Ian Sealy's Blog » Sport http://www.iansealy.com/blog Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bias http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/09/18/bias/ http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/09/18/bias/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:53:08 +0000 Ian Sealy http://www.iansealy.com/blog/?p=31 Continue reading →]]> 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.”

]]> http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/09/18/bias/feed/ 0 Squirrel Regis http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/04/21/squirrel-regis/ http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/04/21/squirrel-regis/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:10:07 +0000 Ian Sealy http://www.iansealy.com/blog/?p=29 Q: What’s the difference between the squirrel and Tottenham?

A: The squirrel has Champions League experience.

]]> http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2006/04/21/squirrel-regis/feed/ 2 Horse Tip http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2005/12/01/horse-tip/ http://www.iansealy.com/blog/2005/12/01/horse-tip/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:22:42 +0000 Ian Sealy http://www.iansealy.com/blog/?p=17 Continue reading →]]> 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!

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