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

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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Could Coventry City be the dark horses to gain promotion to the Premier League?

The npower Championship starts in just two days but you do still have time to place an ante post bet on who will get promoted from the Championship to the Barclays Premiership. Of the teams that were relegated from the Premiership only Burnley look like they could gain automatic promotion the other two teams, Hull City and Portsmouth could be spending the first of many seasons in the Championship.

One of the teams that are looking to gain promotion have one of best cashback offers currently running on the Championship. The offer comes from the shirt sponsors of Nottingham Forest, the bookmakers Victor Chandler. If you place a bet on Forest to gain promotion and they fail to make the play offs then Victor Chandler will refund your losing stake, with Forest at odds of 9/4 for promotion this is almost like giving money away as they had a fantastic season last year ending up 3rd in the league but losing out to Blackpool in the play off final.

Championship Promotion odds

It looks like it could be another tight league and there are several teams hopingto be promoted to the Premiership which are all the usual suspects, if you fancy a flutter outside of the norm with higher odds we recommend that Coventry City could be the surprise of the season with odds of 40/1 to be promoted, they welcome back players Lee Carsley and Gary McSheffery into their fold and with their new manager Aidy Boothroyd behind it could be a good year for the Sky Blues.

• 7/4 – Middlesbrough
• 11/4 – QPR
• 11/4 – Burnley
• 9/2 – Sheffield United
• 4/1 – Leicester City
• 4/1 – Reading
• 9/4 – Nottingham Forest
• 9/2 – Bristol City
• 5/1 – Leeds

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Victor Chandler running cash back offer for all races at Glorious Goodwood

Goodwood Racecourse in West Sussex next week is the venue for the annual five day Glorious Goodwood racing festival. The festival is the one of the most anticipated events in the flat racing season and the venue will play host to a total of 35 races which includes the Sussex Stakes, Stewards Cup and of course the Totesport Mile.

To celebrate the festival the internet bookmakers Victor Chandler are offering punters a cash back offer that is available for all races that are taking place during the festival (Tuesday 28th July through to Saturday 1st August). If you back a horses than finishes in 2nd place and it is beaten by short head then they will refund your losing stake back into your account for you to as a free bet, and if your horse finishes in second place and is beaten by just a nose then they will double your losing stake.

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Victor Chandler offering cash back offer if last games go to a penalty shootout

The World Cup is almost over and we are left with just 2 games together before the tournament gets wrapped up and we have to wait till 2014 for the World Cup in Brazil. The next match will be between Uruguay and Germany who will be playing each other for the honour of 3rd place and this match will take place on 10th July from Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Uruguay v Germany

Germany are the clears favourites to win this fixture with odds of 4/6 and Uruguay at odds of 9/2.

Cash back offer

The internet bookmakers Victor Chandler are running a cash back offer on the final two games of the tournament. If either of the two games goes to the dreaded penalty shoot out then they will refund all of the losing first and last goal scorer bets as a free bet for you to use the following week.

Netherlands v Spain

The final at Cape Town Stadium on July 11th is sure to be an exciting tie with both teams having the joint tournament goal scorer with 5 goals each (David Villa and Wesley Sneijder). According to odds supplied by Victor Chandler Spain look the favourites to lift aloft the cup at odds of 1/2 and the Netherlands at odds of 6/4.

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Odds pointing to an increase in VAT in Osborne’s first budget

The new Conservative/Liberal coalition Government has been in power for just under 2 months and the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will be delivering his first budget to the house of commons tomorrow.

The new Government has already outlined cuts of £6 billion that it needs to make and the budget is normally a way to claw in much needed revenue, however among the items on the agenda will be the much talked about freeze on council tax charges as promised in the Conservative manifesto.

However to gain revenue there is expected to be rise in VAT (Value Added Tax) and bookmakers William Hill are now offering odds of 1/7 that the rate will go up and 4/1 that is will stay at the current rate of 17.5%.

What colour will Osborne’s tie be?

Will the first joint government budget see Osborne choose a neutral (not party) colour?

• 2/1 – Blue
• 4/1 – Green
• 6/1 – Pink
• 6/1 – Red
• 8/1 – Purple
• 12/1 – Yellow
• 16/1 – Black
• 16/1 – Orange
• 16/1 – Yellow

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Who will be in goal for England against Algeria?

Following the shocking mistake by West Ham goal keeper Robert Green in the opening game of England’s World Cup campaign against the United States when he let in an easily stoppable shot from Clint Dempsey that cancelled out Steven Gerrard’s earlier goal.

Football pundits around the United Kingdom are wondering whether England coach Fabio Capello will drop the player in favour of the more experienced David James for England’s next game on Friday against Algeria. Although Green was the reason the game ended in a draw he still produced a fabulous save in the second half that prevented a shock England defeat.

Online bookmakersVictor Chandler have now made it a 9/4 shot that Fabio Capello will let all three of the England goalkeepers grab a game in South Africa.

Who will start in goals against Algeria?

• 5/6 – Robert Green
• 5/6 – David James
• 5/6 – Joe Hart

Will all three England keepers play in South Africa?

• Yes 9/4
• No 2/7

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Workforce leading the pack for Arc de Triomphe betting

It is still some way off in the future as it does not run until Sunday October 3rd 2010 but the coveted Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has already had a favourite placed by online bookmakers Victor Chandler. They have placed Workforce trained by Sir Michael Stoute and owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah as the favourite who is now down to 3/1 from earlier odds of 3/1 following his convincing win at the Derby at the weekend.

The race is the French equivalent of England’s Royal Ascot and is therefore one of the most important race meetings of the European racing calendar. It takes place in Paris at the Longchamp Racecourse and has purse available of 4 million Euros, it was won in 2009 by jockey Michael Kinane on the fantastic Sea the Stars. The Arc itself is a group 1 flat race for thoroughbreds that are aged three years and older it is ran over a distance of 1.5 miles.

Full race for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

All odds are supplied by Victor Chandler

• 3/1 – Workforce
• 5/1 – Fame And Glory
• 7/1 – Lope De Vega
• 12/1 - St Nicholas Abbey
• 14/1 – Sariska
• 16/1 – Dar Re Mi
• 16/1 – Planteur
• 20/1 – Harbinger
• 20/1 – Jan Vermeer
• 20/1 – Daryakana
• 25/1 – Cutlass Bay
• 25/1 – Youmzain
• 25/1 – Cavalryman
• 25/1 – Rewilding
• 33/1 - Elusive Pimpernel
• 40/1 – Mawatheeq

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Spellbound are on of the early favourites for Britains Got Talent 2010

The fun part of ITV1s talent show Britain’s Got Talent has now finished and we no longer get to see the auditions of the criminally insane as the show now moves onto the live semi finals and gets a tad more serious. Last night the judges chose 40 acts from the 200 that they had given call back from the first round. Over the next five weeks the remaining acts will compete against each other and the winner from each of the 5 semi finals will then go on to perform in the live final.

Of all the acts that have been shown, one has stood out from the normal crowd of opera singers and street dancers and that is the Gymnastic act Spellbound who wowed the audience and judging panel (even hard face Simon Cowell) with their jaw dropping gymnastic act, they have also become an internet sensation on You Tube gaining millions of views.

Britains Got Talent 2010 Outright Winner

Odds are correct as of 31st May and are supplied by Victor Chandler and are for the 10 top acts.

• 5/2 – Spellbound
• 7/1 – Liam McNally
• 8/1 – Olivia Archbold
• 9/1 – Connected
• 14/1 – Tobias Mead
• 14/1 – Christopher Stone
• 14/1 – Peridot
• 16/1 – Paul Burling
• 20/1 – Janey Cutler
• 25/1 – Twist and Pulse

Spellbound on Britains Got Talent

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Cardiff favourites to progress to the Premiership after play off final

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

• 11/5 – Blackpool win
• 5/4 – Cardiff win
• 9/4 – Draw

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Cash back offer if Diego Forlan scores during the final of the Copa Del Rey

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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