January 25th, 2010
The FA Cup would appear to be Chelsea’s to lose following the exit of Arsenal this weekend.
With Arsenal joining Liverpool and Manchester United on the FA Cup sidelines Paddy Power now have Chelsea the 6/4 favourites to win the FA Cup with apparent cup specialists Manchester City their nearest rival at 10/3. City are 12/1 to complete the Cup double this season ahead of the Carling Cup semi-final against neighbours United on Wednesday.
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January 10th, 2010
Paddy Power pays out on January being coldest month ever. So much for global warming. Could be a medium term money spinner, if the bookies keep setting odds as if the earth is warming.
(10/01/10) Only ten days into a sub-zero 2010 and Paddy Power have suspended betting and are paying out on this month being the coldest January on record in Ireland.
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January 8th, 2010
William Hill are now 1/3 that David Beckham will be on the plane to South Africa, following a good display in-front of the England Manager but the odds suggest that he will not be part of the original starting eleven with Hills offering 2/5 he is not . Patrick Vieira looks set to join Man City and Hills expect City to carry on adding to their squad offering 14/1 that they bring in just Vieira but 5/2 that five or more players join City in the January window. Leeds fans will be disheartened to see that star striker Jermain Beckford is now 8/15 to be a Newcastle player come February.
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December 30th, 2009
William Hill now make Liverpool 11/8 to finish in the top four following their win at Villa, and 8/15 not to. ‘The win at Villa was just what Rafa needed to keep his ‘top four guarantee’ a realistic prospect’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. Liverpool were fortunate with a stoppage time goal from Fernando Torres. The 0-0 results looked on the cards until Torres struck with just minutes to go.
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December 30th, 2009
It does not seem that long ago when Ryan Giggs won BBC sports personality of the year. The 66/1 outsider ended up pipping odds on favourite Jenson Button to the race.
Irish Bookmaker, Paddypower have released the odds for the 2010 race. Current favourite is Andy Murray, surely with the expectation that he will win something this year. All bets will be off if he wins Wimbledon but thats a big if. At 2/1, you are probably best off just betting on him to win Wimbledon straight.
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December 30th, 2009
Mark Hughes is the opening favourite with Paddy Power to be the next Bolton manager following Gary Megson’s sacking today. The club said, “The decision has been taken in the light of the position the club finds itself in the Barclays Premier League at the halfway point of the season.” Fans were calling for Megson’s head even before the 2-2 home draw with Hull in which they were 2-0 up.
Hughes is 11/4 for a quick return to management following his recent exit at Manchester City with Alan Curbishley the next name in the frame at 6/1.
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November 26th, 2009
Paul Hart was the first casualty in the Premiership sack race and Hills odds suggest that there will be a further two sackings in the season at 15/8, with five more offered at 5/1. Phil Brown is the 1/1 favourite to be the next manager to be shown the door, Gary Megson is second favourite at 7/4 and the under pressure Rafa Benitez a 7/1 shot. New Portsmouth Manager Avram Grant is a 14/1 shot to be the next man out.
“The sack race is an ever popular market and so far most of the bets in the new book have been for Benitez at 7/1,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
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October 21st, 2009
Irish Bookmaker, Paddypower have opened up a variety of markets on Rafa Benitez. They are responding to Liverpool’s worst run of form in 22 years with a wide variety of betting requests speculating on the manager’s failure. Benitez is 1.73 not to be manager at the end of the season.
Responding to the range of requests Paddy Power are offering 10/1 that Liverpool’s crunch game against arch rivals Manchester United on Sunday is Rafa’s last game in charge of the Anfield outfit. Liverpool are also now just 4/11 to fail to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and 11/8 not to finish in the top four of the Premier League this season. Benitez himself is odds on not to survive the season at 8/11.
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October 7th, 2009
Boylesports are giving away a fantastic trip to South Africa next summer.
The 2010 FIFA World CupPrize includes:
– Return Flights
– Four Nights Accommodation
– Match tickets for one game (to be chosen by Boylesports).
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October 5th, 2009
Something bizarre happened after the fall of Setanta sports TV channel. They had the rights to show the Ukraine vs England game 10th October 2009. Since they went bust, the rights went back Kentaro an agency that represents the Ukraine FA. Since they could not sell the rights to any terrestrial broadcaster or Sky they have decided to sell it on a pay per view on the internet only.
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October 1st, 2009
Another 33 goals last weekend officially makes this top-flight campaign the highest scoring in over 40 years, with a total of 192 Premier League goals so far this season (excluding Monday night’s match) at an average of 2.95 goals a game. It is great news for both armchair fans and spread punters but an entertaining season for most of us usually means a disastrous season for the bookies. Estimates suggest that punters have scooped around £7million since the start of the new campaign. Buyers of Sporting Index’s goal spreads were in for another treat, particularly those wagering their hard-earned on Sunderland’s 5-2 win over Wolves, Liverpool’s destruction of Hull and Tottenham’s five-goal thrashing of Burnley. Buyers of Robbie Keane’s goal minutes spread would have been happy with four scores from Irishman at any point in the game, but three goals in the last 15 minutes and a final make-up of 256 was beyond their wildest dreams.
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August 29th, 2009
Tonight sees the Milan Derby. This is one the highlights of the Serie A League. Last seasons winners Inter Milan are the away side even though they both play at the same stadium. You watch a free legal stream online at Skybet. Just use the skyplayer in the bottom right corner.
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