The World Cup is over time to concentrate on Euro 2012
July 12, 2010
Well the World Cup in South Africa is now officially over and the team that were tipped to win it from the start walked away with the trophy in one of the most bitter fought if not prettiest game of football in the 2010 World Cup. The tournament threw up quite a few surprises and early than expected exits some of the worlds “larger” teams, however we did not get to see the fairytale ending that would have seen Ghana in the final instead it was an all European fixture. Which brings us to the next major football event the 2012 European Championships which will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012.
Euro 2012 Outright Winner
There is little surprise that new World Cup winners Spain are the favourites according to Ladbrokes to win Euro 2012 at odds of 4/1, England’s poor World Cup performance sees them at odds of 8/1, host nations Ukraine and Poland are very much the outside chance to win.
- 4/1 – Spain
- 6/1 – Germany
- 7/1 – Holland
- 8/1 – England
- 9/1 – Italy
- 10/1 – Portugal
- 12/1 – France
- 14/1 – Russia
- 25/1 – Croatia
- 25/1 – Ukraine
- 28/1 – Poland
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Odds slide for France as it looks like an early World Cup exit for them
June 21, 2010
By the close of business today all of the 32 teams in the World Cup will have each played two of their group games and so far only Holland, Argentina and Brazil have definitely qualified for the next stage of the competition.
Results all around the tournament in South Africa have seen some shock results and surprises that have left several of teams that were heavily tipped to win the competition not even likely to get to the round of 16. Among the worst hit in tournaments casualties are France who thanks to the sending home of Nicolas Anelka and the refusal of the team to train over the weekend have seen their odds of winning the tournament go from 20/1 to 150/1 and are at odds of 10/1 to qualify from their group.
Tournament outright odds
With the likes of England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany are all in danger of exiting early the odds for the winner of the tournament have dropped quite a bit for Argentina and Brazil. Below are the odds for the original seeded teams supplied by Paddy Power.
- 4/1 – Brazil
- 9/2 – Argentina
- 5/1 – Spain
- 8/1 – Holland
- 10/1 – Germany
- 10/1 – England
- 22/1 – Italy
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Get a refund on your bet if England fail to beat the USA tonight
June 12, 2010
The 2010 World Cup has well and truly kicked off and if you can get the noise of those vuvuzelas out of your head then it is going to be an exciting few weeks of football, unless of course you are more of a Big Brother fan then its going to be hell for you trying to get hold of the television remote.
The tournament opened up with 2 draws yesterday and looking at today’s schedule the most exciting match is easily going to be the England versus the United States.
It’s a game that England should easily win but with gambling and football in particular anything can happen! To make things more appealing to new and cautious punters the internet bookmakers Boylesports have created an outstanding offer just for you for tonight’s game.
If Fabios team tonight do not claim all the points on offer then Boylesports will gladly refund losing single bets that have been made on the following markets.
- First, last and anytime goals scorer markets
- Score and win
- Any player to score two or more goals
- A player to score a deadly hat-trick
- Score cast bets
If your bet loses then Boylesports will return your losing stake money as a free bet that you can then use on any of next weeks games.
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Soldier Steve is the initial favourite to win Big Brother 11
June 10, 2010
The final ever Big Brother (well unless something amazing happens this series and Channel 4 commissions another series or another channel buys up the rights) kicked off last night with the lovely Davina McCall who introduced the 13 contestants chosen at random initially entering the house out of a 81 potential contestants. They were followed shortly after by Mario who has had to go into the house dressed as a mole and be an actual mole by performing an impossible task for Big Brother without the other house mates knowing it was him, if he gets away with by June 14th this he will named as the 14th housemate.
His odds of getting away with this are slim with Paddy Power offering him just 6/4 of succeeding and 1/2 on his failure, whatever happens they will all be losers as they will miss out on the 2010 World Cup and could miss out on England lifting the trophy!.
The make up of the house mates look like typically Big Brother contestants with amongst the cattle we have the Jordan wannabee, the wacky dresser, and a posh person the only one that stands out is Steve an ex serviceman who could easily win the public hearts as he lost an eye and both legs whilst doing a tour of duty in Belfast.
Big Brother 2010 outright winner
As all the contestants tend to blend into one annoying contestant over the duration of the show we have only listed the ones that we consider will have any chance of winning, all odds are supplied by specialist bookmaker Paddy Power.
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Cash back betting offer in Wayne Rooney scores against the USA
June 9, 2010
There are two days to go before the 2010 World Cup officially kicks off in South Africa when the host nation take on Mexico in the opening game at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. This will be the first time that the World Cup has been staged in an African nation and is sure to be an historic event. However eyes in England will not be so concerned with this match and will be more focused on England’s opening game the following day when they take on the United States of America team at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.
To make the occasion even more special the internet bookies Paddy Power are having one of their special cash back offers available on the game. They are willing to give punters a refund of their stake money back on the first and last goal scorer market if Wayne Rooney manages to score a goal at any time during the normal 90 minutes play. They will also refund your stake money back any scorecast singles and correct score bets.
Opening Group C match odds
The game should be quite an emphatic opening win for Fabio Capello’s team but the long odds for a surprise USA win could be quite tempting…….
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Paddypower World Cup betting specials
June 3, 2010
The England head coach Fabio Capello has chosen his final 23 players for his World Cup squad and discarded the extra 7 players that he no longer needs and the side have now boarded the jet to South Africa and will be well on their way to their base of operations for the tournament.
World Cup betting specials
With just eight days to go before the first ball is kicked in South Africa Paddy Power have produced a list of eight bets currently running at odds of 8/1.
- 8/1 – David Villa to win the coveted golden boot
- 8/1 – Xavi to provide most assists in the tournament
- 8/1 – Argentina to win the World Cup and Messi to be named World Player of the Year
- 8/1 – Brazil to knock England out of the World Cup
- 8/1 – Eto’o to be Serie A’s top scorer at the World Cup
- 8/1 – No African team to reach knockout stages
- 8/1 – England to score four points in Group C
- 8/1 – ITV to break into a commercial break during the play of any World Cup match
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Will penalties be Englands failing at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
May 31, 2010
England fans are clearly disappointed in the result yesterday when England took on Japan in their final pre World Cup friendly. The result may have gone England’s way (England won 2-1) but the fact that Japan had scored all the goals in game (including 2 own goals) soured the result. If this is how we play against a fairly mediocre team, who are currently placed 45 in the FIFA rankings system compared to England’s number 8 position.
Another major disappointment from the match was the failing of midfielder Frank Lampard to score from the spot. The Chelsea player was denied by Japan’s keeper Eiji Kawashima who saved the penalty that was awarded in the 10th minute of the second half following Keisuke Honda’s handball in the area. Whether Lampard will be the choice take penalties in the World Cup will be a decision England head coach Fabio Capello must seriously consider.
World Cup Penalty specials
- 10/3 – England to miss first World Cup Penalty
- 1/5 – England to score first World Cup Penalty
- 7/2 – England to win a penalty shoot out during 2010 World Cup
- 7/2 – England to be eliminated from World Cup via penatly shoot out
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England are favourite to win in last friendly before 2010 World Cup
May 28, 2010
England and Japan are both facing their last international friendly on Sunday ahead of the 2010 World Cup, unusually the game will take place in Austria at the UPC-Arena in Graz it is the home stadium of SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK and was formerly known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadion. It will be both managers last chance to field their players and make their ultimate decisions on which players they will be taking with them to South Africa.
England v Japan odds
- 2/7 – England win
- 4/1 – Japan win
- 17/2 – Draw
Bookmakers Paddy Power are running a money back special on this last England friendly match. They will return your losing stake on all losing first and last goal scorer bets if the last goal of the game is scored via a header. This offer also applies to the correct score and scorecast singles on the game.
England striker specials
Fabio Capello has a great opportunity to try out all of his strikers in this match before he decides who to take with him to South Africa.
- 4/5 – Wayne Rooney to score in 90 minutes and England to win the match
- 7/5 – Darren Bent to score in 90 minutes and England to win the match
- 5/4 – Jermain Defoe to score in 90 minutes and England to win the match
- 5/4 – Peter Crouch to score in 90 minutes and England to win the match
- 9/5 – Emile Heskey to score in 90 minutes and England to win the match
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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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Panic over as Terry returns to training
May 13, 2010
The scare that was reported yesterday that England (and Chelsea) defender John Terry had broken the dreaded metatarsal bone in his right foot (the bone that no-one had heard of and probably never even existed before David Beckham broke his in 2002) has seen several bookmakers adjust their odds on England’s chances of winning the 2010 World Cup. The bookmakers Stan James changed their odds for England to win up to 6/1 from previous odds of 11/2.
However it seems that the panic that was going through England fans heads yesterday was unfounded as today it has been reported that John Terry has attended training with Chelsea today in preparation for his sides clash against Portsmouth at Wembley on Saturday for the FA Cup Final. According to the BBC sports website Terry is fully expected to now play in the match and therefore will be fully fit to be in Fabio Capello’s squad that goes to the World Cup in South Africa.
World Cup Outright Winner
Odds are supplied by Stan James and if you place a bet with them on the outright winner and Spain end up winning they will return your losing stake as a free bet.
- 4/1 – Spain
- 9/2 – Brazil
- 6/1 – England
- 15/2 – Argentina
- 10/1 – Holland
- 12/1 – Germany
- 14/1 – Italy
- 18/1 – France
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