Dad auctions off baby son's club allegiance for charity: United or City?

[chrysa]

United Or City? Father Auctions Off His Baby Son’s Club Allegiance To Highest Bidder On Ebay http://t.co/mdtvQF789I pic.twitter.com/4WBLCHwDfU
- Who Ate All The Pies (@waatpies) October 23, 2014

Originally hailing from Watford and a Hornets fan by trade, a new father from Manchester has accepted that he will probably be powerless to prevent his baby

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[chrysa]

just to clarify it's a little sad because the dad is like "T__T my team is not very good. and I don't want to inflict that on my son." #footballproblems

But very cute!

This is the org: http://www.bliss.org.uk/

I feel like this kind of thing would be really great for a penny auction actually. I would totally chip in even though I don't support either teams... because it's a good cause.

[lied_ohne_worte]

Writing in the listing details, dad Ian has vowed to buy Eddie a football top and matching curtains in the winning team's colours, take him to as many matches as possible and generally "do the best he can" to make sure the little boy "doesn't end up supporting the other team."

Well, good luck with that. Fathers have tried that before.

(the relevant bit starts about at 1:40)

Apart from all that, I hope his baby does well and he collects lots of money for the charity.

[chrysa]

that video is the cutesttttt XDD Oh, poor bb. He's probably about 8 or 9 now, isn't he? I hope he's not heartbroken his team is last in the league right now :CCC

Yeah, I think ultimately we have to acknowledge that people are human beings who will make up their own minds. But I'm hoping that the humourous spirit of the auction will be considered, and the fact that it's for charity... well if he doesn't end up supporting the winner's team, hopefully they won't mind too much ;)

[lied_ohne_worte]

At least he and his father can mourn together - they're only separated by two points, heh.

[mrsvixen]

OMG the cuteness!!!!!

[mrsvixen]

This seems so odd, but hey, it's for good cause! I hope his baby is doing well now.

ONTD, were you influenced by your parents to support a team?
My brother and I definitely were! :P

[ms_geekette]

ONTD, were you influenced by your parents to support a team?

For football, no, since neither one of my parents are into it.

But American football, yes, in a way. At least on the college football level. My brother fell down the rabbit hole way more than me, though, and has passed it onto my nephew (who is a bit scary about it, haha).

[the4thjuliek]

I think my love for Germany is partly thanks to my father but he was more into the guys from the 70s and 80s like Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and Schumacher.

But apart from that, no. My father supports the Spurs and Bayern and I'm into the Gunners and BvB (though I actually like Bayern).

[itsacoco]

Not at all. I'm the first in my family to get into football. Lol. But when I grow up to have a family of my own, I will probably breed a litter of mini-Madridistas. They can get into other clubs as well but Madrid is a requirement! :p

[itsacoco]

Lol, odd that. But at least it's for charity.

Watch the kid completely swerve and cheer for Liverpool.

[chrysa]

even better, Everton :b

[mrscrapbag]

isn't this technically brainwashing? just let the baby choose whichever club he likes!

i know this is for charity, but there are other ways.

[chrysa]

eh, I don't think it's any more brainwashing than trying to get your kid to cheer for your kid for selfish reasons (read: because you support them) or forcing your kid to grow up in a religious household. and I say that as someone who's religious. There's really no long term trauma associated with it except for the perhaps the life choice of liking football

[mrscrapbag]

lol, i was just being dramatic, i guess