The Damned Utd

THE THIRD RECKONING

First Division Positions, 22 August 1974

P W D L F A Pts 1 Man. City 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 2 Carlisle United 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 3 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 Everton 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 5 Liverpool 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 6 QPR 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 7 Wolves 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8 Newcastle Utd 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 9 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 10 Middlesbrough 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 11 Arsenal 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 12 Derby County 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 13 Leicester City 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 14 Sheffield Utd 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 15 West Ham Utd 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 16 Burnley 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 17 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 18 Chelsea 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 19 Birmingham C. 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 20 Luton Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 21 Leeds United 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 22 Tottenham H. 2 0 0 2 0 2 0

I curse you, I curse you, I curse you –

I throw handfuls of rue at the television set and I shout,

‘I am the last truly Cunning person left!’

Beware! Beware!

She will eat you like air!

I throw handfuls of rue at the television set and I swear,

‘May you rue this day as long as you live.’