Sod the ‘Orns, show me the money Today I went to the game with what I call the “gamblers”. I imagine these chaps are very much like PYA, always gambling, always talking about gambling and always laughing at my 20p and 50p bets! Got to the ground too early today so had time for a couple of pints in the Upper Rous, as the “gamblers” studied the odds. They convinced me that a bet on “no goal scorer (10-1)” and “first goal between 81-90 minutes (20-1)” was where the action was today. As they’d just paid me for the tickets I put £5 on each of the above. Good seats, row Z right at the back, best view in the house. Ipswich fans way too noisy, the sooner we get the away fans in the Lower Rous the better. Shocker of a game, almost as if we expected to stroll it, not switched on at all, almost lazy. Mahon shocking, Lee unconfident, Ipswich looking like they want it more. As the minutes ticked by I kept thinking about the late score bet. Then just before half time O'Callaghan gets sent off and you know the game’s there for the taking. Second half, who the hell has 10 men here? It appears we do as Ipswich continue to create chances. Then they score, no they don’t it’s disallowed, but what for, (I still don’t know), looked good to me, anyway, a good chance to laugh at the Ipswich in the corporate box behind me! Referee definitely has a yellow shirt on today. Clock ticks. As the 80th minute approaches all the Ipswich players seem to be going down like fly’s, fine with me, bet looking better all the time. That ridiculous clock in the corner eventually says 81 minutes and we can’t lose, £50 minimum in the bank, lovely. Suddenly the game comes alive, a beautiful ball played over Smiths head as he runs down the right, great cross, flicked on and Francis buries it, 88 minutes. Fantastic goal, crowd go wild, Ipswich fans shut the **** up and a £50 win just turned into a £100 win. What I can only describe as a “perfect” moment. The other 2 “gamblers” also won on first goal scorer and halftime/full time. The bookie in the Upper Rous paid out a few quid today. Plymouth away in the quarters, bring it on.
Same bets, first goal between 81-90 minutes and no goal scorer. I'm not going with the gamblers to the Wigan game so the stake will probably be £1 again :]]
the reason it was that it becuase nothing happend, plus i bought a pint and then a fecking mug told the woman in the one bell im 13!!! what a waste of a pint
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I have very mixed bearlike emotions about this. I am a good bear, life is a gamble.
Whenever I go anywhere with the "gamblers" they scare me. Seriously, they think nothing of bets in the hundreds of pounds. When we went to Cardiff on the train they came with the usual crowd of us. We had the usual card game with a table full of silver and pound coins. The "gamblers" spent the entire journey trying to get us to bet £10 minimum rather than the usual 20p or 50p minimums we bet. I'd have lost a bl00dy fortune :dismay: Nice guys, great stories, but they appear to have no comprehension of the value of money. They only ever talk about the wins
