Cardiff favourites to progress to the Premiership after play off final
May 20, 2010
The finalists for the Coca Cola Championship playoffs finals have been confirmed following the games between Nottingham Forest and Blackpool and Leicester and Cardiff and to some surprise Blackpool and Cardiff have emerged as finalists’. This has brought heart ache again for Nottingham Forest who finished 3rd in the Championship table and narrowly missed out promotion and in 2007 missed out on promotion to the Championship from League One in similar circumstances.
The two teams will face each other this coming Saturday 22nd May at 15:00 from Wembley Stadium, and can be watched live on Sky Sports or if you are in the Cardiff area on large screen televisions in Cardiff Bay with 7,000 other Bluebird fans!
Cardiff are the marginal favourites to win this tie although when both teams played each other this season each of the two games (home and away) have resulted in a 1-1 draw. Hopefully with the excitement of a Wembley fixture the result of the game will be much more exciting and we could even look to see a result to the game in 90 minutes and therefore avoid the tedium of extra time and worse still a penalty shootout.
Blackpool v Cardiff match odds
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Next Labour Leader betting odds
May 19, 2010
Following the poor results for Labour in the recent General Election which saw Labour win fewer seats than the Conservatives and then fail to make a workable coalition with Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrat, Gordon Brown has resigned as leader of the Labour Party and looked genuinely happy for the first time in years. His successor will be announced at the Labour Party conference on the 25th September; in the meantime Harriet Harman will be the acting leader of the party.
So far only two candidates have officially announced their intention to run for leader and surprising it is the brother Miliband, elder brother David was the former foreign secretary and his younger sibling Ed was the former energy secretary and one of Gordon Browns inner circle. Hot on their heel is expected to be the former schools secretary Ed Balls who was Browns closet ally put who also was reported to be the reason that the Labour/Liberal coalition did not take off.
Labour leadership contest odds
- 4/7 – David Miliband
- 11/4 – Ed Miliband
- 8/1 – Ed Balls
- 14/1 – Andy Burnham
- 20/1 – Harriet Harman
- 100/1 – Liam Byrne
- 150/1 – John McDonnell
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Hypnotized favourite to win the 3.10 from Goodwood Racecourse
May 19, 2010
The 3.10 race from Goodwood Racecourse is the M-Real Stakes handicap race which is a class 4 race for 3 year olds. The race is set to feature 11 runners who will need to cover a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong over a course that has the going set to good.
The favourite for this race according to Boylesports is Hypnotized ridden by Jamie Spencer now at odds of 11/4 down from previous odds of 4/1. Second favourite is Our Boy Barrington ridden by Richard Hughes who is showing at odds of 3/1. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is once again an each way bet and we have picked Gallant Eagle for this honour, who is today ridden by Pat Dobbs and is currently placed at odds of 12/1.
One of our favourite online bookmakers Boylesports are running a cash back offer on this race. If your chosen horse finishes in second place in this race and is beaten by the starting price favourite then they will refund you your losing win stake into your account. As well as this great offer they will also pay out on the better price if you take the board or realy price and the starting price is greater.
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Inter Milan favourites for Champions League Final on Saturday
May 18, 2010
The final of the UEFA Champions League takes place this coming Saturday from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, it will be the fourth time this stadium has hosted the final, the last time being back in 1980 when Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest side beat Hamburger Sport-Verein 1-0, it will be the first time however that the game will be played on a Saturday.
Champions League match odds
The odds for Bayern Munich to lift the cup are 11/8 and for Inter Milan the odds are 4/7, the following odds are for the 90 minute market.
- 23/10 – Bayern Munich
- 11/5 – Draw
- 5/4 – Inter Milan
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Free Bet offer
If the match goes to the dreaded penalty shoot out do not despair that you have lost your stake money as the bookmakers Paddy Power are running a cash back offer on this game. If after 90 minutes and extra time has been played the result is still a draw and the match is decided on penalties then they will refund all losing first and last goal scorer bets as well as bets made on the correct score and scorecast singles.
Bayern Munich v Inter Milan goal scorer odds.
The fixture is unlikely to produce a slurry of goals but keep an eye out for Bayern Munich’s Mario Gomez.
| Player | First/last goal scorer |
| Mario Gomez | 9/2 |
| Diego Milito | 5/1 |
| Ivica Olic | 6/1 |
| Miroslav Klose | 6/1 |
| Samuel Eto | 6/1 |
| Mario Balotelli | 7/1 |
| Goran Pandev | 8/1 |
| Hamit Alintop | 9/1 |
| Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 10/1 |
| Wesley Sneijder | 10/1 |
| Dejan Stankovic | 10/1 |
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Cash back offer if Diego Forlan scores during the final of the Copa Del Rey
May 18, 2010
The final of the Copa Del Rey takes place tomorrow night at 21:00 from the Nou Camp in Barcelona between Antonio Alvarez’s Seville side and Quique Sanchez Flores Atletico Madrid side, it can be watched live on Sky Sports 3. The winners of the match which closes the Spanish season will qualify for a place in the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
Atletico Madrid v Sevilla match odds
- 13/8 – Atletico Madrid
- 6/4 – Seville
- 11/5 – Draw
The internet bookmakers Victor Chandler are running a cash back offer on this game If Atletico Madrid star striker Diego Forlan manages to score a goal at anytime during the match they will go ahead and refund all of the losing correct score and first goal scorer bets made to be used in your account as a free bet! Forlan will be playing his last domestic match before jetting off to join his national team Uruguay for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Rafael Nadal looks set to regain the French Open
May 17, 2010
The Spaniard Rafael Nadal will be hoping to win the French Open for the fifth time in six year years and his recent form has done little to put punters off. His excellent game against 2009 Champion Roger Federer yesterday in Madrid gave him the right to be called “The King of Clay” once again, as this took his clay record this season to 15-0, this has helped to push his odds of winning the French Open to just 4/11.
On top of their recent offer to refund all losing bets if Spain manage to win the World Cup in July the bookmaker Stan James are running another excellent free bet offer on ante post odds for this years French Open. If Spanish tennis super star Rafael Nadal manage to win the French Open on Sunday without dropping a set then they will refund all losing stakes made on the men’s singles outright placed from Tuesday 18th May to the start of the tournament on Sunday.
French Open 2010 Ante post odds
Odds for the French Open supplied by bookmakers Stan James
- 4/11 – Rafael Nadal
- 7/2 – Roger Federer
- 14/1 – Novak Djokovic
- 20/1 – Ernest Gulbis
- 25/1 – Andrew Murray
- 25/1 – Fernando Verdasco
- 33/1 - Robin Soderling
- 40/1 – David Ferrer
- 40/1 – Nicolas Almagro
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Spain are still looking to be 2010 World Cup favourites
May 17, 2010
There are just 24 days to go before men across the United Kingdom will be able to reclaim the remote controls for their HD television as they stock the fridge and prepare the sofa for the most exciting tournament on the footballing calendar. If you can’t wrestle the remote of the wife then we shall see you down the pub ready for the first game on 11th June when hosts South Africa take on Mexico at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. With luck you will not see an episode of Coronation Street or Eastenders until the final and you will have watched 62 games of electrifying, heart wrenching football.
Favourite to win the competition are Vicente del Bosque’s Spain who until recently were the topped ranked team in the FIFA rankings, they are followed by the new leaders in the rankings Brazil, however most fans reading this post will be hoping that the only home nation in the tournament can see a repeat of the 1966 World Cup and once again England can regain the title of World Number football team, after all we invented the game!
World Cup free bet offer
The bookmakers Stan James are so confident that the favourites Spain will not win the World Cup that if you place a bet of £5 or more on the outright winner of the World Cup (excluding of course Spain) before the tournament begins on the 11th June 2010 that they will refund all bets on the winner to be used as a free bet if Spain pick up the trophy at Soccer City in Johannesburg on July 11th 2010.
2010 World Cup outright odds
The top ten rated teams according to bookmakers Stan James. Looking at the odds there is a very good chance that the winner will come from Europe as 7 of the top rated teams hail from there.
- 4/1 – Spain
- 9/2 – Brazil
- 6/1 – England
- 15/2 - Argentina
- 10/1 – Holland
- 12/1 - Germany
- 14/1 - Italy
- 18/1 - France
- 28/1 – Ivory Coast
- 28/1 – Portugal
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Humbel Ben ridden by Harry Skelton is favourite for the 3.20 from Newton Abbot
May 17, 2010
The 3.20 race from Newton Abbot Racecourse in Devon is the Par Inn Handicap Hurdle, the race will cover a distance of 2 miles and 3 furlongs and the race is set to feature 15 runners with the going for the track being set to good to good to soft in places, each circuit of the course will feature 7 hurdles.
The favourite for the this race according to Paddy Power is Humbel Ben ridden by Harry Skelton who is currently being touted at odds of just 7/2, the second favourite is split between Tabaran and Mohanad where both horses are being quoted odds of 6/1. The Freebetsblog.com each way tip for this race today is Baccalaureate the Twiston-Davies trained horse was a Grade 2 winner at Cheltenham back in January and was struggling for a while after but we feel today’s race could be the turnaround he needs.
The bookies Paddy Power are offering punters a second chance on this race by running one of their famous cash back betting offers. If you choose to back a horse that is leading the race upon landing on the final hurdle but then somehow fails to win the race then they will you your losing win betting stake into your Paddypower account.
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9 facts about the 2010 World Cup and South Africa
May 17, 2010
The World Cup is starting in just over 24 days and the excitement levels are ramping up around the world as the managers for all the teams are releasing information on what football (or soccer to our American reader) players they will be taking over for the 2010 South African World Cup. Like all fans we dream of going to watch the World Cup live to gain the fullest of experiences, however the majority of fans wont have tickets to the games and will have little choice but to watch the game on the sofa or down the local pub, to make you feel slightly better we have produced a list of facts we’ve found out by trawling the net about South Africa, some of it is useful information others are there just for you to scare your friends that are going there!
- South Africa is split into 9 provinces and is home to a population of around 50 million
- Sixty Four matches will be played
- Winning team will walk away with $30 million
- The average temperature during the World Cup will be around 17c or if you are old school 64f
- Don’t get to worried but South Africa is ranked second in the world for murder per captita
- However it is ranked first for assaults and rapes!
- A dedicated 41 000 officers will be deployed specifically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
- The new stadiums are will collectively hold more than 570 000 people.
- It is estimated that there are 5.7 million people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa
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Odds are pointing to Chelsea lifting the FA Cup on Saturday
May 14, 2010
The most famous football match other than the World Cup takes place at Wembley Stadium this coming Saturday when Premier League champions take on relegated and in administration Portsmouth in what could be one of the most interesting cup finals of recent years. It has already been decided by the FA that if Portsmouth win the match then they will not be eligible to play in Europe next season as a penalty for being the first Premiership team to go into administration.
Chelsea go into the game with the good news that team captain John Terry will be match fit following the recent scare that he had broken his metatarsal proved to be nothing more than a bruise, had it been broken he would have been forced to pull out of the England squad ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. However Chelsea look like being without Branislav Ivanovic and John Obi Mikel whilst Portsmouth could be without Jamie O’Hara, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Marc Wilson.
Chelsea v Portsmouth match odds
Odds are supplied by Paddy Power and are for the 90 minute market, the odds for Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea side to lift the cup are 1/25 and for Avram Grant’s Portsmouth team it is 17/2.
- 1/5 – Chelsea win
- 11/2 – Draw
- 12/1 – Portsmouth win
The bookmakers Paddy Power are running a cash back offer on the FA Cup final. The offer is if the Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard scores the final goal of the game in the first 90 minutes of play then they will refund all of the losing first and last goal scorers, as well as correct scores and scorecast singles made on the match.
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