"Tea Break"

You really couldn't make it up
A tea bar with no tea
If it wasn't such a shambles
You'd think someone was taking the P!
Football might have moved on
No longer a bovril and a flat cap
But not having a half-time cuppa:
An embarrassment and total crap.
Tea and coffee in the clubhouse
If you're fit enough to climb the stairs
Then you gottle to battle past the beer drinkers
Talk about cup of rosy nightmares.
Any chance of tea in the tea bar
The clue is in the name
Whoever decided to scrap it
Should hang their head in shame.
Starbucks next door aren't complaining
Raking in a bob or two
Hordes of Pink & blue clad custom
Sick of no tea at the tea bar queue.
Our fans will be growing older
Long before their time
Migrating from terrace to grandstand
"Because there's no tea!" they'll chime.
Ageing far too early
Sat with blanket and a flask
All because there's no PG Tips at the tea bar
Is that really too much to ask?

Dulwich Poet 24th September 2014

(For a few games now we have had the, frankly, ludicrous situation at Dulwich Hamlet where there are no drinks on sale at the tea bar...so there's no TEA at the TEA bar!)