Sports Betting Blog

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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With just over a week left to go until the Premiership kicks off I am going to have a look at the Premiership Handicap Race. This gives a good idea of what the bookies think will happen. All teams are given a handicap apart from the team that the bookie thinks will win it. Well, they do get a handicap but its +0. Everyone else gets a handicap. At the end of the season the actual points and handicaps are added together and the winner is the one with the most points.

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Bookie Paddy Power is offering 100/1 that Nott’s County will be in the Premier League in four seasons time following Sven Goran Eriksson’s imminent arrival to the club as Director of Football. Current manager Ian McParland will still be the manager but having an experienced manger as director of football will surely help.

With the recent takeover from Middle East consortium Munto Finance and Sven’s appointment Notts County are now 8/1 to win this season’s League Two title and 5/2 for promotion. The Meadow Lane club had been 25/1 for the title prior to the Arab takeover and 12/1 before news of Sven’s appointment.
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Paddy Power is offering 5/1 that Michael Owen plays for Hull City next season following confirmation he will leave relegated Newcastle this summer. Owen has reported that he wants to stay in the Premiership rather than going back to Spain. The Premiership is where he belongs.

Phil Brown’s public courting of Owen over the weekend has put Hull in as second favourites to sign Owen in Paddy Power’s betting behind 2/1 favourites Everton. Also in the running are Spurs at 6/1 with Man City and Aston Villa both at 7/1.
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With the international qualifiers in full force this week, bookmaker, Bet365 are offering free live streaming on selected international games.
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This week’s international qualifier is on terrestrial TV. No need to go on the internet and look for a stream of the England/Andorra game. This game should be a formality.

At William Hill, England are 1/100 to beat Andorra, who are 66/1 with the draw a 12/1 chance, William Hill have introduced ‘handicap’ betting on the match and with Andorra receiving a four goal start, Hills make England 4/5 favourites, with Andorra at 17/10 and the handicap tie quoted at 4/1. (more…)

STEVE BRUCE is 4/9 favourite for the Sunderland job with William Hill who also offer: 5/2 Strachan; 20/1 Curbishley; Bilic; Jol; McClaren; 25/1 Advocaat; Poyet; Ranieri. ‘Punters believe this is a two horse race, and even though early gambles in these markets are not always successful they are usually based on more than pure guess-work’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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You Bet Coyle Will Quit Burnley For Celtic

Despite Owen Coyle declaring that he intends to stay at Burnley, the side he has just taken into the Premiership, punters are convinced that he will instead aim for the now vacant Celtic job – and have backed him down to 4/6 favouritism for that role. ‘Coyle has gone from 4/1 to 4/6 during the course of the day as we have taken a steady series of £200 bets from all over the UK, sending Coyle past former favourite Tony Mowbray in the afternoon’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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Would the final of the Champions League be the same without some crazy special bets from the world famous bookmaker, Paddypower. These bets are mainly for fun but the really shrewd punter could probably profit from this.

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