Charlton favourites to progress tonight in Johnstone’s Paint Trophy semi
December 14, 2010
Forget the glamour of the Premier League and the money involved in the Champions League, the real fun to be had is at the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy (Football League Trophy) where teams from League One and League Two battle it out for their only real chances of getting to a cup final at Wembley Stadium.
Tonight former Premiership team Charlton travel to Griffin Park to take on fellow League One and London team Brentford in their southern area semi-final. The two sides have already faced each other this season in League One with Brentford wining the fixture 2-1 at Griffin Park. However since then Charlton have seen a great improvement in form and are currently 4th in the League and the bookies are putting them ahead to win away from home tonight.
Brentford v Charlton match odds
All odds or this fixture come courtesy of Betfred.
The bookies Betfred are offering punters some enhanced odds on this game. If you place a bet on the games first goal scorer and that player goes on to score again then you will have your odd doubled, should that player go on to score a hat trick then Betfred will triple your first goal scorer odds!
According to Betfred the player most likely to score first is split between Brentford’s Gary Alexander and Charlton’s Paul Benson who are both being quoted odds of 6/1 to open the scoring.
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Paddy Power offering cash back offer on losing accumulator bets
December 14, 2010
One of the most fun bets to make on football matches is an accumulator bet, you can quite easily make a couple of hundred pounds from a bet as small as £10, if you manage to strike it lucky and predict the outcomes of several games.
However more often than not the team that can let you down in your series of bets is often the banker, somehow teams like Manchester United manage to draw or a team at the bottom of the table choose your game to decide to make a comeback!
To help relive this stresss the bookmakers Paddy Power are now offering to refund all losing 4 folds and upwards if the bet you have made is actually winning at half time but not at full time.
Bankers
With football being one of the most unpredictable games in the world there is never a “safe bet” to be made, but in the coming week games to look at and considers are Bursaspor v Kasimpasa which on paper should be an easy win for Bursapor. An away win for Arsenal at odds of 3/1 against Manchester United tonight could help boost your accumulator. Another game to look at is Liverpool’s Europa League match on Wednesday against FC Utrecht which should be a home win for Roy Hodgson’s side and finally on Thursday a home win for Juventas against Manchester City could net you over £165 from a £10 accumulator bet on these four games.
With all free bets and offers there will be terms and conditions that you will need to follow, just go to the PaddyPower site to read the full legal terms.
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Odds are against Arsenal tonight as they face Manchester United at Old Trafford
December 13, 2010
Thanks to the recent slip ups that have been made by Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea side in the Premier League, their reign on top of the table has ended with Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal managing to claim the top spot. However will they be able to stay up there for long as they travel to Old Trafford tonight for their Premier League clash.
A win for either team tonight will see the side that claims all 3 points become the top of the league, either cementing their position or gaining a valuable advantage over Chelsea.
Man Utd v Arsenal match odds
To put you in the Christmas spirit the bookmakers Paddy Power are running a cash back offer that is full of festive cheer. If the 22 players on the pitch manage to score more than four goals in the game then Paddypower will refund all of the losing first and last goal scorer bets, and to make the deal even sweeter they will also refund losing correct score and score cast single bets that you have made on the match.
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Bishopsfurze odds cut for 2011 Neptune Novices Hurdle
December 13, 2010
The race may not be taking place until March 2011 as part of the Cheltenham Festival but bookmakers Stan James have already released their ante post odds of this race.
They currently have the Paul Nicholls trained Al Ferof as joint favourite to win the race next year at odds of 10/1, matched by the Willie Mullens trained Zaidpour, if Mullins can win this race it will be the third time that he has claimied this race, winning it with Fiveforthree in 2008 and Mikael d’Haguenet in 2009 both ridden by jockey Ruby Walsh. One horse to look out for is dual bumper winner Bishopsfurze who has moved to 16/1 down from earlier odds of 25/1.
Last years event was won by Peddlers Cross ridden by Jason Maguire and trained by Donald McCain which was first for both trainer and jockey.
Neptune Novices Hurdle
The ante post odds for this race have been provided courtesy of Stan James who will pay out on the first 3 horses placed at a 1/4 the odds.
- 10/1 – Al Ferof
- 10/1 – Zaidpour
- 14/1 – Kid Cassidy
- 16/1 – Bishopsfurze
- 16/1 – Dare Me
- 16/1 – Megastar
- 16/1 – Bobs Worth
- 16/1 – Last Instalment
- 16/1 – Hidden Universe
- 20/1 – Bar
Master Minded the Pick of Star Studded Cheltenham International Meeting
December 9, 2010
The 2010 Cheltenham International meeting gets underway at Prestbury Park on Friday with a seven race card which is followed on Saturday by eight races including the re-arranged Grade 1 Tingle Creek Chase, featuring dual Champion Chaser, Master Minded. The Saturday card also includes the Grade 2 International Hurdle and the Vote AP Gold Cup, a race created to assist champion jockey’s Tony McCoy’s nomination to be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Although there are no graded races on Friday there a couple of really interesting heats, particularly the CITIBANH Handicap Hurdle which will see the seasonal reappearance of 2010 Grand National winner, Don’t Push It. He will be taking on the current favourite for the Welsh National. in Synchronised as well as a host of good quality handicappers in a big field of runners.
Te Listed Majordomo Hospitality Handicap Chase over 3 miles and 1 furlong should see the Paul Nicholls trained Neptune Collonges manage to carry top weight to victory. Still being nurtured after a long lay-off, the one time Cheltenham Gold Cup third, who won the 2009 Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup at Punchestown should have enough class about him to take this, although there are a number of runners outside of the handicap who will be receiving bags of weight. These include Knowhere, trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, who could continue the run of big handicap wins for his in form trainer.
There will be several of the ‘usual suspects’ competing for top prize in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase, including the great Garde Champetre with Nina Carberry on board. Second over course and distance last time out in November, the 11 year old will be giving lots of weight away, which he managed to do in this race 12 months ago when winning by ¾ length from Sizing Australia.
As already mentioned the Saturday card includes the Grade 1 tingle Creek Chase over 2 miles, which will see the dual Champion Chaser attempting to win the race for a second time. He is certain however to go off as the odds on favourite, but even with odds of around 10/11 he is probably worth backing as there appears to be nothing in the race to beat him.
In the Vote AP Gold Cup, also known as the December Gold Cup, likely favourites will be Dave’s Dream trained by Nicky Henderson and Little Josh from the Nigel Twiston-Davies stable. The latter of course comes to the race after winning the Paddy Power Gold Cup over course and distance in November and will be ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies, while lead stable jockey, Paddy Brennan will get the ride on the stable’s outsider, Pigeon Island. Dave’s Dream also won last time out, impressively landing the odds in the Paddy Power Handicap Chase over two miles also in November. Given that he is sure to improve on that run, Dave’s Dream looks to be on a handy mark for this and looks a good thing with current odds of around 11/2.
AP McCoy himself will be riding Finger On The Pulse for Tom Taafe but he will have to improve enormously and jump more efficiently if he is to improve on his last performance when well down the field behind Little Josh in the Paddy Power Gold Cup. That said he was a good winner of the coveted Galway Plate back in the summer, which may give him a small each way chance on Saturday.
The Grade 2 International Hurdle looks to be the race of the day with several young hurdlers lining up against each other. Narrow favourite currently is 2010 Supreme Novice, menorah, trained by Phillip Hobbs and who won on his seasonal reappearance in the Grade 3 Greatwood Hurdle over course and distance in November. Hobbs is confident that improvement will be made, hence the short price being offered. To win however, Menorah will have to get the better of the massively regarded, Cue card, trained by Colin Tizzard and who won the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival earlier this year. Since then he has taken to hurdles like a duck does to water, winning two from two in breathtaking style, including an 8 length success last time in a good quality Grade 2 at Cheltenham last month.
The other leading contender is the Paul Nicholls trained Silviniaco Conti, who has won all five of his starts, including two Grade 2 hurdle events at Chepstow, before taking the Ascot Hurdle on the 20th November. The vibes about this 4 year old are equally as hot as they are about Cue Card, which makes for a fascinating race, where at this stage it is difficult to pick a winner. It certainly would be a big surprise to see anything other than these three in the frame at the finish.
Cheltenham International meeting Tips
Friday 2.25 – Knowhere (Each Way)
Friday 3.00 – Garde Champetre
Saturday 1.55 – Master Minded @ 10/11 with Boylesports
Saturday 2.30 – Dave’s Dream @ 5/1 with Bet365, Paddy Power & Victor Chandler
Charl Schwartzel favourite for this years Alfred Dunhill Championship
December 9, 2010
While England shivers we can at least watch the sunshine on offer at the Alfred Dunhill Championship which begins this week in South Africa coming from the Leopard Creek Golf Club in Mpumalanga. The event starts on Thursday 9th December and runs through to Sunday 12th December.
The tournament is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour, one of the four events that are staged in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The last running of this event was won by the Spaniard Pablo Martin who this year finds himself at odds of 33/1 to retain his title and claim the $1 million prize fund.
Alfred Dunhill Championship outright odds
- 5/1 – Charl Schwartzel
- 2/1 – Louis Oosthuizen
- 16/1 – Thomas Aiken
- 20/1 – Damien Mcgrane
- 22/1 – Richard Sterne
- 25/1 – Robert Rock
- 28/1 – John Parry
- 30/1 – Daniel Gaunt
- 33/1 – Pablo Martin
The bookmakers Betfred are running a cash back offer on this tournament. If you place a bet on the winner of the outright market but your chosen golfer finishes in 2nd place to Schwartzel, then your losing stake will be returned to your account.
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Will an actor fluff in their lines in the live Coronation Street episode?
December 8, 2010
The 50th Anniversary of Coronation Street is here and now that the tram has made its devastating crash onto the cobbles of the most famous street on television, destroying the new pub and Rita’s Kabin along the way we all need to know who got killed? We will have to wait to see which characters have been culled and who will survive when we get to see the live episode of the nations favourite soap opera.
The live episode goes out on Thursday evening and it every actors worse nightmare can become an instant reality when they fluff their lines in front of literally millions of viewers. Whatever happens during the show it is sure to be one of the most watched programmes on the box with bookmakers Paddypower giving it odds of 4/6 that it will be most watched programme in the history of ITV1.
With so much going on there is a good chance the pressure will get to an action and with only a handful of the stars having previously having the pleasure of doing a live episode of the Street 10 years ago.
Who will fluff their lines first?
As some people think that Coronation Street is real we have only listed the character names as opposed to that of the actors portraying them. All odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Paddy Power.
- 9/2 – Dev Alahan
- 9/2 – Nick Tilsley
- 6/1 – Peter Barlow
- 6/1 – Graeme Proctor
- 8/1 – Kevin Webster
- 8/1 – Tyrone Dobbs
- 8/1 – Rita Sullivan
- 10/1 – Becky McDonald
- 10/1 – Deirdre Barlow
- 16/1 – Steve McDonald
- 20/1 – Ken Barlow
- 20/1 – Gail McIntyre
- 20/1 – Norris Cole
- 20/1 – Roy Cropper
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Coronation Street Tram Crash
In case you missed it, courtesy of ITV1 here it is:
As well as actors potentially fluffing their lines there are other factors that should be taken into consideration for the event and the bookmakers Boylesports seem to have most angles covered.
- 5/1 – Any actor who does an unscripted giggle
- 5/1 – Cameraman or a technician to be caught in a shot
- 6/1 – Any actor to address character by real name instead of the character name
- 8/1 – Any actor to swear during the show
- 25/1 – The set to fall apart and be caught on camera
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Who will replace Chris Hughton at Newcastle?
December 7, 2010
After weeks of speculation over his survival chances, now that Chris Hughton has parted ways with Newcastle United who will step in to replace him on a full time basis? Peter Beardsley has stepped in to look after the squad in the interm.
As well as the normal suspects that are always linked with vacant manager roles in the Barclays Premier League comes Martin Jol who in what may just be a spectacular coincidence has left his role with Dutch side Ajax by mutual consent, either that or is is after the Aberdeen job!
The move by Mike Ashley and the board at Newcastle has angered many sections of the Toon Army who had believed that in their first season back in the Premier League that Hughton was doing a decent job with the resources that are available to him and under his guidance Andy Carroll has become a force to be reckoned with.
However with only 2 home wins under his belt at St James Park the board may have made a pre-emptive strike before the fans turned on the board.
Newcastle are currently placed 12th in the Premier League; an enviable position for any team let alone one that only gained promotion from the Championship last year but although they recently managed to keep Chelsea to a draw there have been some disappointing results; Sundays 3-1 defeat against West Ham and the crushing 5-1 loss they suffered at the hands of Bolton another.
Next Newcastle United manager
All odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Victor Chandler, just click to bet.
- 6/5 – Martin Jol
- 7/4 – Alan Pardew
- 9/1 – Alan Curbishley
- 10/1 – Martin O’Neill
- 16/1 – Steve Clarke
- 20/1 – Alan Shearer
- 25/1 – Gianfranco Zola
- 25/1 – Slaven Bilic
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Master Minded early favourite for the Keith Prowse Tingle Creek Chase
December 7, 2010
This year the Tingle Creek Chase has been moved from Sandown to Cheltenham following the Sandown course succumbing to the adverse weather conditions that the country has been experiencing which resulted in the high profile race being cancelled last week.
The race is a grade 1 National Hunt chase open to horses aged four years or older. It is set to feature 11 runners over a distance of 2 miles and 110 yards and can be watched live on Channel 4 racing.
Last years winner in this race was Twist Magic ridden by bookmakers nemesis Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls who could be after a sixth successive win in this race with Master Minded. The freebetblog.com tip for this race goes to the Ferdy Murphy trained Kalahari King who is curreny showing at odds of 9/1 for an each way bet.
Keith Prowse Tingle Creek Chase Antepost odds
The bookmakers Stan James have made Master Minded their odds on favourite to win the Keith Prowse Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham this coming Saturday.
- 5/6 – Master Minded
- 7/2 – Twist Magic
- 7/1 – Gauvain
- 9/1 – Kalahari King
- 10/1 – Somersby
- 12/1 – Petit Robin
- 16s – Bar
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Which golfer will win a Major Title first in 2011?
December 6, 2010
The bookmakers Stan James have opened a book on who out of the world’s top two golfers will be the first in 2011 to win a major golf tournament.
England’s Lee Westwood became the world’s number one golfer at the end of October in 2010 ending the reign of Tiger Woods who had held the position for 281 weeks. In doing so Westwood became the first European golfer since 1994 to become the worlds top golfer when Nick Faldo managed to achieve the accolade.
Since his much publicised affair and subsequent divorce Tiger Woods form on the golf course has not been consistent on top of this he had a knee injury and took a long break from the game, but in recent events the fourteen times major champion winners has had a return to form and is currently leading the Chevron World Challenge, with a four shot lead over Graeme McDowell with one round remaining.
Who will win a Major golf Title First in 2011?
Which of these two golfing giants will secure a title first in 2011?
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