It won’t surprise anyone to learn that John Surname has done some foolish things in his life.

This was undoubtedly one of them:

John Surname (Saturday 17 May 2008, 10:59 am)
I have just checked some odds, and the chances of Jesus turning out to be Barry Manilow are higher than GroupThink FC winning a game…

Jeremy (Sunday 18 May 2008, 5:03 pm)
…How about we say five to one on us winning a game this year (not including forfeits)? More than generous, I’d have thought, given your Jesus/Manilow reference.

John Surname (Sunday 18 May 2008, 5:31 pm)
No I don’t think you’ll win a game. I put the odds at 100-1. I will make a $1 bet with you.

Jeremy (Sunday 18 May 2008, 5:38 pm)
You’re on. If we don’t win a game this year, I’ll hand over a dollar. If we do win a game this year, you’ll somehow front up $100*. Deal?

*Which, fellow members of GroupThink F.C., will of course go to the victory celebrations.

John Surname (Sunday 18 May 2008, 5:45 pm)
I could really use that dollar.

John will be horrified to learn that GroupThink F.C. not only won tonight, but won ten to four. We even managed that without The Editor helping us, which makes the achievement even more incredible.

Short of actually paying up, how should John make it up to the team he so cynically doubted? Your ideas welcome below.

Because tonight we finally put to rest all this “GroupThink F.C. is an embarrassment to GrodsCorp” nonsense. No longer are we the joke team of the blogosphere. So long as The People’s Football Club plays in the lowest division available and has a ring-in replacing either Scott or me, we can conceivably win.

Oh yeah, it feels good.