Ayr United's Bard
Published 27 Jan 2012 09:30
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IT seems there may be another bard in our midst - at least, when it comes to penning poems with passion about your favourite football team.
Posted fittingly on January 25 on fans website the honestpage, The Hampden Dream by Robert Clark is being forwarded on to the Ayr United first team today as they prepare to do battle with Kilmarnock in the semi-final of the Scottish Communities League Cup at Hampden tomorrow.
We thought the Ayr Advertiser's Ayr United fans would appreciate the poet's passion - and his rallying call to all fans to be at Hampden tomorrow for this historic clash.
Our thanks to Robert and Pete at honestpage.co.uk. You can lodge your own good luck messages on our twitter and facebook pages.
Robert Clark
THE HAMPDEN DREAM
Its moving in fast now, the time it draws near
When the Ayr men at Hampden, will play without fear
To reach a cup final, the ultimate goal
And to bury the killie, in a deep darkened hole
We'll not go as favourites, but who gives a damn
We've been here before, and still remained calm
Ask Hearts or St Mirren and the Butchers boys too
They all started top dogs, but ended up blue
Cause when up against it, we dig in and fight
Against better players, we've got it just right
Our flaws and short comings, they meant not a jot
Its heart and real effort, that got us this slot
Our players and supporters,will merge into one
In order to gain us, our day in the sun
No quarter we'll give them, and none will we ask
Our minds will be focused, intent on the task
They'll come from Australia, and from over the pond
To meet up at Hampden, and renew a strong bond
The club it is buried, real deep in their heart
And no thousands of miles, will keep them apart
Ten thousand supporters, will kick every ball
And breath in fresh life, if heads start to fall
For ninety full minutes, we'll roar our boys on
Till blood pressure boils, and our voices are gone
And if at the end, we lose the big game
We'll clap and still cheer them, no one will we blame
Cause our heart and our passion, belongs to this team
No matter what happens, no matter the dream
We're Ayr through and through,right up to the end
And this is a message, I'd just like to send
To all of our players, preparing to play
I hope our support, will sweep you away
I hope it inspires you, to give of your best
And gives you the steel, to face this tough test
I hope that it gives you, just one extra yard
To win any ball, when the going gets hard
So that even the boys, who have never before
Experienced the sight, or the sound of our roar
Will forever remember, with hearts beating fast
Sweet memories inside them, the kind that will last
I like many others, would give our full lot
From a lottery win, to fill up the pot
To see our great team, back where they belong
In the Premier League, its been far too long
So rally the troops boys, we need every man
To travel to Hampden and join the Ayr clan
To sing and support them, no matter the score
And will them to glory, With a final in store
Ayr till i Die
This article appeared in Ayr Advertiser 27 Jan 12
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