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Can Manchester City get all 3 points against a busy Liverpool side?

Royston Smith — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:19:27 +0000

The Reds kicked off their season with a 1-1 draw against Arsenal where they were leading up until the first minute of extra time when Liverpool keeper Reina fumbled a save to give the Gunners a last minute draw. Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool side face their second tough game of this seasons Premiership campaign when they take on Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium on Monday 23rd August, this game is squeezed in between Liverpool’s Europa League qualifying games against Turkish side Trabzonspor on the 19th and 26th August.

Reina own goal

Jose Manuel Reina disastrous own goal cost Liverpool all 3 points in their opening game of the season and is at odds of 17/2 to do it again.

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If Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez can score the last goal of this game then the internet bookmaker Paddy Power will refund all of the losing first and last goal scorer bets made on the game as well as correct score and scorecast singles.

Man City v Liverpool match odds

The serious money that Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pumped into Manchester is beginning to pay off as City are the favourites to win this fixture, hard to believe for a team that 10 years ago were in League One (the old third division). With Liverpool’s busy schedule of fixtures Manchester City could take advantage of a tired Liverpool side.

13/10 – Manchester City win
11/5 – Liverpool win
11/5 – Draw

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Bellamy rushed in as bookies favourite for top goal scorer in the Championship

Royston Smith — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:49:44 +0000

The bookies William Hill have taken the news that Craig Bellamy has joined Championship side Cardiff City on loan from Premiership side Manchester City by making him one of their favourites to be the top goal scorer in the Npower Championship and they have also cut Cardiff’s odds to win the Championship from 10/1 to 9/1.

Whether Bellamy will gel with his Cardiff side remains to be seen as he does have a history of upsetting the atmosphere in the dressing room but Hills are offering odds of 4/11 that Bellamy will still be with Cardiff come the end of the season and odds of 2/1 that he will be gone.

His entrance to the Cardiff side will mark the 31 year olds 9th club (including loan signing), of his permanent 7 signings Bellamy has left 4 of those sides within a year. His most unsuccessful run was back in 2000 when he was with Coventry City and only managed to 6 goals out of 34 appearances and as such this led to the teams relegation form the Premiership.

Championship top goal scorer

All odds are supplied by William Hill.

8/1 – Craig Bellamy (Cardiff City)
8/1 – Kris Boyd (Middlesbrough)
9/1 – Michael Chopra (Cardiff City)
12/1 – Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)
14/1 – Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers)
20/1 – David Nugent (Portsmouth)
20/1 – Matty Fryatt (Leicester City)
20/1 – Grant Holt (Norwich City)
20/1 – Danny Graham (Watford)
20/1 – Steve Morrison (Millwall)

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Where will Sheffield United finish this season in the Championship?

Royston Smith — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:51:58 +0000

Sheffield United have confirmed that their new manager will be first team coach Gary Speed who was the bookies favourite to win the role of Sheffield United manager. He has been offered a 3 year contract with the Blades in replacement for the sacked Kevin Blackwell who was dismissed following the 3-0 home loss against QPR. Speed has already been with the club for over 2 years but this will be his first ever managerial role.

With the current speed of the managerial merry go round bookies are placing odds on whether the former Welsh international will still be in charge by the end of the season or can Speed survive the sack race?

The bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 11/4 Gary Speed will no longer be boss of Sheffield United on the first day of NEXT season, are the odds are 1/4 that he will still be there..

Where will Sheffield United finish?

United are currently holding up the bottom of the Npower Championship in the 23rd slot with just 1 point out of 2 games, but a new manager being installed generally gives the team a boost and wins are more likely.

20/1 – Winner
10/3 – 2nd to 5th
7/4 – 6th to 10th
9/4 – 11th to 14th
7/2 – 15th or worse

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Spurs look set to beat the Young Boys of Switzerland

Haydon Eckles — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:30:38 +0000

Its an exciting time for Spurs fans as they are about to be rewarded for last seasons 4th place finish as they take on the Berner Sport Club Young Boys of Switzerland at the Stade de Suisse in Bern for the first leg of their first ever Champions League fixture. Harry Redknapp’s side will be looking to get the first leg advantage and then proceeding to the Group Stages. The game kicks off tonight at 7.45 and can be watched live on Sky Sports.

Spurs will be going to the game missing captain Ledley King and midfielder Jermaine Jenas who have niggling injures and will not be risked for the away game. Their opponents are currently 7th in the Swiss Super League after 5 games and have already eliminated the Turkish side Fenerbahce SK from this years tournament.

Young Boys v Tottenham Hotspur match odds

As Tottenham are the favourite to win this fixture the bookmakers William Hill are offering an enhanced price on stiker Jermain Defoe opening the scoring and Spurs to win the game 3-1 they are offering odds of 55/1.

19/5 – Young Boys win
7/10 – Tottenham Hotspur win
11/4 – Draw

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Frankie Dettori looking for victory on Roman Republic at York today

Royston Smith — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:53:58 +0000

The 4.40 race from York Racecourse is billed as the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Handicap which is a class 2 race for horses that are aged 3 years and over. The race is set to feature 20 runners over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 88 yards with the going for the course being set as good.

The bookie Betfred are offering punters a cash back offer on this race. If you place an each way bet on the race and your chosen nag can only manage a 4th place finish then they will give you back your stake money for you to use as a free bet, up to a maximum of £200.

The favourite for this race is Roman Republic who is being given odds of 7/1 and ridden by champion jockey Frankie Dettori, the second favourite for the race is split between Royal Destination and Red Jade who are both being shown at odds of 8/1. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Hanson’D who will be ridden today by Kieren Fallon and at odds of 14/1 is a great price to back as an each way bet.

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Is success on the cards for Newcastle’s return to the Premiership?

Royston Smith — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:49:05 +0000

The Barclays Premier League has kicked off and there has already been one surprise so far with Blackpool winning their first games of the season. How will the other newcomers to the league fare tonight when the final game of the new season kicks off between Manchester United and Newcastle United. The other newcomers to the league West Brom were comfortably beaten 6-0 by Chelsea so with a win and loss for former Championship sides could tonight see a draw for Chris Hughton’s team.?

Newcastle make their return to the Premiership following their year in the Championship and emerged as the Championships strongest side but they have not managed a win at Old Trafford since September 2001, the last time the Magpies were in the Premiership their opening game was coincidently against Manchester United that time it ended 1-1.

Manchester United v Newcastle United match odds

The odds supplied by Betfred do not bode well for Newcastle for their return Premiership match.

2/9 – Manchester United
14/1 – Newcastle United
11/2 – Draw

The bookmakers Bet Fred are offering punters a cash back offer on this game. If Manchester United manage to score the opening goal of the game but then fail to take all 3 points then they will refund all of the losing correct score, first and last goal scorers as well as any scorecast bets that have been made on the game for you to use as a free bet.

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Gary Speed favourite to take on the role of next Sheffield United manager

Haydon Eckles — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:03:13 +0000

It look as if Gary Speed will soon be officially be able to hang up his boots for good if gets the role of Sheffield United manager, the job has become available following the sacking of Kevin Blackwell at the weekend following the 3-0 home defeat by Queens Park Rangers. Speed has been with United since 2008 making 37 appearances and scoring on 6 occasions, he has recently completed his UEFA Pro Licence qualification and was Blackwell’s first team coach but did recently find himself named on the bench in their recent Carling Cup fixture against Hartlepool which ended in a 2-0 loss for the Blades.

Untied were recently approach by Championship rivals Swansea to take on their managerial role but were spurned which has prompted bookies to make Speed their favourite to take on the role.

Next permanent Sheffield United manager

The top ten managers that bookmaker Victor Chandler thinks are in line for the job as Sheffield United manager.

4/9 – Gary Speed
5/1 – Phil Brown
10/1 – Tony Mowbray
10/1 – Sean O’Driscoll
10/1 – Nigel Adkins
10/1 – Chris Wilder
12/1 – Lee Clark
12/1 – Andy Scott
14/1 – Gareth Southgate
14/1 – Steve Clarke

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Lady Gaga is the bookies favourite to win the video of the year at the 2010 VMAs

Lucy Proffitt — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:29:16 +0000

The 2010 MTV VMA awards take place from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on September 12th and it one of the most watched shows on MTV. Each year the event gains a mini controversy, in 2008 English comedian Russell Brand called the then President George Bush “a retarded cowboy” and in 2009 Kanye West jumped on the stage during Taylor Swifts acceptance speech saying that Beyonce should have actually won the award.

Last year Lady Gaga won three VMAs but missed out on the best music video when her song “Poker Face” was beaten by Beyonce with here video “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) and this year the two stars have teamed up for the video “Telephone” which will surely increase their odds of winning.

MTV Video of The Year

With two videos in the nominations for Music Video of the Year Lady Gaga is almost certain to pick up an award, it should put the bad press about her possibly being an hermaphrodite to bed, all odds have been supplied by bookmakers Paddy Power who specialise in the novelty betting market.

10/11 – Lady GaGa – Bad Romance
2/1 – Lady GaGa feat Beyonce – Telephone
6/1 – Eminem – Not Afraid
7/1 – B.o.B. feat Hayley Williams – Airplanes
10/1 – Florence and the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
12/1 – 30 Seconds to Mars – Kings and Queens

Lady GaGa – Bad Romance

The video has been watched an incredible 260 million times on the video site YouTube.

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Can Tiger Woods get his game back for the 2010 USPGA Championship?

Haydon Eckles — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:28:27 +0000

This week sees the start of the USPGA Championship which this year comes from the Whistling Straits Golf Course in Haven, Wisconsin. The event tees off on August 12th and will run to the 15th August and it will have a prize of a cool $7.5 million, you can catch all the action live on Sky Sports.

The bookmakers Boylesports are running a couple of offers on this tournament, the first is that they are paying out on not 5 but an amazing 6 places at a 1/4 the odds and on top of this they will also be offer punters a cash back offer on all losing outright bets made on the tournament if the world number one golfer Tiger Woods wins the USPGA Championship, Woods has not won this competition since 2007 and it would be his first major win of 2010 as he not appeared as much as normal due to his extra curricular activities.

Another cash back offer on the tournament is being offered by bookmakers Betfred who will offer punters their cash back if you place a bet on the outright market if your chosen players finishes in 2nd place to a British or Irish player.

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2010 USPGA Outright Winners

All odds are supplied by Boylesports, last years winner Yang Yong-eun is not expected to repeat his success and as such is being quoted at odds of 150/1 to win the event, favourite to win is Northern Irelands Rory McIlroy .

14/1 – Rory McIlroy
16/1 – Phil Mickelson
16/1 – Padraig Harrington
16/1 – Tiger Woods
22/1 – Steve Stricker
25/1 – Ernie Els
30/1 – Retief Goosen
33/1 – Jim Furyk
33/1 – Hunter Mahan
33/1 – Sean O’Hair

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Next permanent Aston Villa manager odds

Royston Smith — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:30:22 +0000

Following the shock news that Martin O’Neill has resigned his position as manager of Aston Villa with immediate effect the rumour mills are working over drive on who will emerge as his successor.

Even though he had reportedly pledged his future to Villas new chairman Randy Lerner who took over the club in May. Before a new manager is installed Kevin MacDonald has been appointed as caretaker manager for the club and will be in charge of the team for their Premier League opening game against West Ham on Saturday.

Next Aston Villa Manager

Current Ajax manager was the favourite to take over O’Neills place but there are rumours of USA coach Bob Bradley heading in for the role have pushed the American to the top of the list.

9/4 – Bob Bradley
4/1 – Sven Eriksson
15/2 – Alan Curbishley
8/1 – Jurgen Klinnsmann
8/1 – Kevin McDonald
9/1 – Dave Jones
10/1 – Gareth Southgate
10/1 – Martin Jol
1212/1 – Slaven Bilic

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