A goodly crowd showed up last night to watch the France - Uruguay match in the Douglas and witness the presentation of the winning football forecast cheque to Geordie. The Douglas obviously knew Geordie was coming:
Geordie was in celebration mode:
We then got the team together to make the official presentation to Geordie. Everyone was in good spirits - especially Dave:
and here's what Geordie received for his chosen charity:
We quizzed him on the secret of his success - that's 2 years in a row that he has outwitted the Brits. He reckons we're too emotional in our selections and we need to be a bit more detached. Ian McRae then illustrated the point by saying "yes - there's no f.....g way I was going to forecast Rangers to win anything!"
Geordie was then good enough to stand his hand for the assembled throng - but the celebrations weren't over - Andy Marshall decided to pre-empt my congratulatory e-mail for his birthday on Sunday and bought a rake of drams:
Andy obviously enjoyed the evening - we were sitting in the bar chatting after the match and he said to me - "which album cover is that over there on the wall behind the bar?":
No more drink for you, Andy - even allowing for poor eyesight from a distance, nobody else thought this extractor fan was an album cover!
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