A FEW WORDS ABOUT MICKLEOVER ROYALS' MANAGER GARY HAMSON...

Hamson the Harassed

The fellow strode from the facilities

In deep conversation

With his son who kept up, to be fair,

Unwilling to demonstrate procrastination…

The Manager was hauling coloured cones

To lay out upon dry grass,

In anticipation

Of a warming-up on a warmed-up afternoon

At Rolls Royce, whose groundsman’s inabilities

Had caused consternation

By overbooking just two available pitches:

Hence Gary Hamson’s agitation,

Extreme frustration,

Sudden animation

And such an admirable demonstration

Of hands-on managerial skills

And organisation…

But surely, one would suggest, cock-ups of that kind

Are limited to St Andrew’s: Birmingham City’s enterprise unrefined..?

Gary Hamson (a little greyer than me...) tells his players not to be scared off the pitch by an angry groundsman...

The Mowdog. July 2014…

Gate 1, Rolls Royce and Mickleover Royals’ manager Gary Hamson did what all good German holidaymakers do too:

...he got his belongings down first...