For those of you that have a Totesport shop nearby.

QPR are 21/10 on their odds booster coupon, only 6/4 on Betfair. Its minimum trebles on the coupon though so heres mine for today.

Swansea 5/4 bt Blackpool
QPR 21/10 bt Derby
Brentford 20/21 bt Stockport
Huddersfield 8/11 bt Leyton Orient
Barnet 4/6 bt Darlington
Bournmouth 8/15 bt Grimsby

£10 pays about £600 off the top of my head.

Had bloody Villa


Steve Sidwell you breast!

Unlucky bud. Swansea let you down.

australia -16 @ 10/11

australia by 24-30 @ 15/2
australia by 30-36 @ 10/1

Australia -14 @ 4/5

Was only small stakes but OMFG what a game that was.

Anyone else get on betfairs stupid odds?

Laid the Aussies at 1.17 after 20mins with NZ winning

Backed NZ at 1.9 +14.5 at 6-0 up

Close at the end

Nah could have told us though

Fail.

To be honest I thought the Aussies might break away in second half when they got that lead after all the defending NZ had done Aussies went as low as 1.09 to win at one point.

I contemplated taking Lebanon, even with a -70 point start, but didn't bother. They won 86-0.



If Wales do Serbia by more than 56 today I will be doubly ed off.

Not as obvious as last week, but still thought bookies had got it wrong. Doubled up on Wales/Lebanon


That should be it for the blow out scores so will be much harder to pick.
Was good while it lasted though

I was going to do the same and have a Lebanon/Wales double but the 70 points in the first game seemed a touch too big to tempt me to put a bet of any size on it. Had it been 60 I might have taken the risk.

I was worried about the Wales game as I heard they were sending over a young team. Also had Liverpool draw no bet, Villa and Portsmouth so a mixed weekend for me.

Profitable night tonight courtesy of Blackburn, Rangers and Leeds.

I had Sunderland, Ancona and Frickley. 1/3



Catania and Trelleborgs tomorrow and this treble;

Barueri v Flamengo Draw @ 3.20
Parma v Bari Draw @ 2.87
Napoli v AC Milan Draw @ 2.87
FC Zurich v FC Basel FC Basel @ 2.75
Asian Champions League Umm Salal v Pohang Steelers Pohang Steelers @ 2.37
Orgryte v Elfsborg Elfsborg @ 2.10
South Lewes v St Albans Draw @ 3.50

Arizona john...3.15 nott

13 Betis players out with Swine flu. Vila-real B 4/1.

Newmarket 1.50 Tomintoul Singer 11/1. The Star has tipped it for some reason and on its form of 221 it has a very good chance with T P Queally on board.

Anyone elso get on the Godolphin horses? 7 in a row for them

3rd - wasn't bad really.

Stoke 19/20 to beat Wolves. I can't understand the price. Stoke won at Spurs last week and are mightily impressive at home. Should be closer to 8/13-4/6 for me.

The only negative is a recent poor home record against Wolves (2 draws and a defeat in three meetings since the 2005-2006 season).

Match has been postponed.

I am absolutely livid with Totesport ...

Yesterday, I identified what I thought was excellent value with Totesport and placed the following bets;

New Zealand winning margins;
31-35 £11 @ 16/1
36-40 £8 @ 25/1
41-45 £6 @ 33/1
46-50 £5 @ 40/1

These were checked on Totesports own site prior to placing the bets and verified by their operator when I placed the bets by phone.

Just after half-time I get a phone call on my mobile which as I was watching the RL I didn't get to quick enough to answer so I get an answerphone message from Totesport saying that they had voided my bets as the wrong prices had been given.

I ring them back on the number which came up on my phone - no answer.

I ring them on the number where I placed my bets. After 3 attempts they put me through to Customer Services who confirm that they have voided my bets stating that their operator had given me the wrong prices.

I point out that in fact they had also advertised those prices on their website which reluctantly they agree is correct but that my bets are still void.

I further point out that but for their mistake I could have placed bets with the bookmaker who was offering the second-best set of odds for these outcomes and that in fact surely the bets are not void but subject to the palpable error rule if they are not prepared to honour the bets as taken.

Eventually after a 10 minute wait they come back and advise that they will accept the bets at the following prices;
31-35 £11 @ 8/1
36-40 £8 @ 11/2
41-45 £6 @ 11/2
46-50 £5 @ 7/1

Clearly as there is now only 20 minutes of the game left I have no option but to accept. However, I would not have staked the bet that way at those odds or placed it with Totesport as there were better odds available elsewhere.

As you can imagine Totesport will not see another penny of my well-earned.

Rant over!