and my mum I have this feeling there's more to give Aston villa gives me a purpose to live We may lose at times and lose our mind But when it really matters, we really grind Emery, thank you for bringing back hope After we found ourselves down a slippery slope He's a master of football and he is our own Villa park is a place where you can go alone And make all the pals, our fans are the best It's a shame that we have to wait now and rest But Watkins, Konsa and Rodgers have chance Bring it home for England - the final dance A season of greatness, to remember forever Birmingham is ours, whatever the weather I love this club and I always will Even when we lost to Palace 3 nil So let the celebrations continue on Let's hope next season, no one will be gone Except maybe Bailey, bless his soul Though he did get that Europa league goal End there I must, my heart filled with pride. It's been a long journey, but one hell of a ride!
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The field was loud before the match even began. Friends shouting. Family somewhere in the distance. Too many faces. Too many voices melting into one long noise inside my head. The sky looked pale, like an old memory trying not to disappear. I remember running. Not gracefully. Not like heroes do. Just running because something inside me still refused to stop moving. The ball came fast. I almost lost it. For one second everything felt familiar again— that small panic when life arrives at your feet and everyone is watching to see what you’ll do with it. Then suddenly I saw him. Wayne Rooney wearing that old Manchester United shirt like time had never touched him. No grand entrance. Just his back in front of me for a split second inside chaos. And instinct took over. I threw the ball against him, hard enough to return to me, like I was borrowing momentum from an older version of football, an older version of myself. The ball came back alive. One touch. A pass through bodies. Then a goal. Everyone exploded. But strangely, the loudest thing in the dream was not the crowd. It was the feeling afterward. That somewhere deep inside me, beneath all the confusion, beneath all the people I’ve lost, the roads I’ve wandered, the versions of myself I no longer recognize— there is still a boy who believes the game can change in one second.
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May 15
May 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM UTC
Borrowing Momentum
Blue shirts on the field so bright And Everton play with all their might And fans clapping all through the night And a cheering sound all around and Hoping for goals on our precious ground Up and down they run and chase A determined look on every face And we chant your names and stay loyal Through thick and thin and they stand as one Everton AFC and proud and Until the final whistle's done The players are strong a loyal crew And the fans all love you and Supporting Everton AFC through and through and Victory's sweet and defeat is very sore But Everton AFC we'll be back wanting more.
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Feb 19
Feb 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM UTC
Everton AFC.
Wake, **** shower Dressed, brekkie, teeth Trainers on, ticket in trouser pocket Couple tenners in the wallet Rung the pals Eamonn's in a hour? Suits me. Lukewarm pint - like pish I need a pish Stinking toilets; urinals a pig's trough Those yellow foam pellets Wrinkled and reeking I'd rather *** myself in retrospect Back to the table I go And another pint... **** I can hardly read my watch Scan the ticket/Didn't work/What? Doing it the wrong way ***** Do it right this time Past the turnstile and into the belly Of the beast Allez, allez, allez! Semi-pro players, dribbling like babies And rolling about like them too Woah: the kids in the stands these days What happened to the proper casuals, ay? I think it's time for a pie Maybe a Bovril? Second half/Head's spinning Some boy in the lavvy, gave me - A - line of... **** knows. Head's sppiinnnningggg. What a game by the way OFFFFFTTTT - Paulson scores a peach! I could kiss his ***** right now Some man. The headache tomorrow's gonna be a killer Should've went home after the match **** that Party time: top of the league, we deserve it Old codgers, young boys alike Cheering with euphoria All the way back to town.
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Jan 28
Jan 28, 2026 at 4:27 AM UTC
Saturday, 3pm
Palestine football team Are ready to run and fight Black shirts and white shirts too Trying hard to break on through The crowd is loud a happy roar As the ball flies to settle the score A kick a pass a speedy race Hoping to win in this special place Oh what a goal the crowd shout With hearts so proud and Palestine win A football story forever to be told.
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Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM UTC
FIFA Arab Cup.
‘Tis autumn And the blood of God Pools in root that sleeps Amidst worm and toadstool Vain woman Autumn swirls her air Leaf plucked from trees Of Saint Anthony’s Fire And they scream from the bleachers Every first down
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Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM UTC
Autumn
V is for victory the valor of the day Fight on mighty Huskers No matter what the scoreboard has to say Blue collar is in our DNA Blue blood all the way Dear old Nebraska Let victory lead the way but in the face of defeat we always salute a good and fair game Win or lose we will always be the scarlet and the cream The mighty Nebraska Cornhuskers Hail to the team From dear old Nebraska U Listen to the stadium ring, everyone sings true, Where the girls are the fairest The guys are the squarest Of any land that I love Fight on mighty Cornhuskers Fight on to victory Always together In all kinds of weather For our dear old Nebraska U GO BIG RED! Dear old Nebraska U
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Nov 2, 2025
Nov 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM UTC
Hail to the Huskers/Game Day 2
To die for the privilege of dying. To see. To know. Is intellect truly as undesirable as it is unprofitable? Corporate-processed ChatGPT google echo-chamber endless  sycophantic garbage passed off as culture ! Recalcitrant serendipity. Reluctant tertiary excoriations. Smothered under mass-produced idiocy and sparkly, makeup-coated saccharine falsehood. Paltry verisimilitude — unequivocally vacillating and infantilized. My failure? YOUR failure   !!!! And the idiocy ever ending         doesn’t end it. The corporations  never can stop  course, its just s  the Cola wars  and cigarette health denial but sneakier    they killed “cool” and replaced it with algorithms that tell you what kind of  non binary outsider you’re  '  allowed to be ". Swipe right. Vacuous. Inane. Presupposed. Shallow  ' Barney"  destiny. **** in, **** out.  ( they wouldn't know the  difference ) No freedom. No remorse. Not even a semblance of empathy. Stranger  danger,   stranger danger ! So far from seeing or acknowledging the chosen sludge I’m forced to endure. K-pop. Disney daytime TV. Social media. TikTok. Mental **** and neglect disguised as entertainment.... How is this even possible let alone successfully        loved? “Get thee behind me, Satan.”   lol    ( Satan ... as if)     TWEENS   !    , I rebuke you.   ( You forsake me, and I care not. )  Reddit mediators   =  hate farm trolls I have bowel movements both deeper and more satisfying than what you love and get tattoos of. One Direction.  bletch  ***  fml !   Beiber  ******** Cringe. Vomitous rage and Jersy shore  sloven std  sadness. Standards: dead and buried. The slippery slope of a hellscape future of only more — and  even  worse.  BET,  MTV Why, God? Why? And how?   Were we secretly defeated by Korea?  Do da doot da do Did twelve-year-olds suddenly become a target demographic earning powerhouse ?   ???? They   CAN'T    make or sell    anything resembling real  poetry, so they killed poetry.  Thanks  Hallmark... Can’t put a price on awe, so they replaced it with G-rated plastic  Tay tay  “content.” It’s all been flattened into one long, unblinking, androgynous dental-implant smile with teeth so white they could signal alien aircraft. Sinclair Media fantasies drilled into existence, and infinitely  repackaged. Marvel disney starwars  part  228 who cares...   The commodification of seven-minute generational Sesame Street attention slowly eroded to near-constant **** in one form or another. Idiot generations    so plastic, so V-chipped, so "clean " and shallow, so self-centered in their mommies’  collection plate  safe space they can’t even know they’re tipper Gore  mediocre at best. Group projects. Groupthink. The death of the individual. They wouldn't even know what's worth fighting for or why. Just label it bullying take your prescription zombification and move on. Can I still pay someone for a backroom lobotomy?  Please ...
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Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM UTC
Post-Depth Civilization
To die for the privilege of dying. To see. To know. Is intellect truly as undesirable as it is unprofitable? Corporate-processed ChatGPT google echo-chamber endless  sycophantic garbage passed off as culture ! Recalcitrant serendipity. Reluctant tertiary excoriations. Smothered under mass-produced idiocy and sparkly, makeup-coated saccharine falsehood. Paltry verisimilitude — unequivocally vacillating and infantilized. My failure? YOUR failure   !!!! And the idiocy ever ending         doesn’t end it. The corporations  never can stop  course, its just s  the Cola wars  and cigarette health denial but sneakier    they killed “cool” and replaced it with algorithms that tell you what kind of  non binary outsider you’re  '  allowed to be ". Swipe right. Vacuous. Inane. Presupposed. Shallow  ' Barney"  destiny. **** in, **** out.  ( they wouldn't know the  difference ) No freedom. No remorse. Not even a semblance of empathy. Stranger  danger,   stranger danger ! So far from seeing or acknowledging the chosen sludge I’m forced to endure. K-pop. Disney daytime TV. Social media. TikTok. Mental **** and neglect disguised as entertainment.... How is this even possible let alone successfully        loved? “Get thee behind me, Satan.”   lol    ( Satan ... as if)     TWEENS   !    , I rebuke you.   ( You forsake me, and I care not. )  Reddit mediators   =  hate farm trolls I have bowel movements both deeper and more satisfying than what you love and get tattoos of. One Direction.  bletch  ***  fml !   Beiber  ******** Cringe. Vomitous rage and Jersy shore  sloven std  sadness. Standards: dead and buried. The slippery slope of a hellscape future of only more — and  even  worse.  BET,  MTV Why, God? Why? And how?   Were we secretly defeated by Korea?  Do da doot da do Did twelve-year-olds suddenly become a target demographic earning powerhouse ?   ???? They   CAN'T    make or sell    anything resembling real  poetry, so they killed poetry.  Thanks  Hallmark... Can’t put a price on awe, so they replaced it with G-rated plastic  Tay tay  “content.” It’s all been flattened into one long, unblinking, androgynous dental-implant smile with teeth so white they could signal alien aircraft. Sinclair Media fantasies drilled into existence, and infinitely  repackaged. Marvel disney starwars  part  228 who cares...   The commodification of seven-minute generational Sesame Street attention slowly eroded to near-constant **** in one form or another. Idiot generations    so plastic, so V-chipped, so "clean " and shallow, so self-centered in their mommies’  collection plate  safe space they can’t even know they’re tipper Gore  mediocre at best. Group projects. Groupthink. The death of the individual. They wouldn't even know what's worth fighting for or why. Just label it bullying take your prescription zombification and move on. Can I still pay someone for a backroom lobotomy?  Please ...
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​I want to set the record straight, to put this thing to bed. This thing of saying soccer, just remove it from your head. The sport is known as football to all that love the game. So please don’t call it soccer, or any other name. And whilst we’re on this subject, those boots upon your feet. Have studs stuck on the bottom, what’s this nonsense about cleats? When no one wins it’s called a draw, it’s not a tie you know. When no one scores we call it nil, so please don’t say zero. We play the game upon a pitch, cows graze in a field. So in some words you understand, please stop, please quit, please yield!
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Sep 21, 2025
Sep 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC
Football
‘Tis autumn And the blood of God Pools in root that sleeps Amidst worm and toadstool Vain woman Autumn swirls her air Leaf plucked from trees Of Saint Anthony’s Fire And they scream from the bleachers Every first down
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Sep 19, 2025
Sep 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM UTC
Autumn
🎥 SPORTS BALL: THE MADNESS, THE MONEY An ESPN Original Documentary (That ESPN Would Never Air) In a world where nothing matters except touchdowns, money, and unchecked, repressed daddy-issue aggression, one league reigns supreme: THE NFL (National Feelings League) Now with no helmet-to-helmet contact! Born from the ancient, time-honored tradition of jungle warfare—kicking your enemy’s severed head through a loop (which, honestly, still makes more sense than half their current rules)—this sport has changed very little, aside from 4,000 penalties per game and the occasional pastel commercial for ***** pills. The Holy Grail: The Gold-Slathered Hunk of Plastic Shaped like something you’d only see at a German dungeon *** party, this trophy somehow inspires grown-ass man-children to pay millions to lawyers, all for the chance to take the giant gold ******* symbol home and **** it on a throne made of endangered bald eagles. Rituals and Rites: Every repetitive, altogether meaningless match kicks off with the mandatory pre-game ritual: Helicopter flyovers More ass-touching than a scoutmaster at summer camp (it’s called “team bonding,” apparently) Prancing, jumping, and chest-thumping The Scandals: But the National Feelings League isn’t without its scandals. In fact, their most profitable season ever followed the notorious incident simply known as: “The Outbreak of **** ****** Run Amok Again.” Sales of commemorative **** cream skyrocketed. Grade school absentee rates soared. The Stadium Deals: Where things get really ****** Cities lured into coughing up their last nickel with promises like: ******* CRACK ***** BINGO – 5¢ Wednesdays (Featuring ex-Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders) Taxpayers and their great-great-grandchildren will be paying for that mistake… twice. The Crimes: When players get busted for crimes ranging from ****** assault to running illegal animal fighting rings, they always cry the same defense: “I was here first, ************* They built this whole ********** around me. These ain’t my drugs.” Everyone nods respectfully and immediately lets them off. The Latest Locker Room Scourge: Whispers grow about the latest banned substance tearing through $387 billion locker rooms: Raccoon Steroids — Naturally Sourced. Side effects include: Sudden **** DUI Out-of-control gambling Running/funding a gang Gun running Why They Play (In Their Own Words): “I just love the money, know what I’m saying? And the near-God status, and to be able to bang all the people I want, as hard as I want, whenever I want. Know what I’m saying? And no one can tell me what to do because I’m a ******* God now, know what I’m saying? Shut the **** up and get out of the way, whitey. Give me all your money, ******* ******* Oh, and tell your kids to worship me harder. Know what I’m saying? I deserve all this money and fame and to be a hero because, after all, I got one-tenth of a microgram more testosterone than you did during puberty.” Slow piano music plays. Fade to black. The Interview: The exact moment every sports interview turns into pure brain death. It’s always some mouth-breathing, concussion-riddled slab of protein farts mumbling through sentences like his neurons are melting mid-syllable, punctuating every third breath with “you know what I’m saying?” YES, WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. YOU’RE SAYING NOTHING. And yet, somehow, almost half of America is still hanging on your every word. “Yeah man, it’s been a grind this season, you know what I’m saying? We just take it day by day, you know what I’m saying? We come out here, we try to play hard, you know what I’m saying? Like we just gotta keep grinding, you know what I’m saying?” NO. NO, ************ I don’t know what you’re saying because you’re not saying anything. Have you ever once in your life? And they always act like they’re breaking some deep-ass philosophy, too: “Man, it’s hot out here… you know what I’m saying? Like, I be sweating. Like for real, sweating. Pads be heavy, yo. That’s just how it be sometimes, you know what I’m saying?” Holy **** you signed up for a full-contact meat collision sport where the entire job is “get hit and fall down,” but somehow you’re shocked that it involves… sweating? And falling down? Don’t tell me you’ve been doing it this whole time and it’s just now shocking to you. Don’t tell me you haven’t been watching all those tapes since you were a little kid, ******* And they’re always saying it like it’s some revelation, like they’ve cracked the code of the universe: “Sometimes, man… you just gotta play the game… you know what I’m saying?” NO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. Because that sentence has zero calories. It’s a microwaved air sandwich wrapped in plastic. Then they wanna get an attorney and sue the other guy for helmet-to-helmet contact. Like they didn’t know what they were signing up for. Oh wait, these giant dudes is trying to tackle me. Oh **** man.
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Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM UTC
Shut up ***** the game is on !
🎥 SPORTS BALL: THE MADNESS, THE MONEY An ESPN Original Documentary (That ESPN Would Never Air) In a world where nothing matters except touchdowns, money, and unchecked, repressed daddy-issue aggression, one league reigns supreme: THE NFL (National Feelings League) Now with no helmet-to-helmet contact! Born from the ancient, time-honored tradition of jungle warfare—kicking your enemy’s severed head through a loop (which, honestly, still makes more sense than half their current rules)—this sport has changed very little, aside from 4,000 penalties per game and the occasional pastel commercial for ***** pills. The Holy Grail: The Gold-Slathered Hunk of Plastic Shaped like something you’d only see at a German dungeon *** party, this trophy somehow inspires grown-ass man-children to pay millions to lawyers, all for the chance to take the giant gold ******* symbol home and **** it on a throne made of endangered bald eagles. Rituals and Rites: Every repetitive, altogether meaningless match kicks off with the mandatory pre-game ritual: Helicopter flyovers More ass-touching than a scoutmaster at summer camp (it’s called “team bonding,” apparently) Prancing, jumping, and chest-thumping The Scandals: But the National Feelings League isn’t without its scandals. In fact, their most profitable season ever followed the notorious incident simply known as: “The Outbreak of **** ****** Run Amok Again.” Sales of commemorative **** cream skyrocketed. Grade school absentee rates soared. The Stadium Deals: Where things get really ****** Cities lured into coughing up their last nickel with promises like: ******* CRACK ***** BINGO – 5¢ Wednesdays (Featuring ex-Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders) Taxpayers and their great-great-grandchildren will be paying for that mistake… twice. The Crimes: When players get busted for crimes ranging from ****** assault to running illegal animal fighting rings, they always cry the same defense: “I was here first, ************* They built this whole ********** around me. These ain’t my drugs.” Everyone nods respectfully and immediately lets them off. The Latest Locker Room Scourge: Whispers grow about the latest banned substance tearing through $387 billion locker rooms: Raccoon Steroids — Naturally Sourced. Side effects include: Sudden **** DUI Out-of-control gambling Running/funding a gang Gun running Why They Play (In Their Own Words): “I just love the money, know what I’m saying? And the near-God status, and to be able to bang all the people I want, as hard as I want, whenever I want. Know what I’m saying? And no one can tell me what to do because I’m a ******* God now, know what I’m saying? Shut the **** up and get out of the way, whitey. Give me all your money, ******* ******* Oh, and tell your kids to worship me harder. Know what I’m saying? I deserve all this money and fame and to be a hero because, after all, I got one-tenth of a microgram more testosterone than you did during puberty.” Slow piano music plays. Fade to black. The Interview: The exact moment every sports interview turns into pure brain death. It’s always some mouth-breathing, concussion-riddled slab of protein farts mumbling through sentences like his neurons are melting mid-syllable, punctuating every third breath with “you know what I’m saying?” YES, WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. YOU’RE SAYING NOTHING. And yet, somehow, almost half of America is still hanging on your every word. “Yeah man, it’s been a grind this season, you know what I’m saying? We just take it day by day, you know what I’m saying? We come out here, we try to play hard, you know what I’m saying? Like we just gotta keep grinding, you know what I’m saying?” NO. NO, ************ I don’t know what you’re saying because you’re not saying anything. Have you ever once in your life? And they always act like they’re breaking some deep-ass philosophy, too: “Man, it’s hot out here… you know what I’m saying? Like, I be sweating. Like for real, sweating. Pads be heavy, yo. That’s just how it be sometimes, you know what I’m saying?” Holy **** you signed up for a full-contact meat collision sport where the entire job is “get hit and fall down,” but somehow you’re shocked that it involves… sweating? And falling down? Don’t tell me you’ve been doing it this whole time and it’s just now shocking to you. Don’t tell me you haven’t been watching all those tapes since you were a little kid, ******* And they’re always saying it like it’s some revelation, like they’ve cracked the code of the universe: “Sometimes, man… you just gotta play the game… you know what I’m saying?” NO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. Because that sentence has zero calories. It’s a microwaved air sandwich wrapped in plastic. Then they wanna get an attorney and sue the other guy for helmet-to-helmet contact. Like they didn’t know what they were signing up for. Oh wait, these giant dudes is trying to tackle me. Oh **** man.
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Another season has passed I’ve avoided relegation yet again but I’m nowhere near Champions League. One day I’ll cross into the box and nobody will be there.
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM UTC
Still Kicking
Sunday, the lads are on the pitch they were ****** the night before the other side look just as bad not sure any are fit to score The whistles blown, the ball is kicked three players chase concentration on their faces The keepers are leaning on goalposts and seventeen are tying their laces Number nine is running at goal He must score, it's in the bag the ball soars past the goalie and hits the corner flag By the half time wistle there was one red card and four yellow players were crawling off the pitch the supporters were less than mellow The full time score was a one all draw the Ref blew for full time the players headed for the bar Twenty one pints and a lager and lime Match clebrations went on for hours though neither side had won next Sunday they would play again only to draw again, one, one
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Jul 6, 2025
Jul 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM UTC
The Sunday match
Hill Dickinson? What the f*ck's that? Salah, Van **** Alexander Arnold. Those are the names of Liverpool.
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May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM UTC
The names
You’d sit on the couch, eyes locked on the screen, yelling at the players like they could hear your screams And I’d sit beside you, waiting in vain, for the warmth in your touch, for you to say my name But the whistle would blow, and your voice would rise, louder than love, sharper than lies Still, when the TV turned dark, you’d turn around, pull me close, and call me your star I dressed the way you wanted, tight skirts and lace, hoping I’d see admiration on your face You told me I looked like a dream come alive, but only when I matched the ones on your phone at night Scrolling through bodies I could never be, whispering names that were never me And I stood there, silent, as you held me close, wondering if I was just another ghost Was I just a shadow playing your game? A pawn on the board with no real name? Or was I something more before you walked away? Just a memory you left to fade? 90 minutes, that’s all I was, a moment of fire that turned into dust A game you played then left behind, another match, another night And I still hear the echoes, still feel the pain, like a stadium screaming your name 90 minutes, that’s all we were, and when the clock ran out, you chose to disappear ) You used to pull me in, say I was your queen, but only when the world wasn’t in between When the match was over, when the night was still, I was the trophy you held with a fleeting thrill But when morning came and the world resumed, I faded like shadows in a crowded room And I should have known, I should have seen, love isn’t love when it’s kept behind screens Was I just a play, just another game? A temporary high that you’d soon replace? Like a penalty shot, like a final score, did you ever love me, or was I just decor? And when you screamed at the ref, when you cursed at the field, was that the only way you knew how to feel? Was I just another season you left behind? A name on a jersey you’d never rewind? 90 minutes, that’s all I was, a moment of fire that turned into dust A game you played then left behind, another match, another night And I still hear the echoes, still feel the pain, like a stadium screaming your name 90 minutes, that’s all we were, and when the clock ran out, you chose to disappear Now I walk past the fields, past the neon lights, and I see you there, lost in another fight Another game, another crowd, another girl waiting to figure you out And I want to warn her, I want to say, love isn’t love when it fades away But she’ll learn like I did, when the final score’s in sight, love never lasts past 90 minutes of time
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Apr 2, 2025
Apr 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM UTC
90 Minutes
You’d sit on the couch, eyes locked on the screen, yelling at the players like they could hear your screams And I’d sit beside you, waiting in vain, for the warmth in your touch, for you to say my name But the whistle would blow, and your voice would rise, louder than love, sharper than lies Still, when the TV turned dark, you’d turn around, pull me close, and call me your star I dressed the way you wanted, tight skirts and lace, hoping I’d see admiration on your face You told me I looked like a dream come alive, but only when I matched the ones on your phone at night Scrolling through bodies I could never be, whispering names that were never me And I stood there, silent, as you held me close, wondering if I was just another ghost Was I just a shadow playing your game? A pawn on the board with no real name? Or was I something more before you walked away? Just a memory you left to fade? 90 minutes, that’s all I was, a moment of fire that turned into dust A game you played then left behind, another match, another night And I still hear the echoes, still feel the pain, like a stadium screaming your name 90 minutes, that’s all we were, and when the clock ran out, you chose to disappear ) You used to pull me in, say I was your queen, but only when the world wasn’t in between When the match was over, when the night was still, I was the trophy you held with a fleeting thrill But when morning came and the world resumed, I faded like shadows in a crowded room And I should have known, I should have seen, love isn’t love when it’s kept behind screens Was I just a play, just another game? A temporary high that you’d soon replace? Like a penalty shot, like a final score, did you ever love me, or was I just decor? And when you screamed at the ref, when you cursed at the field, was that the only way you knew how to feel? Was I just another season you left behind? A name on a jersey you’d never rewind? 90 minutes, that’s all I was, a moment of fire that turned into dust A game you played then left behind, another match, another night And I still hear the echoes, still feel the pain, like a stadium screaming your name 90 minutes, that’s all we were, and when the clock ran out, you chose to disappear Now I walk past the fields, past the neon lights, and I see you there, lost in another fight Another game, another crowd, another girl waiting to figure you out And I want to warn her, I want to say, love isn’t love when it fades away But she’ll learn like I did, when the final score’s in sight, love never lasts past 90 minutes of time
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if you know how to listen…see below https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1971/11/27/game-plan
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Feb 9, 2025
Feb 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM UTC
There is Poetry in Football
Show a little finesse, place a bet. You’re just in time for the game, get some skin, the fix is in. What’s more American than cashing in? The real winners do, and now that could be you. With suckers out there waiting, scamming is as easy as creating an NFT, bitcoin, an online bet or a romance baiting. You’ll be a witness, as the wise guys step in, for the NFL it’s a win-win You get the excitement you need and the real playas get the proceeds. Come on, Mr slick ricky, you know you’ve got to be bold to win gold winners double-down, they never fold—the thrill never gets old. The winners will add your measly bucks to their *** Let's admit, all you’ve got, isn’t a lot - it wouldn’t, say, fuel a yacht. So, step up, place your bets, you’re in the digital front row all the time, don’t be lame, be part of the game, it’s greasy, ****** organized crime. . . A song for this: Vicious Games by Yello The Game of Love (feat. Michelle Branch) [Main/Radio Mix] by Santana*
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Feb 8, 2025
Feb 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC
the game is on
Today I woke up and watched some YouTube. I got out of bed and brushed my teeth. I took a shower immediately after. I took my dog outside and played fetch. We came back inside and he gnawed on a bone. I didn’t fancy a bone. I turned on some college football. I went and picked up some Wendy’s. She wasn’t there. I again watched some football. I think I will eat some leftovers for dinner.
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Oct 5, 2024
Oct 5, 2024 at 7:10 PM UTC
Today
Clad in green and white, With all unyielding mettle, Master the gridiron!
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Sep 8, 2024
Sep 8, 2024 at 11:40 PM UTC
Football haiku
A football team called Aston Villa and Their football skills will trill you and On the pitch they shone As us fans cheered on As they scored goal after goal up the Villa.
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Jul 27, 2024
Jul 27, 2024 at 8:04 AM UTC
Aston Villa
A football game was the call And I stood tall A purse full of wishes Landed in the ditches Should have trusted my intuitions On a Trailways bus Mile after mile Losing my inhibitions
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Nov 25, 2023
Nov 25, 2023 at 10:03 PM UTC
Bucket List Wish
It’s Sunday afternoon and several of us, Leong, Sunny, Anna, Lisa and her new BF Dave (well, he isn’t ‘new,’ he’s 26) and I are watching an NFL football game. The Eagles vs the Jets. There’s a platter of wings, fries, celery and dips on the low-white table for grazing and everyone’s multitasking while watching the game. Leong, Lisa and I on iPads, Anna, and Dave are on laptops and Sunny has a book. I’m rooting for the Jets, although they’re the underdogs and given little chance. Dave’s for the Eagles, he believes they’re SuperBowl bound and he may be right. After every good Jets play, like a first down, or defensive tackle or a score, I start snapping my finger - like the dancing Jet hoodlums in ‘West Side Story’ and sing: “When you're a Jet, you’re a Jet all your life all your kids will be Jets and even your wife.” When I did it the first time, Dave chuckled. Lisa patted his arm, saying, “You’ll get used to it.” I’ve only done it twenty or thirty times since then and everyone’s ignoring me. “I could be a songwriter, you know,” I said, “just give up this life of college drudgery and hang with T-Swift”. No one denied my obvious talent. A huge Eagles lineman bust through the Jets o-line, throwing QB Zach Wilson to the turf, “Jeez,” Anna said. “That guy’s not an Eagle,” I protested indignantly, “he’s a condor.” I was hoping for a flag but none were thrown. “I want some steak”, I announced suddenly, to no one and everybody, switching subjects as quickly as a brain synapse fires. “Do you know,” I reasoned extemporaneously, “that a diet of nothing but healthy prime-rib or ribeye steak can practically eliminate the chance of coming down with mad-lettuce-disease?” “Mad-lettuce-disease?” Sunny asked, looking up from her book with a smirk. “Middle America,” I began, Leong groaned and Lisa rolled her eyes at Dave, who smiled. “That’s where all our vegetables come from,” I said, “the red states on the electoral maps,” I clarified even further. “Well, how can we explain simple, decent, hard-working people falling in love with a lying, craven, reality-TV huckster like Trump?” I asked rhetorically,  looking around for an answer. When no answer was forthcoming, I supplied it: “Mad-lettuce-disease!” I proclaimed, “Those people are eating the ‘vegetables’ they grow!” Giving the word ‘vegetables’ the same scorn I might lavish on ‘cigarettes’. “If we all just stuck to a healthy, all-steak diet, ‘Mad-lettuce-disease’ would fade away and America would be saved.” I concluded, like a lawyer finishing a summation to a jury. I expected applause, or at least a few “Amens” but there were only a few grunts and maybe a chuckle. On the screen, the Jets defense broke through the Eagles o-line and quarterback Jalen Hurts, under pressure, threw an interception. I jumped to my feet yelling,“YES!” and begin snapping again: “When you're a Jet you’re a Jet all the way from your first sorry breath to your last dying day” I love football, and the Jets won!
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Oct 16, 2023
Oct 16, 2023 at 7:48 PM UTC
the jets
It’s Sunday afternoon and several of us, Leong, Sunny, Anna, Lisa and her new BF Dave (well, he isn’t ‘new,’ he’s 26) and I are watching an NFL football game. The Eagles vs the Jets. There’s a platter of wings, fries, celery and dips on the low-white table for grazing and everyone’s multitasking while watching the game. Leong, Lisa and I on iPads, Anna, and Dave are on laptops and Sunny has a book. I’m rooting for the Jets, although they’re the underdogs and given little chance. Dave’s for the Eagles, he believes they’re SuperBowl bound and he may be right. After every good Jets play, like a first down, or defensive tackle or a score, I start snapping my finger - like the dancing Jet hoodlums in ‘West Side Story’ and sing: “When you're a Jet, you’re a Jet all your life all your kids will be Jets and even your wife.” When I did it the first time, Dave chuckled. Lisa patted his arm, saying, “You’ll get used to it.” I’ve only done it twenty or thirty times since then and everyone’s ignoring me. “I could be a songwriter, you know,” I said, “just give up this life of college drudgery and hang with T-Swift”. No one denied my obvious talent. A huge Eagles lineman bust through the Jets o-line, throwing QB Zach Wilson to the turf, “Jeez,” Anna said. “That guy’s not an Eagle,” I protested indignantly, “he’s a condor.” I was hoping for a flag but none were thrown. “I want some steak”, I announced suddenly, to no one and everybody, switching subjects as quickly as a brain synapse fires. “Do you know,” I reasoned extemporaneously, “that a diet of nothing but healthy prime-rib or ribeye steak can practically eliminate the chance of coming down with mad-lettuce-disease?” “Mad-lettuce-disease?” Sunny asked, looking up from her book with a smirk. “Middle America,” I began, Leong groaned and Lisa rolled her eyes at Dave, who smiled. “That’s where all our vegetables come from,” I said, “the red states on the electoral maps,” I clarified even further. “Well, how can we explain simple, decent, hard-working people falling in love with a lying, craven, reality-TV huckster like Trump?” I asked rhetorically,  looking around for an answer. When no answer was forthcoming, I supplied it: “Mad-lettuce-disease!” I proclaimed, “Those people are eating the ‘vegetables’ they grow!” Giving the word ‘vegetables’ the same scorn I might lavish on ‘cigarettes’. “If we all just stuck to a healthy, all-steak diet, ‘Mad-lettuce-disease’ would fade away and America would be saved.” I concluded, like a lawyer finishing a summation to a jury. I expected applause, or at least a few “Amens” but there were only a few grunts and maybe a chuckle. On the screen, the Jets defense broke through the Eagles o-line and quarterback Jalen Hurts, under pressure, threw an interception. I jumped to my feet yelling,“YES!” and begin snapping again: “When you're a Jet you’re a Jet all the way from your first sorry breath to your last dying day” I love football, and the Jets won!
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It was a long bus ride And the **** plastic sheet seats Were cracking from abuse and freeze We all kept warm with conversations And secrets And scandals in the back row The era of shame My own propaganda Selling me on the idea That I should carry everyone's. Sourness Sins Shame That bus was wretched With the stench Of frozen sweat And regret Despite it all I could find any single one of you And we'd exchange Untouchable moments Memories of the heart Strung along that tattered pavement Here's mine It was in your eyes That I saw myself shine For across that opaque pane I witnessed your thought "this guy is interesting" You and your curly raven rings Asking about my fixations Changed the course Of who I see when I close my eyes I've never seen you since that summer I've never sat behind you again Can't even recall the name Can't remember if we won the game But you're a warm tea I get to sip When it comes across my mind No loose ends No ***** stains Just the sun breaking the squall And the summer of ****** football
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Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023 at 1:37 AM UTC
Cranbrook
Are you a football fan? Are you into BIG TIME college football, where my home town, Georgia Bulldogs are defending, two-time national champions? Their season began last week or maybe you’re an NFL fan (they start playing this week). Ivy league college football starts next week and if you're not excited about it, maybe you don’t understand it. Before games there are parties with pizza and chicken wings. Do NOT go to a frat house on a game day - just don’t. If you’re going to throw a college football game you’ll need two teams of players in safety uniforms and at least one football (that’s what they fight over). You need a crowd - two crowds really - and a stadium where everyone could, in theory, sit. There should be flags, banners, hats and jerseys in riotous team colors. You’ll need two marching bands and school mascots. A bulldog will do (Yale), or if you can’t afford that, you could dress someone up as a huge-headed pilgrim (Harvard). Of course, as with any big sporting event you’ll need skimpily dressed girls to toss in the air and assorted food and drink to sell. There will be lots and lots of cars, and police and ambulances standing by in case it’s all too much or someone gets hurt. Cheerleaders are there to whip the crowd into a vocal frenzy, soon everyone’s yelling things like “DE-fense,” “push em back,” “Harvard ***** and “No, really, Harvard ***** The ideal game should include a bitter rivalry like Yale vs Harvard. While everyone knows Yale is better academically, there’s a small chance that Harvard could win the game - which makes it scary. We won last year and we’ll play them again this year, in November. Anyway, whatever flavor of football you like: It’s football season people!
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Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM UTC
football season
Are you a football fan? Are you into BIG TIME college football, where my home town, Georgia Bulldogs are defending, two-time national champions? Their season began last week or maybe you’re an NFL fan (they start playing this week). Ivy league college football starts next week and if you're not excited about it, maybe you don’t understand it. Before games there are parties with pizza and chicken wings. Do NOT go to a frat house on a game day - just don’t. If you’re going to throw a college football game you’ll need two teams of players in safety uniforms and at least one football (that’s what they fight over). You need a crowd - two crowds really - and a stadium where everyone could, in theory, sit. There should be flags, banners, hats and jerseys in riotous team colors. You’ll need two marching bands and school mascots. A bulldog will do (Yale), or if you can’t afford that, you could dress someone up as a huge-headed pilgrim (Harvard). Of course, as with any big sporting event you’ll need skimpily dressed girls to toss in the air and assorted food and drink to sell. There will be lots and lots of cars, and police and ambulances standing by in case it’s all too much or someone gets hurt. Cheerleaders are there to whip the crowd into a vocal frenzy, soon everyone’s yelling things like “DE-fense,” “push em back,” “Harvard ***** and “No, really, Harvard ***** The ideal game should include a bitter rivalry like Yale vs Harvard. While everyone knows Yale is better academically, there’s a small chance that Harvard could win the game - which makes it scary. We won last year and we’ll play them again this year, in November. Anyway, whatever flavor of football you like: It’s football season people!
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