Ian Sealy’s Blog

Jimbo and I heard a classic line in the pub on Sunday whilst watching the Man Utd vs Arsenal game. The referee, Graham Poll, gave a free kick for a hand ball by a United player. The co-commentator, Andy Gray, defended the player, saying he couldn’t really get out of the way. And then we had the following conversation:

Random annoying bloke sitting next to us in the pub: “Andy Gray is really biased.”

Me: “Well he hasn’t really got any reason to be biased towards Man Utd.”

Annoying bloke: “He’s biased towards everyone.”

So I was listening to Radio Five Live this morning in the shower and I heard Luke Harvey tip a horse called The Local in the 2:40 at Wincanton.

Now my friend Paul runs a Web site in Sweden called The Local, so I let him know. It didn’t take much to persuade him to put a tenner on.

But just before the race started, Paul revealed that there was a lot more than money and a tiny human riding on this horse. If The Local didn’t win then that was a bad omen for his namesake Web site.

Luckily, he romped home and won by three lengths. Paul made forty quid and I was pretty relieved.

He hasn’t offered me any of his winnings though.

Update: He bought me a very good bottle of wine just after Christmas!

I’ve finally made time to upload some pictures (almost all taken by Louise) from this year’s Arsenal Members Day. I think my favourite is the one of Neil and I with our badly dressed heroes.