A black pearl on an ivory beachThe first to extend his reach
Paved the way gloriously, Three Degrees, Blissett, Barnes, Earle and Wright
The sassenach who would highlight the black man's plight
At Stamford the Lilywhite set a hundred metre record
Racism saw to it that there was no England cap award
With clear authority the Blades penalty area the ex Miller would stalk
Until competition arrived in the rotund shape of "fatty" Foulke
Died in 1930 as a peniless alchoholic
Yet his memory remains rather vitriolic
Wright Phillips, Lennon, Richards and Bent
Let us all remember Wharton, he with the foreign accent
(c) - Emdad Rahman - 10.01.07
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