Here’s a tribute to the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl from the resident Bard of CF10 Towers, Martin Hughes - the Fairytale of NewCAP. (It’s best sung with your Shane McGowan teeth in!)
It was New Years Eve mate
Down the Arms Park
An old fan said to me, won't watch another one.
And then he tutted long
A rare old Cardiff one
I turned my face away
And thought about you.
Got a lucky one
Came in 80/81
I had a feeling
There were years to follow you.
So Happy New Year
I loves you Arms Park
I can see a better time
When all our dreams are blue.
They've got 3G and car parks
They've history of gold,
When the wind blows toward town
The place feels quite old.
When the live games first started
They were fairly good
It promised us
Cross border was waiting for us.
They were handsome
They were pretty
Kings of Cardiff city.
When the pink Echo was printed
We howled out for more.
Heroes for 80
Wouldn't miss if you paid me
We rushed to the Arms Park
To tutt through the game.
The boys of the Arms Park Male Voice choir
Were singing Cardiff Bay
The fans were saying please
Just sign the lease!
We could have been someone
The Union saw to that
They took a saw to us
When they saw pound signs
They kept all our cash
They put it with their own
Can't make it all alone
They've built their debt around us
The boys of the Arms Park Male Voice choir
Still singing Cardiff Bay
The fans are saying please
Just sign the lease!
Happy New Year from all the CF10 Team!
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda gan holl Dîm CF10!
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