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Listening to the Eagles singing Hotel California the other night made me think it could be about the ground when it was called The Dunes Hotel Stadium and my 70 year association with the greatest club on earth. So I’ve changed the words slightly to reflect this. If you know the words and the tune to the song, or if not you can google it, you might like this.

On the Holker St highway, wind and rain in my hair
And the warm smell of hot dogs rising up in the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My heart was happy and my eyes lit up
We need to win tonight

Then I went through the turnstile
This place I know so well
And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell
So I bought me a programme, £3 I had to pay
There were voices from the terraces
I heard the tannoy say

Welcome to The Dunes Hotel Stadium
Such a lovely place, such a lovely place
There’s not a lot of room at The Dunes Hotel Stadium
Any time of year, you can find me here

My mind is Cowperthwaite crypted, I’ve got the Mulholland bends
There are lots of people here that I call friends
Now we shout from the terraces and get in a sweat
Some games I remember, some I want to forget

So I said to the captain, I know all the folk- lore
Cos I’ve been coming to this place since nineteen fifty- four
And still those voices are calling from Wilkie Way
They wake me up in the middle of the night
And I hear them say

Welcome to The Dunes Hotel Stadium
Such a lovely place, such a lovely place
We’re living it up at the Dunes Hotel Stadium
And we’re having a laugh in a blue and white scarf

Tonight he’s playing Beadling, the pink shirts are nice
We could easily win this game if we could only score twice
And in the corporate chambers they gather for their feasts
Then they go out in the wind and the rain
Hoping we can beat those beasts

Last thing I remember I was heading for the door
Hope we don’t find that passage back to the place we were before
Relax said the gateman, your programme you received
You can check out any time you like
But I never want to leave.

Guitar solo. The end.

Bless you my friend.

This is what football forums are meant for.

Post of the season.

Wonderful stuff.

True and.proper football supporter of which few remain or will ever be replicated in the future.

Fine effort Scrube but if you read my latest post you might have been denied access in the first place never mind never leave!

Brilliant

Pointless game wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 9:54 pm Bless you my friend.

This is what football forums are meant for.

Post of the season.

Wonderful stuff.

True and.proper football supporter of which few remain or will ever be replicated in the future.

Thanks very much. Glad you liked it.

Did you smoke any colitis for inspiration Scrube.

Great work Scrube! Some of those Eagles hits could sum up our season.

This April - Peaceful easy feeling
Brough after Hartlepool - Already gone
Grimsby away - One of these nights
Next season - Take it to the limit

And one from the archives: Michael Jolley - Desperado

Very good indeed. A fine effort.

McMark wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 7:33 am Did you smoke any colitis for inspiration Scrube.

No, but sometimes I felt I needed something to drag me up there.

SO, who will be the stadium sponsor next season?

bluessupporter wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 10:09 am SO, who will be the stadium sponsor next season?

The length of the SO Legal sponsorship was not publicly stated as as I can tell - maybe there is an option to continue?

That’s outstanding

Very good, although I think the original lyric "You can never leave" was quite appropriate, in an ironic kind of way.