Sports Betting Blog

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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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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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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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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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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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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So after 3 games, Burnley are sitting in 7th place. With the fixture list they way it was, Burnley manager, Owen Coyle will be on cloud 9. Even the most die hard Burnley fans could have thought this was possible.

Not many teams get anything from the Britannia Stadium so the opening day defeat was not a disaster. Newly promoted teams like Burnley usually live or die by their home form. That has, in a word been, exceptional. Who’d have thought that Burnley would beat Manchester United? The bookies certainly didn’t offering 10/1 on the Burnley win. On Sunday, they beat Everton 1-0 too. Saha missed a penalty so Everton could have got something from the game.
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Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and of course Manchester United, for the last few years these four have dominated English football and as a neutral I have found it rather boring. Well there’s a new kid on the block. A club with more financial muscle than anyone else in this great footballing land of ours. Please step forward Manchester City.
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Much will be expected of the three relegated clubs when the Coca Cola Championship kicks off this weekend. All eyes will be on Newcastle after a season of turmoil on and of the pitch they will be hoping they can bounce back at the first time of asking. Middlesbrough will also want to mount a serious push for promotion in which could be theirs and Gareth Southgate’s defining season.
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Norwich have to be the team to beat in this division. With Wes Hoolahan having experience in his league with Blackpool he could be a star for the Canaries. I think teams like Millwall, Leeds, Charlton, Huddersfield and MK dons will also be pushing for promotion.
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It is impossible for me to start anywhere else than Notts County. With the arrival of Sven the Magpies are aiming to fly high. The signings of Lee Hughes and Ben Davies will also help there cause. With Rotherham now starting on a level playing filed as everyone else i feel this could be the year they push for promotion.
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Following on from the previous post about Premiership Handicaps, this one is about the Championship. This has been a hard league to bet in. On any given day, the top team can be beat by the bottom team. Many a punter have lost money on this league. Its particularly tough this year as long established Premiership teams, Newcastle and Middlesbrough are in the mix.

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