PartisanDulwich
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Would be great to get some of the wonderful photos of the Rally/Campaign into a special edition of the programme ? or a separate booklet
Saturday 17th March - Dulwich Hamlet rally and march
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What a powerful day...extremely emotional. I know I always describe myself as a 'Natural Born Pessimist'...but for the first time in a long time I have genuine hope in my heart. This fight has a long, long way to go...but we are way ahead on points after the first few rounds.
I stood up on that bench to speak and I was so choked to see how huge the crowd was. My 'guestimate' was around 1,200 present...and when you've stood in the old ground with less than 200 ratlling round it in times past, a stadium that could have held well over twenty thousand in its day, I have never been prouder to be a Dulwich Hamlet fan!
I stood up on that bench to speak and I was so choked to see how huge the crowd was. My 'guestimate' was around 1,200 present...and when you've stood in the old ground with less than 200 ratlling round it in times past, a stadium that could have held well over twenty thousand in its day, I have never been prouder to be a Dulwich Hamlet fan!
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Pink Panther
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Definitely, but I think I'd like to save that until we've won the war and we're securely back at Champion Hill.
The whole story is asking to be turned into a 12th Man is similar fund raising booklet further down the line. Most of the key players are in touch in another place, pull that knowledge together further down the line and it should work.
That's for another day though, other things take priority now.
On Saturday, before I spoke, StephenMac introduced me as a fan and a poet...well I don't know about the second part, but seeing as that's what he called me...this is HIS fault! 
"Rally of Hope"
It was was a 'blimey' moment
As I stood up on that park bench
Losing our Football Club
Would be such an emotional wrench.
Not sure quite what to say
Almost unable to speak
A sea of expectant faces
With our future so bleak.
A mass of scraves and banners
Putting our message across
At times I've been without hope
Practically at a loss.
When I woke it was snowing
Outside shivering cold
This was going to be a disaster
This rally would surely fold.
Once again I was pessimistic
About to be proved wrong
Goose Green taken over
By a heaving Pink & Blue throng.
A multitude of Hamlet
Not put off by the freeze
Realising this was a moment
That was ours to seize.
Fans from other clubs
Brighton, Millwall, Whitehawk,
Eastleigh, Palace, Arsenal
Hearing the likes of me talk.
I followed on from the Chairman,
An M.P., Councillor and a Lord
We all wanted the same thing
Putting Meadow to the sword.
This was much more than just football
But community of which we're part
I think I got my message across
Losing The Hamlet will break my heart.
As we turned toward the ground
The march was ever so long
Stretching back under the railway bridge
An anger of joyous song.
No idea is there really is an 'afterlife'
But I felt felt the spirit of 'Pa' Wilson & Edgar Kail
No to mention the ghosts of ten thousands of fans
It's for them we cannot fail!
"Rally of Hope"
It was was a 'blimey' moment
As I stood up on that park bench
Losing our Football Club
Would be such an emotional wrench.
Not sure quite what to say
Almost unable to speak
A sea of expectant faces
With our future so bleak.
A mass of scraves and banners
Putting our message across
At times I've been without hope
Practically at a loss.
When I woke it was snowing
Outside shivering cold
This was going to be a disaster
This rally would surely fold.
Once again I was pessimistic
About to be proved wrong
Goose Green taken over
By a heaving Pink & Blue throng.
A multitude of Hamlet
Not put off by the freeze
Realising this was a moment
That was ours to seize.
Fans from other clubs
Brighton, Millwall, Whitehawk,
Eastleigh, Palace, Arsenal
Hearing the likes of me talk.
I followed on from the Chairman,
An M.P., Councillor and a Lord
We all wanted the same thing
Putting Meadow to the sword.
This was much more than just football
But community of which we're part
I think I got my message across
Losing The Hamlet will break my heart.
As we turned toward the ground
The march was ever so long
Stretching back under the railway bridge
An anger of joyous song.
No idea is there really is an 'afterlife'
But I felt felt the spirit of 'Pa' Wilson & Edgar Kail
No to mention the ghosts of ten thousands of fans
It's for them we cannot fail!
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