{"id":3575,"date":"2020-11-26T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2020-11-26T00:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:24:00","slug":"diego-maradona-1960-2020-an-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/26\/diego-maradona-1960-2020-an-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Maradona 1960-2020: an appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a dream come true.<br \/>\nI\u2019d emptied my savings tin,<br \/>\nMy broad smile stretched<br \/>\nFrom Bognor to Berlin<\/p>\n<p>I would be the proud owner<br \/>\nOf a Diego Maradona boot,<br \/>\nNow the barrel-chested ones,<br \/>\nLatest fanclub recruit<\/p>\n<p>Sprinting down Whitechapel Road,<br \/>\nI dragged along me Mam \u2013<br \/>\nDropping a shopping bag en route,<br \/>\nShattering a jar of jam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wear them, you\u2019ll play like him,\u201d<br \/>\nThe shop assistant said.<br \/>\nI believed every single word.<br \/>\nMy beaming smile spread.<\/p>\n<p>A walking Ambassador I became,<br \/>\nI put those boots to use<br \/>\nOn grass, tarmac, concrete<br \/>\nEach time I got set loose.<\/p>\n<p>Wear them on the old sandpitch<br \/>\nIn the thick of the Berner Estate:<br \/>\nNot ideal for that surface,<br \/>\nBut that was open to debate.<\/p>\n<p>Even wore them to school<br \/>\nOn an odd day or three.<br \/>\n\u201cGet them off right now!\u201d<br \/>\nHawkeyed Margaret would scream.<\/p>\n<p>Wore them into the ground,<br \/>\nEven when they were a goner.<br \/>\nYes, the one and only<br \/>\nPuma Maradona.<\/p>\n<p>Goodbye to you Armando,<br \/>\nA Druid, a one off edition.<br \/>\nEternal Gracias Dieguito \u2013<br \/>\nFootball\u2019s flawed magician.<\/p>\n<p>25 11 20<br \/>\nnumber7<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 emdad rahman<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u2022Read more about this story:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/25\/diego-maradona-1960-2020\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Diego Maradona<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u2022Read more about it:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/02\/chabab-belouizdad-fans-borrow-tower-bridge-for-celebration\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chabab Belouizdad fans borrow Tower Bridge for celebration<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/11\/world-cup-winner-and-football-legend-jack-charlton-dies-aged-85\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">World Cup winner and football legend Jack Charlton dies aged 85<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a dream come true. 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