Nonpareil Frank Worthington
Stan Bowles the snake charmer
All with less caps than Carlton Palmer
Always one to go in headfirst
Bad boy from Northern Collyhurst
Loftus Road when the winter was harsh
Took the number ten from Rodney Marsh
Toppled the F.A Cup off its perch
Stan defied behavioural research
“Bets” rumours were wide of the mark
Still an Invasion at Roker Park
Brush with Clough and a cruel break up
No final of the European Cup
All of five caps under Alf Ramsey,
Joe Mercer and Donald Revie
"If Stan could pass a betting shop like he can pass a football,
“He would be all right" was Ernie Tagg’s catcall
Allure of the horses caused much strife
So Tagg gave Bowles' wages to his wife
Number 7
© Emdad Rahman
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