Today’s great result of a massive Boro poll,
Believes we can certainly make the Swiss heads roll,
With a little bit of luck and our great fire-power,
We could all witness, soon, the Boro’s finest hour.

Some Swiss fans’ “welcome” meant I almost choked,
But I beg our own fans, “do not be provoked,”
We will not resort to those obscene banners,
Please let’s just display the best of Teesside manners.

The mountain before us isn’t quite the Eiger,
So, let’s stalk and strike like the sprightly tiger,
But the Boro, in defence, must be truly watertight,
For if the Swiss lads should score, it’ll be ‘goodnight.’

But that two-goal deficit can be overturned,
And it’s a great chance that, quite simply, must not be spurned,
On what will surely be for Boro, the busiest of nights,
To propel our much-loved heroes to the dizziest of heights.

With the Riverside full and the atmosphere cracking,
I feel we can still send the Swiss lads packing,
Then the stage will be set for a real High Noon,
To see us, I am hopeful, do the very same to Toon.

So, that’s two out of three and I’m so pent up,
For there’s still that replay in the F.A. Cup,
But I hope again that victory can finally be snatched,
By the narrowest margin, with Charlton then despatched.

(03-04-2006)