Last season Bohemians 1905 got relegated and Cardiff City reached the FA Cup final. This season, both armed with season tickets, we, Jonas (Cardiff) and William, plan to chronicle our experiences attending the games of the respective clubs.

For Cardiff, it is particularly emotional as this is their last season at Ninian Park, a ground they have lived at since 1910. For Bohemians the pressure is greater as their fans expect an immediate return to the top flight.

Our hopes for the season include lots of flowing football, some cracking goals, a promotion-a-piece, the odd fit streaker (female) and, ultimately, a pre-season friendly between the two clubs in the summer of 2009 (preferably over two legs and involving some kind of trophy named in our honour.)

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Cherries pop my bet!

Damn Bournemouth. I put a treble bet on tonight that Derby and Lincoln would go to extra time (they did), that MK Dons would dump Norwich out (they did) and that Bournemouth would beat Cardiff.

Jonas assured me the latter would happen cos Cardiff were allegedly going to field a weaker team. Damn it. I should've just gone for a double...

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Amusing post script to above post.

When William logged onto his Skybet account (other online gambling accounts are available) he found that he didn't put the solitary treble bet on, as he had originally thought, but instead put down a patent.

For those not sure of gambling terms, a patent is a sequence of seven bets based around three games, three singles, three doubles and a treble. Having got two singles plus a double right, the returns were actually quite handsome.

Let this be a lesson. Gambling while a bit pissed can pay dividends.

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