"Rally of Hope"

It was was a 'blimey' moment
As I stood up on that park bench
Losing our Football Club
Would be such an emotional wrench.
Not sure quite what to say
Almost unable to speak
A sea of expectant faces
With our future so bleak.
A mass of scraves and banners
Putting our message across
At times I've been without hope
Practically at a loss.
When I woke it was snowing
Outside shivering cold
This was going to be a disaster
This rally would surely fold.
Once again I was pessimistic
About to be proved wrong
Goose Green taken over
By a heaving Pink & Blue throng.
A multitude of Hamlet
Not put off by the freeze
Realising this was a moment
That was ours to seize.
Fans from other clubs
Brighton, Millwall, Whitehawk,
Eastleigh, Palace, Arsenal
Hearing the likes of me talk.
I followed on from the Chairman,
An M.P., Councillor and a Lord
We all wanted the same thing
Putting Meadow to the sword.
This was much more than just football
But community of which we're part
I think I got my message across
 Losing The Hamlet will break my heart.
As we turned toward the ground
The march was ever so long
Stretching back under the railway bridge
An anger of joyous song.
No idea is there really is an 'afterlife'
But I felt felt the spirit of 'Pa' Wilson & Edgar Kail
No to mention the ghosts of ten thousands of fans
It's for them we cannot fail!

Dulwich Poet 19th March 2018

(On Saturday, in very cold conditions, over one thousand two hundred people turned up to a 'Save Dulwich Hamlet' rally & march, protesting against the actions of our landlords Meadow Residential, who have locked Dulwich Hamlet football Club out of Champion Hill, the site of which has been our home, in various guises since 1902!)