Friday, 12 June 2026

The Beaker Collect for the World Cup

Announced by Archdruid Eileen
Inspired by the Church of England's prayer, the Beaker Folk of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (but not Epsom) has released its own World Cup Prayer. I am delighted to share it with you.


A prayer card (white on green) with the logo "BFHC" and a yew tree outline. "Eternal Guv’nor Without whose notice no crisp packet falls from the stand, help us, whether we be sick as parrots or over the moon, to recognise that it is a beautiful game. Break the legs of cheating shirt-pullers, keep us from divers diseases, and sundry kinds of time-wasting. Bring the sins of time-wasters to the light, and protect us from those claiming to have divine arms, for we know only you have the Hand of God. And, whatever else happens, let the Americans go out in the qualifiers. Let us remember that, at the end of the day, life is, like football, a game of two halves. After which is the final whistle. Let us go through to glory, and not be eliminated on penalties. Or worse, end up in the third and fourth place playoff. For that is Purgatory. Amen"


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1 comment :

  1. Anonymous2:28 pm, June 12, 2026

    As a former inhabitant of Epsom, remembering it, long ago, as a quiet country town with Georgian houses and trees in its High Street, I assume the exemption of its Beaker Folk has something to do with the recent non-event public protests? Thank you for the link to the C of E. I could hardly believe that this wasn't a fake or a practical joke. I suppose old age has made me "Disgusted (formerly) of Epsom".

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