Won the week on Teletext's Football Tipping Contest so through to the Final in November and playing for a £250 free bet

Good Lad!...


Albeit via a Freakish Burnley vs Manchester United Result...


Hopefully Fernando Torres can score in 90 Minutes and win me £60 tomorrow...

Freakish???

Well maybe but they all count.

I honestly thought i would not be the only one who went for Burnley and if others had then I'd probably have gone out. But hey I think I've learned a few lessons and hope to put them to good use in the Finals week.

Well done mate and Good Luck.

Cheers Wanderer



If I've worked it out right these are the top fixtures at the end of Finals week


3 potentially massive priced teams to be had for the desperate (ie. probably me!!!!+)




Saturday, 7 November 2009

Aston Villa v Bolton, 15:00
Blackburn v Portsmouth, 15:00
Man City v Burnley, 15:00
Tottenham v Sunderland, 15:00
West Ham v Everton, 15:00
Wigan v Fulham, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Arsenal, 17:30


Sunday, 8 November 2009
Chelsea v Man Utd, 16:00
Hull v Stoke, 13:30

Can't see Burnley getting much away from Turf Moor this year, especially not at City. Wolves at home could have a chance and will be nice odds.


Malmo to beat Orgryte, Leeds to beat Watford and over 2.5 goals Norwich-Sunderland for me.

Lower League Speedway on Sky tonight.

Matches in the Premier League tend to be tight and although redcar at home are good last year Champions Edinburgh are a quality outfit (low in the table as they have meetings in hand but have struggled in recent weeks) and should get within the 10 points offered on the handicap.


Drew 45-45 at Workington on Saturday and if in that sort of form will go close again (lost badly at Newcastle yesterday but hopefully just a blip and their best riders will put it right tonight).

Fancy Benayoun first goal tonight.

Thank You Lads & Thank You SkyBet!...

Fair play sir

Void bet with Ladbrokes as the last heat was not run.....assuming all other bookies will do the same.

8 points in it with one heat left so probably for the best as a 5-1 or 4-2 for Redcar would have seen the bet go down....pretty irrelevant anyway as it was the injuries to 2 riders that lead to the meeting not finishing and hopefully both will be ok and back riding soon.

Malmo need to get some shooting practice in. Couldn't hit a barn door with the proverbial tonight. Norwich-Sunderland game was sorted after 30 mins.
Fingers crossed for 2/3.

Ya know I wrote out that same bet on a lucky 15 (as I do every week) but for some reason lobbed it in the bin n doubled up on my football acca that was shafted by southhampton! Would of paid a few quid that n it won't happen again for a long time!

Might get on these e/w goalscorer bets myself.

Not sure which order the 90 minute goals went in at the Reading v Barnsley game but Barnsley sealed my winning treble so happy days.

Taking a total shot in the dark but knowing how determined he is in everything he does Richard Dunwoody to win Strictly Come dancing at 33/1 has to be worth a quid or two.

Does not seem to be the "heat throb" factor that makes anyone stand out from the rest and means it could be wide open this time round.

SkyBet - Champions League Special Treble 25/26th August (30/1):

RSC Anderlecht vs Olympique Lyonnais (WON)
Fiorentina vs Sporting Lisbon
Debrecen vs Levski Sofia (WON)

SkyBet - Carling Cup Special Treble - 25/26th August (11/2):

Tranmere vs Bolton (WON)
Gillingham vs Blackburn (WON)
Blackpool vs Wigan

Craig Kelly at 20/1

Watford at 3/1 to beat Swansea.

We have had 4 first choice midfielders out all season, now we have a forward suspended and another injured (and the only other experienced striking option is a loan player who hobbled off himself) plus two defenders also suspended.

Add to that we are playing awful anyway and unless we get some decent loan signings in quick the next three games could be very hard indeed.

Well you can't win them all!, Tottenham -1 (6/5) did cut my losses though...

Had a scottish double up tonight so doing ok on the footie this season.

Going to stick a fair chunk of it on Farloe Reason in the Select Stakes at Nottingham Greyhounds tomorrow and am off there to cheer him on.....GO ON MY SON!!!!!!

Might have to have a look at that myself...

Around (9/2) at the minute, You been following it a while?...
Got any fancies for the Speedway Nordic GP?...

No I think as it's possibly the top race outside The Derby/Irish Derby (it is by invitation and Greyhound writers decide who runs in it).

Bandicoot Tapoki is very hit or miss at the traps and if he does trap him and Fear Zafonic are likely to hit the first bend together and might spoil both their chances....this could even happen later in the race as Tapoki runs on and Zafonic tires as I feel he is better over 480m. Windy Miller is classy but rarely wins big events (think last time he was on Sky they said he had won something under 2k in his lifetime which is bad for such a good dog).

Crown River would need carnage as he stays all day but is not really quick enough to keep up early (usually runs in races around 600m) and I can not see Cabra Boss winning a clean run race either.

Farloe Reason is a natural railer but as he misses the kick now and then being in Tr4 might not be so bad as it tends to be lead or bust in Trap 1 for him but he did well at times in Tr 3 or Tr 4 during the Greyhound derby including 3rd in the final after getting in bother.

Nottingham is a wide galloping track so hopefully he will run his race without scrimaging (if he can not get to the bend before Crown River he does not deserve to win the £7.5k) but I think 9/2 is decent value and hopefully he will be the best of Lister's three as in truth I can not see it not being one of Charlies dogs who takes home the prize.

He has not run for a while but has trialed well so fingers crossed.


In the Speedway I think Crump will go out and show who is boss after not winning the last two.


12/1 Hancock would be my alternative as Gollob is a bit short at 8/1 and as he is never consistant 2 GP's on the trot is probably asking too much, Saifutinov seems to have lost his edge somewhat and why Pedersen is 5/1 I will never know as he was not great before his injury and has done nothing since his return.

Anderson at home is possible but very short at 10/1. Bjerre again is far too short for a non GP winner and a podium place is probably his best hope again.

Leigh Adams has been totally written off so look for value in individual races as he can still pull out 2 or 3 wins at a meeting and in a heat with say Saifutinov, Pedersen and Bjerre he could go off about 5/1 and that would be of interest.

More Nottingham Dogs......


Gabba Gabba Hey (8.35) looks decent at 9/4.

Carbarns Tom (9.25) is a big price and can give Midway Skipper a race (7/1).

Bet Fred have a Farloe Reason/Carbans Tom double at an enhanced 40/1 and as the dogs are likely to go off at about 7/2 and 11/2 that is cracking value in my book.

Tottenham 1/3 v Birmingham

Doubled with Brett Hodgson to score at any time 5/4 in the Challenge Cup Final
(both odds from the Ladbrokes app on me mobile)

Tempted to add Matt King to score at any time too (6/4)