HE’S JUST A BOY

He stands on the field, with his heart beating fast
The whistle has blown, the die has been cast
Mum and Dad cannot help him, he stands all alone
A goal at this moment would see his team home.
The ball’s at his feet, he kicks and he misses
There’s a groan from the crowd, some boos and some hisses
thoughtless voice bellows: “Now take off that bum!”
Hot tears fill his eyes: his game’s no longer fun.

So if you’re tempted to shout or to moan
It is just a small boy who is standing alone
So open your heart and just give him a break
As it’s moments like these when a man you could make
Please keep this in mind, should some other forget
That it’s just a small boy there, he’s not a man yet. 

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Bearsted Girls Under 10 – Poems

The Bearsted under 10 girls team Manager set a challenge to the girls to come up with a better poem than the one that he published in their December news letter, here are their efforts which are of course better than his!

1,2,3,
Who are we?
We are Bearsted, can’t you see?
With a B,E,A,R,S,T,E,D
We are Bearsted we’re the best
That’s why we’re above the rest!!

By Laura Howard

The girls are at it again,
This time they’re gonna score ten,
If they keep this up
They’ll win the league and cup
And next year they’ll be playing the men!

We are the best
Bearsted girls the best
We always win, we rarely lose
Cos we are the best!

Two poems by Philippa Golding

Bearsted Girls play well together
Standing firm what ever the weather
Win or lose they stick together
Tactically they’re very clever &
Because of this they’ll win forever!

By Gemma Whitfield

Bearsted Girls are on a roll
Touch, pass, shoot, that’s a goal!!!
With Colin’s coaching we’ve gone far,
To the top of the league hip, hip, HOORAH

By Alessia Russo

Determination by Rachel Stevens

The blue and white stripe
Go out to fight
With all their might
With mud on their boots
Holding them down
don’t stop them scoring a goal

They never give up if they loose the ball
They will just chase them down to get the ball back again

They do excellent passes throughout the game
Sometimes their passing gets the goals
And then they go back in their half
And celebrate!

Bearsted’s Little Ditty by Charlotte Maxwell and Honour Wheeler

Bearsted girls are THE best,
We know we can beat the rest!
We will stay top of the league
To make all the coaches really pleased
Blue Bananas are away
Gilbert and Stamper are home to stay
We’d like to thank Colin and Steve,
And wish and hope they’ll never leave.

What a fantastic effort by the girls well done to them all but it was Charlotte and Honour’s poem that was voted best of the bunch due to the clever way that they included the teams sponsors into their verse.