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It Ain't Coming Home

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IT AINT COMING HOME

FOR ENGLAND,

so sorry guys,

that’s life,

ain’t it, guys

IT AINT COMING HOME

FOR ENGLAND,

we just ain’t

the chosen people, so

IT AINT COMING HOME

FOR ENGLAND,

It’s just a bloody game,

that’s life, suck it up,

IT AINT COMING HOME

FOR ENGLAND,

&

IT AIN’T COMING HOME

FOR PALESTINE,

So, a big thanks is due,

thanks ever so much,

thanks to you and you and you,

outgoing Prime Minister,

and you,

incoming Prime Minister,

FOR ENGLAND

 as sure as hell

helped make sure

THAT IT AINT COMING HOME

FOR PALESTINIANS,

With help from you and you,

and

ELBITS AND PIECES ‘R US

The FASCISTS have

MURDERED, FIVE HUNDRED

AND SIXTY-SEVEN

PALESTINIAN

FOOTBALLERS

5   6   7

and

counting.

PALESTINIAN

FIRST ELEVEN

SHIRT NUMBERS

?

P                                                             [GOALIE]

A                                                             [NUMBER ONE]

L                                                             [NUMBER TWO]

E                                                             [NUMBER THREE]

S                                                             [NUMBER FOUR]

T                                                             [NUMBER FIVE]

I                                                              [NUMBER SIX]

N                                                            [NUMBER SEVEN]

I                                                              [NUMBER EIGHT]

A                                                            [NUMBER NINE]

N                                                            [NUMBER TEN]

 

PALESTINIAN

SECOND ELEVEN

SHIRT NUMBERS

?

 

 

F                                                       [GOALIE]

O                                                       [NUMBER ONE]

O                                                      [NUMBER TWO]

T                                                       [NUMBER THREE]

B                                                       [NUMBER FOUR]

A                                                       [NUMBER FIVE]

L                                                       [NUMBER SIX]

L                                                       [NUMBER SEVEN]

E                                                       [NUMBER EIGHT]

R                                                       [NUMBER NINE]

S                                                       [NUMBER TEN]

 

 

 

FIVE HUNDRED

[So, it ain’t coming home]

AND SIXTY-SEVEN

[No, it ain’t coming home]

5           6           7

FOOTBALLERS

[Who ain’t got a home]

MURDERED

[No, they ain’t coming home]

BY THE ISRAELI STATE

 SINCE

2023

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 16th Jul 2026 17:19

Correction:
One would have thought, would one not, that since we British invented the darned game, we would know how to spell "FOOTBALLERS"😐

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