An Ode To Crawley Town FC 2023-24 May 19, 2024 19:08:20 GMT ashdownred and paulc222 like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by onetruekev on May 19, 2024 19:08:20 GMT Doom and gloom was the mood before a ball was kickedTo finish dead last was our fate all the experts pickedSo many players gone, so many inexperienced new facesNo one knew who was going to play in which placesBut we started with a win, then another and a drawThere we were in the table, sat in the top fourOn the last day of September as we played we were ableTo say that for seven short minutes we were top of the tableThen October came and a slide down did beginAs for the whole of the month we were unable to winThe winter months came full of ups and downsOne win, all smiles, followed by one loss and frownsThen as the coldest spring came we began to hit formAnd wins at home and more importantly away became the normBy the start of April it was a playoff place we were inOnly for something akin to a golfer’s yips to beginWith one game left to play we dropped from seven to eightAnd so out of our own hands was our promotion fateThe last game was won, the team had done their bitInto the playoffs we went as one of our rivals took a hitMK Dons were the opponents, a home three nil winAway in dreamland, five one victory, get MK in the binWembley here we come for the first time in our historyThat tickets sold so fast was no kind of mysteryAt Wembley the nerves are with us, it’s cagey, we scoreOrsi, then Kelly, and it could well have been moreThe final whistle goes, we have won and been promotedWhat a way to end the season, feeling so elated.Come on you reds.
An Ode To Crawley Town FC 2023-24 May 19, 2024 19:16:36 GMT via mobile ashdownred and onetruekev like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by paulc222 on May 19, 2024 19:16:36 GMT Poet laureate