TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR could face an ignominious premature exit from the UEFA Champions League after an embarrassing 3-2 defeat against BSC Young Boys of Bern in the first leg of their qualifier last night.

But the biggest talking point online last night wasn’t the football.

Instead, it was  the inevitable gags about the unusual name of Spurs’ opponents – as well as the fact that Young Boys play at the, ahem, Wankdorf stadium.

Here’s our (publishable) pick of how bad it got on Twitter:

• @Duncotron: Redknapp should put on Crouch, it’s just young girls he has trouble with. #Spurs #Youngboys
• @MatthewRogerson: 3-1 now…guess it’s true what they say, #YoungBoys don’t keep clean sheets
• @goofyvillain: Sky guy on the CL draw.. “When Young Boys of Bern came out, I bet many fans of Spurs were licking their lips”…..#YoungBoys #CL
• @lahaine13: Looks like Young Boys are pummelling Spurs, can Spurs come from behind against Young Boys? #youngboys
• @adamclarke501: Quote of the night from Alan Smith “These Young Boys look fit”. #YoungBoys #CL
• @Ian_LFC: If #Youngboys hold on to a 2 goal lead they can go to White Hart Lane and just park the school bus
• @Caseyracing: These #youngboys are unreal. Bet uncle harry didn’t realize they were actually not young fellas. This would be a financial nightmare
• @SwissMinx: Swiss commentator:”Another Young Boys’ player had his hands where he shouldn’t have had.” #Tottenham vs #YoungBoys

On Boards.ie, meanwhile…

• ntlbell: spurs could put these young boys to bed now
• baldshin: Wonder if they’ll swap shirts after?
• Mr.Nice Guy: If you allow Young Boys get on top of you you’re in trouble.
• Raskolnikov: My favourite commentary moment from the first half from the Sky commentator: ”Can the Young Boys keep it up?”.
• Nailz: Young Boys are toying with them
• abouttobebanned: Has Harry Redknapp been watching any videos of young boys?

None of the jokes could come close, however, to Soccernet’s news piece about Young Boys’ new stadium being opened in 2005.

Spurs welcome Young Boys to White Hart Lane for the return leg in a week’s time.