Sports Betting Blog

Bookies William Hill lost just £146 after Stephen Hendry scored a maximum in his World Championship quarter-final match at the Crucible. Hills had been offering 4/6 that there would not be one and 11/10 that there would be and you can now get 5/2 that there will be a second 147 at the Crucible.
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Despite a great 0-0 draw in Barcelon, Chelsea are still only 3/1 third favourites to win the Champions League with William Hill, who still make Barcelona favourites at 2/1 with Man U 9/4 and Arsenal 7/2. ‘Chelsea still have to complete the job at home and we think Barca will fancy their chances of scoring at Stamford Bridge after spurning a couple of great chances in the first leg’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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The big news today is that Roy Keanne has been installed as the new Ipswich manager. Signing a 2 year contract Keane to a press conference

“I would like to try and do it (win promotion) in one year, if I was not up for it I would be walking my dogs. I think my dogs needed a break.”

Keane has some pedigree here. In 2006 he took the struggling Sunderland from 2nd bottom of the Championship to the top, securing promotion and more importantly a second season in the Premiership.
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Chelsea take on Arsenal at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday, April 18. This dramatic London derby, at the Home of Football, continues Setanta’s coverage of the most famous cup competition of them all.

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With the weekend fixtures taking all the attention, the smart punter can get an edge looking at the Tuesday night fixture of Liverpool vs Arsenal. Here’s the situation. Arsenal have to play Chelsea on Saturday in an FA Cup semi final. Liverpool have no game.
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Who would have thought that the Chelsea/ Liverpool game would have ended with the score 4-4. After the thrilling first leg, most pundits and tipsters were looking at a ‘low scoring’ more traditional encounter. A comedy of errors and some brilliance made this a Champions League classic though.

Bookmaker William Hill is celebrating more than the Chelsea fans are as this tops a great week for the bookies in general. Mon Mome won the Grand National at 100/1, Angel Cabrera beat Tiger Woods to win the US Masters golf major at 100/1, Chelsea and Liverpool played out a 4-4 draw – another 100/1 shot, leaving bookmakers William Hill declaring the results: ‘The greatest hat trick of major sporting upsets in a row that we can recall in the last thirty years’ according to Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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This weekend represents a great opportunity for people that think that the big 4 will all win this weekend. All 4 are odds on and on paper should really win their games.

With accumulators it is important to go with the bookmaker that offers the top price overall. Some bookies may have gone top price on a single selection but low on another.
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AFTER losing to Hamburg, Manchester City are now 11/4 with William Hill to get through to the next round and 9/1 to win the tournament while Mark Hughes is 8/11 to be gone by the first day of next season (evens still to be there).

Ireland gave City a first minute lead but Mathijsen scored for Hamburg after 9 minutes. After the break, Trochowski scored a penalty and Guerrero scored in the 79th minute to take a great advantage to Eastlands.

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If you are one of the many people that will be having a flutter on the Grand National this year, you are best off placing your bet at Boylesport. Many bookies are paying out 5 places each way but Boyles are paying out on 6 places.

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Following the announcement that veteran Alan Shearer has become the new Newcastle manager, leading Irish Bookmaker has lengthened the odds of Newcastle to be relegated from 11/10 to 6/5.

In the bookie’s eyes news of Alan Shearer’s appointment as Newcastle manager until the end of the season has proved a welcome boost to their relegation battle and the odds of the club’s survival have also improved from 4/6 to 8/13 – although clearly Shearer still has it all to do.
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