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ROBBO, GIBBO AND JUNINHO 29-9-07
Louis Spence
The first paid singing gig I got was in 1967 at the Globe pub in Guisborough. I was 18 years of age. This was not a venue for the faint hearted. Weapons were not so much frowned upon as recommended.
Not that I'm VC material but to get paid for doing something you love was just too good an offer to turn down. Apparently if these neanderthals liked you they didn't applaud, they let you live. So with an optimism only the young or the hopelessly deranged could muster we thus set sail.
The onstage massacre erupted during our third number, Scarlet Ribbons. In countering endless taunts about our urban parentage my foolhardy singing partner had made some vague reference to the relationship between country dwellers and their sheep. Schoolboy error. Two fatherless townies versus twenty odd ovine opportunists. We learned a brutal lesson that day. Give the customers what THEY want.
Having been a player of football all my life and been taken to Ayresome Park at the age of five by my Dad, it seemed natural in later life to attempt to write a Boro song. Thus at age 25 I composed one about Graeme Souness which got played on the local radio and at the next Boro home game. As I also had my picture taken with Souey and published in the Northern Echo there was just no doubt that yours hopefully was on his way.
Fourteen years ago I started singing every Sunday at the George and Dragon in Yarm. As this esteemed hostelry is also a hotbed of football it did not need an Einstein to work out that songs celebrating the Boro would go down rather well.
Thus I wrote and sang songs about Juninho, Ravenelli and all things related to our team including Riverside Red which lauded Steve Gibson's rejuvenation of a very sick old man, Middlesbrough FC. Our band was named Mannion and we had three songs I had written on the Up The Boro CD.
My most requested song however was always 'American Pie'. True to form I made sure that Boro featured heavily in the content. Thus the part which goes 'and the three men I admire most, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost' was ALWAYS sung as 'Robbo, Gibbo and Juninho', much to the delight of the local lads.
One night having finished the gig off singing soul songs instead of the usual fare I retired to the bar to have a late drink with Chris Neil, friend, landlord and singing partner. I was aware of a couple who had just arrived in but paid no attention to them. Suddenly this voice piped up.
"You couldn't do American Pie could you?"
I turned to see that the request came from none other than Bryan Robson the Middlesbrough manager who had arrived late from some corporate function with his wife Denise.
I had hitherto never met the legend but I smiled as I replied.
"Not only will I sing it for you I will sing it with your name in it - if you get the drinks in."
Grinning back and somewhat intrigued (American Pie with my name in?) Robbo agreed on the proviso if he liked the outcome. The song was sung, the Boro boss was delighted and true to his word Captain Marvel bought drinks for everyone at the bar and then joined in football talk with all the excited but reverent supporters.
So the lad who had played for his country ninety times, many times as captain, during which he scored an astonishing 26 goals suddenly found that he didn't need mass adulation to put a beam on his face.
Just a line in a song in an unexpected venue. I loved him as a player and was delighted to find he had no side to him despite his fame and wealth. He appeared as delighted to be in our company as we were to have him.
Singing and Football - a match made in Heaven.
Riverside Red, loyal and true, Riverside Red I wanna be like you
Singing your songs to follow your dream and make your voice heard
For your Middlesbrough Team
Louis Spence
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A GUARANTEED PROFIT OF AT LEAST £41.20 ON PORTSMOUTH v FULHAM
Did you know that it is possible to win money on Sunday afternoon's Premiership clash between Portsmouth v Fulham, whatever the result?
The game kicks off at 3.00pm and we can guarantee you a profit of at least £41.20, whatever the result of the match. All you have to do is follow the simple instructions below and then sit back and enjoy the game. At full-time, you will be at least £41.20 better off, whatever the result of the match.
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We're going to lay out a total of £71.00 on the Portsmouth v Fulham match and we will collect £115.00 if Portsmouth win, £112.20 if Fulham win and £114.13 if it's a draw. That's a minimum profit of 58%, a much higher interest rate than you will get in any high street bank.
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Open an account with Extrabet
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This shouldn't take you any longer than a few minutes.
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Deposit £20.00 into your new Coral account.
Deposit £26.00 into your new Betfair account.
Deposit £25.00 into your Extrabet
account.
3. Now make the following bets.
Place £20.00 on Portsmouth at 3.00 (2/1) with Coral.
Coral will now add a £10.00 bonus to your account. Place this on Portsmouth as well. You will now have £30.00 riding on Portsmouth.
Back the draw with £25.00 at 3.7 (11/4) (or higher if available) with Betfair.
Place £26.00 on Fulham at 2.2 (6/5) with Extrabet .
Extrabet match your first bet up to £25 so you will now have £51.00 riding on Fulham.
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If you are unsure about placing these bets, please feel free to mail us or call us on 01642 223229 and we will talk you through it, no problem at all. There is no such thing as a stupid question.
You have temporarily laid out a total of £71.00 on the Portsmouth v Fulham match. I stress, temporarily... Now sit back, crack a beer open and enjoy the match.
4. Here's what happens at the end of the game.
If Portsmouth win, you collect £115.00. That's £90.00 from Coral plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
If it's a draw, you collect £114.13. That's £89.13 from Betfair plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
If Fulham win you collect £112.20. That's £87.20 from Extrabet plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
5. This means that the worst case scenario on the Portsmouth v Fulham match is Fulham win and you make £41.20 profit. However, if it is a draw you make £43.13 and if Portsmouth win you make £44.00. That's a minimum profit of 58%, a much better rate of interest that you would get at any high street bank or building society.
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Also, before you place your bets, you should check that the odds haven't changed. If they have, let us know by mail or phone us on 01642 223229 and we will rework the bet for you.
Please feel free to contact us or phone us on 01642 223229 if you have any questions at all about this bet and we will help you as much as we can.
Please note that the bonuses are valid for new customers only so if you already have an account with one or more of the bookies we are using, you won't be able to do this. If that is the case, mail us or phone us on 01642 223229 and we'll create an alternative bet for you using different bookies.
This method of betting was used very successfully during the 2006 World Cup and you can read all about how it was done right here.
We guarantee this bet
It's understandable that some people will not believe that it is possible to do this. "What's the catch?" I hear you asking. My answer to that question is that we have been publishing arbitrage bets for four seasons now and literally hundreds of people have profited from following the advice on these pages.
Only twice has our refund guarantee been triggered and that was when we did all the figures wrong and sent refunds out to those who had followed our advice and made a small loss.
Our refund guarantee works like this. If this bet doesn't work like we say it will and you end up out of pocket, we will refund your losses. Simple as that.
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The only stipulation here is that you must click on the links on this page to be eligible for the refund guarantee, not that you'll be needing to claim anyway. Just enjoy the profit and stay posted for many more of these throughout the season.
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