<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576065" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Dying Ex Football Champion</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Around his bed his friends and family but of them he's not aware<br>His life's journey about to end old Joe the ex footballer player<br>On his back his eyes closed to his surroundings the life from him ebbing away<br>Last month he celebrated his eightieth birthday and today his life's final day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pre-deceased by his wife Mel she died five years ago<br>The last two years of his life's journey for him painful and slow<br>Most of those he played with and against in his football years to the Reaper long gone<br>But like the battler that he is to the end he's battling on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fifty five years ago the Captain of the great Premiership team<br>By football fans from near and far he was held in high esteem<br>But time takes care of everyone and everyone means all<br>And time has also taken toll of the champion of football.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Around his bed his friends and family a silent vigil keep<br>The end of his life's journey no more than an hour away he is in his final sleep<br>'Tis a fact those who love life do find it hard to die<br>But 'tis also a fact that all human beings are mortals and facts do never lie.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576065" data-title="The Dying Ex Football Champion de Francis Duggan" data-description="Around his bed his friends and family but of them he's not aware His life's journey about to end old Joe the ex footballer player On his back his eyes closed to his surroundings the life from him ebbing away Last month he celebrated his eightieth ..."></div> </div> </div>

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