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Stand By Your Dan



As we all know times are tough at the moment. Some people have lost their jobs. Some people lost money on Brooks Koepka at the U.S. Open. Some people have lost their six-hitting virginity. Others have lost far more than just jobs and money. 

However, things are really tough for one man at Offley at the moment. 

Captain Dan has lost his players. 

Some have moved away. Some have taken up another sport. Some are simply too old and infirm to even contemplate playing two games at a weekend.

Yet whatever the reasons, Captain Dan needs your help. He might not be Captain Morgan or Captain Marvel and he might currently have as many fit players as Captain Scott had with him when he froze to death at the South Pole but he is Offley's captain. 

Whether you want to give Captain Dan one more chance, whether you want to prove to yourself you can manage two games in a weekend one more time, whether you want to do your good deed for the year, or whether you just want to see him run someone else out, please take a few hours from your Saturday and do what Captain Tom would be proud to do: stand by your Dan. 


Sometimes it's hard to be a captain

Chasing all the players that he can

There'll be bad times, there'll be worse times

Cos he doesn't have a plan

So if you hate him, please forgive him

Even though he's hard to understand

Don't laugh at him, support him

Cos after all he's simply Dan

Stand by your Dan

Give him some hope to cling to

Promise him you'll come through 

When the field is sparse and lonely 

Stand by your Dan

Show your love for Spectrum

Give him all the love you can

Stand by your Dan








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