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

[koyuki]

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 from growing up supporting one of the city's big two teams and, as such, is now auctioning off his seven-month-old son's club allegiance in the name of charity.

Ian Charters, 30, has posted the rather unusual listing on eBay, which will see the winning bidder allowed to choose which Manchester club, United or City, little Eddie will grow up to follow.

Any money raised will be donated to Bliss, a charity that provides support for premature and ill babies -- a cause close to Ian and his wife Jo's heart.

Eddie was born six weeks early and subsequently struggled with jaundice, weight issues and problems with his digestive system while spending the first few weeks of his young life in Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital. 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."

"I live in Greater Manchester, but originally come from down south so I have no affiliation with either of the Manchester clubs," Ian told the Manchester Evening News. "I'll be fighting a losing battle trying to get my son to support my team. Frankly, I wouldn't want to inflict that on the poor child anyway."

Now there's a sentiment most football-obsessed parents can sympathise with.

[x]

awwwww lol. this is qt and a little sad, but for a good cause. Also, it seems like the father is going to be taking on the $£€ of taking his kid to premier league games @__@

My favourite tag that I got to use on this poast was "buying shit".

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[koyuki]

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.

[eva]

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.

[mrsvixen.livejournal.com]

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

[itsacoco.livejournal.com]

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

Watch the kid completely swerve and cheer for Liverpool.

[mrscrapbag.livejournal.com]

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.