It was another profitable week last week with Aston Villa and Sheffield United completing a short-priced double. Neither was particularly impressive but, against that, we were decidedly unfortunate when a late shot the goalkeeper should have stopped denied us a … Read More »

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It is a measure of how crazy football has become that Alan Pardew, deemed a failure at Crystal Palace, walks away heavy of heart but in receipt of a pay-off which would be life changing to the vast majority of … Read More »

Aston Villa, Burnley, football, Ian Carnaby, Sheffield United

The good run continued last week with Newcastle winning comfortably and Sheffield Wednesday scoring in time added on at Reading to land the Both Teams To Score wager. As I mentioned seven days ago, Newcastle are over their blip and … Read More »

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There were four football bets last weekend, three of them won and the good run continues. Unfortunately there is nothing comparable over the next few days and this wIll be a short message apart from dwelling on NEWCASTLE’s chances at … Read More »

Last week was another profitable week with Aston Villa proving too good for Cardiff and Leicester v Middlesbrough paying out at 13/5 for the draw. A single goal for Stoke at Watford cost us a clean sweep but things are … Read More »

Last week was profitable with Sunderland easily beating Hull and Sheffield United accounting for Shrewsbury at a much shorter price. How we missed three out of three I shall never know, because Liverpool were all over Southampton without forcing the … Read More »

Whilst it would be rash to read too much into Sunderland’s victory at Bournemouth a fortnight ago – the home team had enough chances to win two matches – the fact is that three away points lifted spirits on Wearside … Read More »

The draws did not quite work for us last week, which ended a winning run, although only a very late goal in the Burnley-Crystal Palace match cost us a handy pick-up. Newcastle beat Cardiff all right, although you can see … Read More »

Every now and then you see something in sport which leaves your heart feeling a little heavier. I would bet quite strongly that we have seen the best of Novak Djokovic and, when Andy Murray takes over as world number … Read More »

All three selections came good last week, the bonus being the goalless draw between Swansea and Watford. As I mentioned a while back, anyone with a solid bet on Newcastle to win the Championship does not need to be backing … Read More »

I think it’s more of the same this weekend, with very short prices about some of the big teams in the Premier League. Perhaps I overwork the argument but this is why bookmakers’ advertisements focus on accumulators. When they miss … Read More »

This is another weekend when bookmakers will be looking to tempt people with accumulators involving the Premier League’s top teams. Arsenal should account for Swansea, Manchester City look too good for Everton and Tottenham may have the edge over West … Read More »