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My Charlton supporting uncle, who moved to a most pleasant part of San Fransisco many moons back, was over the other weekend. He is not short of a bob or two...

He offered me this wager....if Swindon beat Charlton over the two games (on aggregate) then he would pay for myself and family to stay with them for a week or two. If Charlton beat swindon, then I pay for him to fly over and watch a charlton game of his choice...

after about 5 mins thought I went for it!

Have you got spare money to burn?!

SF is a great place, or I though it was when I went back in the late 90's. I assume you've been over there before?

yeah several times, hols there are great. Since (althought they wont admit it and very deep down) they miss their extended family and british roots, they treat us like kings when we are there...very tempting.

I bet u did!

That's gonna cost you.

what happens if its even?

(1-1) and (1-1)

They meet up in a dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean.

Hawaii surely?

bad odds

Bad odds indeed ! And there's no real way of hedging against it unless by some kind of spread-bet. I think Jimmy's uncle knows his Onions.

It goes on something like first person to score, fewest number of yellows, exact details still to be decided...

I'm going to Charlton away so we won't win. Sorry

If he loved you he'd give you the draw as well

My son and his Exeter supporting friend play l'oser gets their bollocks slapped' when the teams play each other. It's done on an individual game basis and a draw is treated as a victory to the away side - therefore my son's mate has very sore bollocks so far this season.

Is your son and his 'chum' at public school?

from slapping against his mates arse cheeks

Yes, my son is head of PE and his 'chum' (what are you - gay?) teaches Religious Studies.

Plain brilliant

**Bump**

Honours even at half time.....my summer holiday for this season could be sorted come 5pm saturday....or, I could be £700 down!

You've got a great chance to be fair.

Yep a cracking chance! You decided what the tiebreaker is yet?

there is some elaborate system on based earliest goal scored or something or other, however, if its a draw I think we will come to a gentlemans agreement and say no one wins...

Do away goals count?

yeah, If I remember rightly its away goals first, and if that is even then it goes to first goal scored I believe. But as I said, if it gets to that level of detail all the fun has gone and I think we might call it quits..

ps if they do win, I will be the one in the town end going even more bananas that normal, on the phone!

Hawaii is the other side of San Fran if that makes sense. So its further away from Blighty.

Indeed. I'd have thought Nova Scotia should be about right.

The best way to price this bet is that he pays Club Class if you win, you pay Economy if he wins.

Well my end of that arrangement is in place, still to confirm that his side though!

A repeat of this performance would help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pyH1kvjlzI

So, on away goals you must win this bet then? :)

on away goals, yes, number of yellows yes, but, would feel a bit guilty accepting this bet on the strenght of that.

Fuck me those last few minutes I was planning trips to disneyland, great america, universal studios, vegas, lake tahoe etc etc

Bugger.