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| NEARLY READY TO GO... |
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| KICK-OFF... |
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| POOLE & JONES: BOTH EFFECTIVE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS... |
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| FENTON FOLLOWS WILLIAMS... |
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| FENTON'S POWERFUL DOWNWARD HEADER HAS WON THE MATCH FOR 1874... |
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| WEIR WORKED HARD IN MIDFIELD FOR 1874... |
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| 11 PLAYERS JUST INSIDE THE 1874 HALF... |
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| JONES IS CAUTIONED... |
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| PART TWO... |
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| THE AFC BENCH. SENSIBLE TO STAY OVER THERE IF YOU DON'T LIKE A DRUM BEING HAMMERED & KIDS' VOICES CHANTING... |
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| NEAR THE END... |
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| 1874 SURVIVING THE FINAL MOMENTS... |
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| THE BODGING & THE PYDOG COVER THE POSTS, SO THERE MUST BE A CORNER IMMINENT... |
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| THE GRANDSTAND... |
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| THE 1874 BENCH... |
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| PHOTO OPP... |
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| CROWDED TOSS... |
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| NEAT VIEW FROM THERE... |
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| & THIS WAS MY VIEW... |
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| THROUGH THE NET... |
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| THE COPSE END... |
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| THE SKIPPER'S BEEN LEFT OUT... |
Imperfectly Perfect…
(Inspired by Victoria Obolensky’s painting…)
A tenuous route is offered, a jetty of imperfect
Duckboards, made from damp wood, stained by sunlight,
Leading through a myriad blues, the hues perfect,
Lush and promising, towards a means of achieving flight
From the horrors of trench warfare and the imperfect,
Troubling thoughts of slaughter, death, fear and spite.
The tidy vessel tarries appealingly, a spiritual illusion perfect
As a means of escape to oblivion from the war’s cruel plight…
Pete Ray
16th January 2025…
Couldn’t help thinking of the image created by the artist as something a Great War soldier from any nation might have imagined during long, nasty hours in the trenches.
A release, a relief, a heavenly retreat…
