FOOTBALL CRAZY
It is reported that Lincoln City Football Club has suspended the playing of its theme "The
Dambusters March" at its matches, offering the conflict in Ukraine as the reason.
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The City of Lincoln in its pride has boasted the Lincoln Imp
But now it seems that civic pride has gone a little limp!
Citing the conflict that's taking p[ace in poor war-torn Ukraine
Its football club has now announced that the so-familiar strain
Of it's famous music theme is sanctioned like some oligarch -
Its supporters will no long hear the rousing Dambusters March.
The reasoning is beyond the pale and far beyond a joke.....,
Yet another unasked example of football going "woke".
The spire of Lincoln Cathedral In the days of World War Two
Was a navigational point of reference for each homebound aircraft crew
And remains a sign of victory over arrogant tyrannical force
To remind us here at that all evil will eventually run its course.
Surely the same remnder applies to that March from Eric Coates
A heartlifting thrilling "two-fingers" raised whenever any tyranny gloats.
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M.C. Newberry
Sun 3rd Apr 2022 15:17
Signing off with a question: Did anyone consult the Ukrainians?
I find the assumption that they would be affronted by a piece
of music that commemorates a momentous deed by those engaged in a struggle against dictatorial forces in the causes of independence and freedom strains my credulity when the Ukrainians themselves are "engaged in a struggle against
dictatorial forces in the causes of independence and freedom".
Indeed, if known, I think they might take comfort from this
continued musical representation from a friendly power in their
own perilous predicament.