United European Champions

The Manchester Reds beat the Chelsea Blues

Only on penalties, but they’ve still won

Fifty years on from Munich’s deadly freeze

Forty years on from Wembley and Busby’s

Grown-ups, although still including a Kidd

And it’s all thanks to poor old John Terry’s

Penalty miss, and his rain-sodden skid

Frank Lampard struggles hard to keep a lid

On his disappointment, while Ferguson’s

All smiles, and in the studio Mark Hughes

And Andy Townsend comment, God forbid

And now it’s over till almost autumn

Enjoy the summer and the airport queues!

PS - Note the involvement of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer (on the left in the picture below), who turned out to be an effective footballer although somewhat prone to elbowing Chelsea players in the face while pretending to fall over...