 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.36 - Bogies
Written by The_Flashing_Smile on Sunday, 8th Mar 2026 16:58
My last poem involving this ref (v Preston), you might recall was less than flattering. Once again he dominates the match and the poem, nothing any ref should ever do.
Have we wronged John Busby in some way? Or is he just useless? Picky when it comes to the small decisions and a bottlejob on the big ones. The crowd, and our bench (two of whom appeared to get booked for their protestations), were not impressed and Busby was escorted off by several security guards. Again. I nearly didn’t make this one due to a bit of a cold… and it was against a bogey team for Ipswich over the last few years. So the theme was set. A snotty nose, a bogeyman ref and a bogey team. I guess a draw, in the end, is not to be sneezed at! Ipswich Town 1:1 Leicester City, 07/03/2026
Bogies Busby’s back!
Hooray! Hurrah!
A ref you notice like a wailing police car
whines, and you’ll pine for VAR.
If he finds an eyetest, he might go far.
The same writ chef from the Preston game,
came in shame to claim his name
as the lamest ref in the hall of fame;
a fool, but he can’t take all the blame.
It’s plain this fogey, bogeyman
though rogue can’t carry the only can
for this missed kiss, remiss, a draw
like a ready salted crisp in a discount store.
We saw, in the first half, few green shoots
and shots like we’d swapped each others boots.
Routes and passes ballsed up quickly,
helped by the fussy Busby, slickly
turning us sick with a soft free kick
that Daka smacked neat, sweet as a crabstick.
After the break we broke but choked
in legions, until a Norwegian bloke
stroked home, a scrambled Egeli poked
and stoked up the crowd for a finish, bespoke.
But we spoke too soon, for the bogeyman joked;
bottled the pen (again), throttled our hopes.
The bogey team picked up a point, and I reason
it’s snot what we need at
this time of the season.
Treason, a lesion to winning cohesion
and I hope that’s the last
of that mucus secretion.
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StowTractor added 17:27 - Mar 12
Great summary again but like KM I still don't pine for VAR, not even after Tuesday night.
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