Wigan leading Premier League relegation odds

It is all change at the bottom end of the Premier League as teams down there battle for their survival and try to avoid being relegated down to the Npower Championship.

For several weeks it looked as if Avram Grant’s West Ham side were destined to stay holding up the rest of the league deeply rooted in 20th place but following their relegation match against West Brom and the amazing 3-1 win over Liverpool at the weekend his side have now moved to 18th and are only kept there by goal difference.

Another team that is on the move is Wolves who under Mick McCarthy have managed to jump out of the relegation zone after their 4-0 thrashing of Blackpool and a valuable draw also against West Brom. In moving up they have helped push West Brom into the relegation fight.

West Brom are the only team that were promoted from the Championship last season that are in immediate danger of going back to where they came from. The other promoted teams from last season, Newcastle and Blackpool have both exceeded the expectations that most football pundits had of them with Newcastle looking to cement themselves in the top half of the table and Ian Holloway’s Blackpool side looking as if they will be safe to claim a second year in the Premier League.

Of all the teams at the wrong end of the table Wigan Athletic now look to be in the most trouble after recording back to back losses against Bolton and Manchester United they next face Manchester City which will be a crucial game for manager Roberto Martinez who is one of the most likely candidates to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked at odds of around 7/1.

Premier League Relegation Odds

All odds supplied by bookmakers Boylesports, click on the odds to bet.

• 4/11 – Wigan
• 5/6 – West Ham
• 5/6 – West Brom
• 11/10 – Wolves
• 11/8 – Blackpool
• 4/1 – Birmingham
• 5/1 – Blackburn
• 11/1 – Fulham
• 22/1 – Aston Villa
• 22/1 – Stoke City

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Victor Chandler cash back offer on the FA Cup 4th round matches

There are just 32 teams left in the FA Cup as the tournament enters the fourth round this weekend. The 16 fixtures over Saturday and Sunday are likely to see at least one giant killing team progress to the next round in the completion with lower league sides Stevenage, Crawley, Huddersfield and Notts County all looking to beat higher league opposition to enter the 5th round.  Should Blue Square Premier side Crawley Town manage to get through to the next round and defeat League Two side Torquay then they will become only the 6th non league side to do so, Crawley are currently at odds of 5/2 to win this fixture.

Cash back offer

Bookmakers Victor Chandler are making the fourth round of the FA Cup even more exciting by offering a cash back offer on any game this weekend of this round of the competition. If you place a bet on the first goal scorer market and your chosen player fails to get on the score sheet first but he then scores a goal at any time in the match they you will have your losing stake refunded back into your account for you to use as a free bet on any other future game.

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FA Cup 4th Round Matches

Saturday, 29 January 2011
Everton v Chelsea
Swansea v Leyton Orient
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Birmingham v Coventry
Bolton v Wigan
Burnley v Burton Albion
Sheff Wed v Hereford
Stevenage v Reading
Torquay v Crawley Town
Watford v Brighton
Southampton v Man Utd

Sunday, 30 January 2011
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Wolverhampton v Stoke
Notts County v Man City
West Ham v Nott’m Forest
Fulham v Tottenham

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All races go ahead today and an offer from Paddy Power

Another day and another course passes its inspection, there was some doubt as to whether the meeting at Folkestone was going to go ahead today due to overnight rainfall on top of the downpour that the course received during Monday. So with a full day of racing happening at Folkestone, Southwell and Wolverhampton which horse race should you get the odds for and place your hard earned money on a bet today?

As the bookmakers Paddy Power are offering a cash back offer on the 1.30 race from Southwell then we suggest that there is a great place to start. If you place a bet and your horse is leading the race up to final fence jumped but then fails to win the race then they will refund you losing single stake back into your account, you can’t say fairer than that!

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Good news as racing goes on at Plumpton despite the rain

Another week starts and its time to think long and hard about what races to have a bet on this week.  We have been graced with a full programme of races at Plumpton, Fakenham and Wolverhampton, this despite the downpour at Plumpton which has seen over 12mm or rain but is expected to be dry by lunchtime in time for the first race at 1.10.

There is a cash back offer on a race at Plumpton toady  from bookmakers Boylesports. If you place a bet on the 3.40 race and your horse finishes in second place and is beaten by that starting price favourite then they will refund your losing win stake.

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Master Minded the Pick of Star Studded Cheltenham International Meeting

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

Who will replace Chris Hughton at Newcastle?

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

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• 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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Can Adam Kirby make it three wins in a row for Piscean today at Wolverhampton?

The 4.10 race coming from Wolverhampton Racecourse is class 3 handicap race for 3 year olds and over. The race is scheduled to feature 11 runners who will be covering a distance of 5 furlong and 20 yards with the going for the course being set as standard as it is a nice sunny Black Country afternoon.

The favourite for this race from is the Adam Kirby ridden three generation pedigree Piscean who is showing at odds of 3/1 and will be looking to complete a hat trick of wins. The second favourite is Lost In Paris ridden by Graham Gibbons who has been consistent of late and only narrowly missed out in last outing and is at odds of 4/1. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Lewyn ridden by jockey Phillip Makin, the horse is now at odds of 12/1 down from 20/1 get in quick before the price gets any shorter for an each way bet.

Bookmakers Paddy Power are putting their necks on the line with their latest cash back betting offer. If you place a bet with Paddy Power on this race and if your horse finishes in second place and is beaten by up to and including a neck in the race then you will have your losing betting stake money returned to your Paddypower account.

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Odds look Sven could be on his way to the Cottage

With rumours flying around that the current boss at Fulham Roy Hodgson is on his way to Liverpool to replace Rafa Beneitz or more incredibly on his way to replace under fire England boss Fabio Capello it is leaving the spot of manager at Craven Cottage in contention.

Top of the list to jump into Roy’s shoes is former West Ham United boss Alan Curbishley, Curbishley was last in charge of a side back in 2008 before he resigned his post after the Hammers sold Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney against his wishes and managed to get £2.2 million out of his old bosses for constructive dismissal, this going against the board could make other boards less inclined to offer him a role.

Our favourite to takeover at Craven Cottage is former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson who is currently the head coach for the Ivory Coast. They had an impressive World Cup but unfortunately for them they were placed in Group G which was affectionately known as the Group of Death as it also featured Brazil and Portugal, even so they managed a respectable 4 points but it was not enough to get them through to the round of 16. With this is mind we feel that Sven will looking for a fresh challenge and what better place than back in the Premiership?

Next Fulham Manager odds

All of the odds are supplied by William Hill and more potential managers are available.

• 9/4 – Alan Curbishley
• 5/2 – Sven Goran Eriksson
• 4/1 – Carlos Queiroz
• 5/1 – Mark Hughes
• 7/1 – Sean O’Driscoll
• 10/1 – Glenn Hoddle
• 10/1 – Slaven Bilic

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Who will be the next model to star in Playboys 3D photoshoot?

With the current buzz surround 3-D films in the cinema which has seen Avatar become the highest grossing film of all time and receive a host of awards, Sky Television has started to broadcast some football and rugby matches in 3-D for viewing in pubs and 3-D television is on its way too us as well, surely we will not have to wait long until the first 3-D Adult movie is released.

To fill the gap in the market the gentleman’s magazine Playboy have for their June 2010 issue published a 3D centrefold spread with Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk, the cheeky photoshoot shows the playmate handing a glass or wine to readers as part of her nude spread, the picture can only be seen clearly with the free glasses supplied by Playboy.

Should the issue prove to be a success it will sure to be repeated but this time the magazine will try to call in one of their former favourites like Pamela Anderson who has appeared on the front cover more than any other model she is showing at odds of 8/1, another hopeful is former X-Men and True Blood star Anna Pacquin who might get a nudge as HBO have sponsored the glasses that come with the 3-D issue.

Next Playboy Playmate to appear in 3D

• 4/1 – Dasha Astafieva
• 5/1 – Tiffany Fallon
• 5/1 – Jessica Burciaga
• 6/1 – Jennifer Pershing
• 8/1 – Lindsay Lohan
• 8/1 – Pamela Anderson
• 10/1 – Jenny McCarthy
• 10/1 – Carmen Electra
• 12/1 – Anna Pacquin
• 12/1 – Megan Fox
• 12/1 – Anna Pacquin
• 14/1 – Shannon Moakler
• 14/1 – Victoria Silvstedt
• 14/1 – Halle Berry

US Sales for June 2010 Edition

The magazine is sure to be a big seller for Playboy as unlike their other photo shoots the pictures will not be uploaded on the internet as it will be very difficult for anyone to see the pictures on the web in their full 3D goodness. Normal monthly sales for the magazine are around the 1.5 million mark, way down from 2006 when it regularly sold in excess of 3 million copies a month.

• 6/1 – 2 million or less
• 7/1 – 2,000,001 to 2,250,000
• 5/2 – 2,250,001 to 2,500,000
• 13/8- 2,500,001 to 2,750,000
• 7/4 - 2,750,001 to 3,000,000
• 5/1 – 3,000,001 to 3,250,000
• 9/2 – Over 3.25 million

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2010 Guineas Tips

It’s the first Classics of the 2010 Flat Season at Newmarket this year with the runnings of the 2000 and 1000 Guineas. The races see the best three year old Colts and Fillies from the UK, Ireland and France go head to head to set themselves on the trail to becoming the best three year old thoroughbreds of the season.

Both races are run over a distance of one mile and the 2,000 Guineas, which is contested between the Colts, is run at 3:05 on Saturday with the Fillies equivalent, the 1,000 Guineas run at 3:20pm on Sunday, with both races are live on Channel 4. Last year’s winner was the John Oxx trained, Sea the Stars, who was the first horse in twenty years to win both 2,000 Guineas and Epsom Derby, before going on to win a further four Group One races including the Arc de Triomph.

It will take an exceptional horse to match the achievements of last year’s 2000 Guineas winner in 2010 but many are predicting that the Aidan O’Brien trained, St Nicholas Abbey, could be good enough to replicate Sea the Stars and go on to win at Newmarket on Saturday before heading to Epsom in five weeks time to land the Derby, a double which is as short as 5/2 with Guineas sponsor, Stan James.

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The unbeaten St Nicholas Abbey is currently best price 5/4 to win the 2000 Guineas but his price for the Derby double is not much bigger because it is thought that this son of Montjeu will imporve both for the run and step up in trip. Judge on his two year old form, none of these rivals should be able to come close to beating him, with second favourite, Elusive Pimpernel, needing to overturn a three length defeat in the Racing Post Trophy back in October.

Canford Cliffs, who was long time antepost favourite for this race before St Nicholas Abbey asserted himself on the market in the Autumn is available at 8/1, whilst another unbeaten Colt, the Michael Johnson trained Awzaan is a 10/1 chance. Of the bigger priced runners, the one time raced Inler (20/1)  and French Raider, Makfi (33/1),  make each-way appeal if you want to take on the favourite.

However, it is difficult to look beyond St Nicholas Abbey to win the race and we could well have another potential superstar of the Horse Racing world on our hands.

In the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday, the race looks a much more competitive affiar with bookmakers offering 7/2 the field. The French trained Special Duty is the favourite but must bounce back after a disappointing seasonal re-appearance last time out. Kieren Fallon, who last won this race in 2005, teams up with Luca Cumani to ride second favourite, Seta, who is currently an 11/2 chance along with Music Show.

However, it could pay to side with Godolphin and Frankie Dettori who join forces on Hibaayeb who won a Group One at Ascot on her final start as a two year and with the chances of good improvement over the winter, could be a good each way alternative to the leading protagonists at odds of 20/1 with Stan James.

Guineas Tips

2,000 Guineas (3:05 Saturday 1st May) – St Nicholas Abbey @ 5/4 with Stan James

1,000 Guineas (3:20 Sunday, 2nd May) – Hibayeeb @20/1 with Stan James

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