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AFC Supporters comic Poem written about Rochdale's last match called Muddy Hell!

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Following a costly spell of mid-season maintenance brought on by unplayable conditions resembling a mud bath, Rochdale AFC’s pitch is now undergoing full renovation.

Written by lifelong Rochdale AFC supporter, season ticket holder, and stand-up poet Ian Aitchison, Muddy Hell is a new poem inspired by the club’s recent pitch troubles.

 

MUDDY HELL

 

This surely was some game from hell

With finale you couldn’t foretell

Abandoned you’ll know

With minutes to go

When the Dale were going swimmingly well!

 

Conditions were certainly dire

And sodden players started to tire

But what a real slog

To play in a bog

Once the pitch had turned into a mire!

 

I’m sure that the Southend fans knew

What drizzle they’d have to sit through

But now they’ve found out

If they were in doubt

That ‘Grim up North’ has to be true!

 

One defender was stuck by the flag

Waving arms in the air through the clag

Were those flailing hands

To whip up the fans?

“It’s backstroke I think”, yelled a wag

 

Southend should have found it a breeze

When water was up to their knees

The Shrimpers, you see

Are Southend-on-Sea

And should handle water with ease!

 

OK it was soggy indeed

And the ref said they couldn’t proceed

But no need to state

Our fans were irate

When we were 2-1 in the lead!

 

But Rochdale did show they’re world beaters

And set a world record to treat us

Cos our second goal

Amazed one and all

That knee slide was 25 metres!

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