This was a battle that swung one way then the other, ending in a probably fair draw.
And I saw a monk on the train.

Ipswich Town 2:2 Middlesbrough, 19/04/2026

Monk-y Business

I saw a monk get off the train.
Something you don’t see every day.
I don’t know if he was off to the game
but I like to think he had a little pray
er…
sorry if I acted a bit distracted,
sidetracked from this ding-dong, enacted.
Extracting fingernails, or chewed to the arm.
Drama, far from inner calm.
A psalm of hardship, an ascendency switch.
If suffering’s your thing then welcome to the Ipswich pitch;
rich endeavour, and no half-measure,
attack, track back and turn your back on earthly pleasure.
A biblical match with a catch; a brace
for both teams, a point scratched and snatched in the race
for second place,
sins not disciplined enough to grab it.
Like the monk on the train
now we need a winning habit.

armchaircritic59 added 19:50 - Apr 20 Should have got the monk to offer up a prayer for us. A little bit of divine intervention might not go amiss! More good stuff, keep them coming, well not many left I guess!
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StowTractor added 16:03 - Apr 22 Love this as usual .... Armchair I will be praying tonight, Saturday & next Tuesday for what it is worth.
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armchaircritic59 added 18:42 - Apr 22 StowTractor, amen to that!
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The_Flashing_Smile added 22:14 - Apr 22 Good work on the prayers, Stow. Same again Saturday please!
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StowTractor added 09:08 - Apr 23 I will definitely be clasping my hands together on Saturday, mainly because I have no more finger nails left to chew!!
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