The year was rich in sport and one to saviour
There was Torvill and Dean delivering a perfect 6 for Bolero,
They cruised to Gold with a graceful and perfect dance
The performance delivered was one we all enchant.
There were the Los Angeles Olympic Games which featured the memorable women’s 3000 metre race, Zola Budd vs Mary Decker looking to capture gold
Yet the outcome mystified and a trip on Decker was the story the world didn’t want to see from its haste.
Steve Davis reign supreme again in the World Championship stakes,
Jimmy White the victim whose resilience from 12-4 down refused to break,
The whirlwind came storming back to fall just 17-16 behind
Yet fate wasn’t on the Tooting lads side as victory lent towards Davis’s tide.
Everton won the FA Cup defeating the Hornets 2-0 in the final,
And McEnroe achieved the coup de grace at Wimbledon, by defeating his old adversary Jimmy Connors
Avenging the defeat two years previously by taking the honours.
These were times when Top of the Pops was a popular programme on television,
Where phones weren’t in front of us as a prime occupied addition.
People spoke to each other
Letters were typed on paper or written by hand,
Precious times I dearly reminisce and for which I take upon a stand.
“1984 a year of beauty and grace”
Jason
27th March 2025