There once was a boy from bahrain Who complained, on his back, of a pain Once the Ref gave a yellow The pain apparantly did mellow For he flipped himself upright again

One legend with the head name of Fallon And another with the hand called Paston Caused one hell of a din To erupt from the cake tin And see the All Whites marchin'on

All week long the fever had spread, People lay awake, sleepless, in bed. 'One shot for glory' the campaign was named, everyone hoping Bahrain would get caned. The game was decided by one man's head!

Windy as hell it was on the night, but nothing could stop the boys wearing white. Bravely they thought in front of us all, no more was football considered small. 90 minutes past, and boy, did the cake tin ignite.

Killen cmae close when he hit the post, but Fallon was the one who made it count most. His wonderful header rattled the net, but this game was far from over yet. There was no way the All whites could coast.

Lochy went in strong and brought a man down! But Paston made the kick taker look like a clown. He dove to his right and saved it with ease, The terror within the stadium could cease. Lochead could now get rid of that frown.

The whistle blew, full time at last! Grown men cried at the final whistle blast. Now we look forward to 2010, Will it be like '82 again? I am sure hoping that June rolls around fast.

lame-o

Vimfuego, you disappoint me. Have a go, and if not, let it be. But to mock you resort. Which is pretty cheap sport. Take yourself a touch less seriously.

Me and a few of the rellies All crowding around a big telly The crowd they were cheering And Ricki was swearing The night that we won it in Welly

Author's Acknowledgement - blog by limerick = fail

waiting for your blog after world cup draw tomorrow. I suggest that do not only talk about the group AWs in . but also analysis other groups.

PS, I bet AWs will end up with host SA. ( it is a sure thing )

My forecast for the groups:

A : SA , All whites , Paraguay, Switzerland(Slovenia) .

The rest could be anything.

I dissed Mr Buckle's limerick 'tis true, 'cause it's a pile of footy doggy doo he threw a tanty,then admitted as much, the footballing limerick with a crap first touch so stick to the real stuff and retire your pastel, it's the footballing equivalent of a "goal" by jeff astle*

how's that old son?

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxczR1DUvWA

on the upside, at least picking a winner is easy :)