Leeds United Manager: Neil Warnock Ins: Lee Peltier (undisclosed amount), Luke Varney (undisclosed amount), Rodolph Austin (undisclosed amount), Paddy Kenny (undisclosed amount), Jason Pearce (undisclosed amount), David Norris (free transfer), Andy Gray (free transfer), Jamie Ashdown (free transfer), Paul Green (free transfer), Adam Drury (free transfer), El Hadji Diouf (non-contract). Outs: Robert Snodgrass (undisclosed amount), Andy Lonergan (undisclosed […]
Archive | August 9, 2012
A customer reply to FourFourTom’s Football Manager rant
After a number of complaints about the piece FourFourTom wrote for the Paddy Power blog on the ever popular computer game Football Manager, we figured we’d let one of you lot pen a reply. I contacted a number of those who expressed their dissatisfaction in the comments section and asked them if they’d like to […]
Championship betting team guide: Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Manager: Paul Jewell Ins: Scott Loach (undisclosed amount), Elliott Hewitt (undisclosed amount), Luke Chambers (free transfer), Massimo Luongo (loan) Outs: Richard Wright (free transfer), Grant Leadbitter (free transfer), Ibrahima Sonko (released), Cody Cropper (released), Lee Bowyer (released), Mark Kennedy (retired) Strengths: They’ve already shown they have the pedigree for the top flight with […]
Championship betting team guide: Hull City
Hull City Manager: Steve Bruce Ins: Nick Proschwitz (£3 million), Robert Peet (free transfer), Alex Bruce (free transfer), Sone Aluko (free transfer), Abdoulaye Faye (free transfer), Eldin Jakupovic (free transfer), Ben Amos (loan) Outs: Kevin Kilbane (free transfer), Will Atkinson (free transfer), Kamel Ghilas (free transfer) Strengths: Steve Bruce. Following the shock departure of club legend Nick Barmby – that’s what you get […]
Kenny Egan: It’ll be tight but Katie to win gold
Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan talks to us about Katie Taylor and her Olympic final opponent the Russian Sofya Ochigava. This is what it’s all about now, there’s no turning back so to speak. It’s a great day in Irish sport and for Katie Taylor and her family and her friends and her father. She’s a […]
Betting News: Sunderland, Fletcher, Adams, Nathaniel
Lunchtime update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill is keeping mum on a possible move for Wolves striker Steven Fletcher. The 25-year-old has handed in a transfer request at Molineaux but the relegated Midlands club are not prepared to release him until their valuation […]
Videos: A terrible tribute to the Flying Finn and a Fat Kid
Fat’s very clever Nike have always done a great line in clever and subtle motivation type advertisements. Who doesn’t love their cheeky London ad, featuring people taking part in sports in every location called London in the world, except one? Because nowadays sporting bodies are allowed to exercise the kind of control we decry as […]
Championship betting team guide: Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town Manager: Simon Grayson Ins: Keith Southern (undisclosed amount), Adam Clayton (undisclosed amount), Oliver Norwood (undisclosed amount), Sean Scannell (undisclosed amount), Joel Lynch (free transfer), Paul Dixon (free transfer) Outs: Tommy Miller (free transfer), Danny Cadamarteri (free transfer), Gary Roberts (free transfer), Gary Naysmith (released), Nathan Clarke (released), Aidan Chippendale (released), Greg Pearson (released), […]
Championship betting team guide: Derby County
Derby County Manager: Nigel Clough Ins: James O’Connor (undisclosed amount), Richard Keogh (undisclosed amount), Paul Coutts (undisclosed amount), Michael Jacobs (free transfer) Outs: Miles Addison (undisclosed amount), Jason Shackell (undisclosed amount), Chris Maguire (undisclosed amount), Ryan Connolly (free transfer), Paul Green (free transfer), James Severn (free transfer), Chris Jones (released) Callum Ball (loan), Lee Croft (loan) Strengths: Having […]
Betting News: Van Persie, Celtic, Bolt, Woods
Football Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that efforts to bring Robin Van Persie to Old Trafford have stalled mainly because of Arsenal’s refusal to sell to a Premier League rival. The Manchester United manager had earlier said he didn’t have a gut feeling that RVP would be a United player come August 18. One battle he […]
Betting preview: Dufner to make amends in US PGA
By Sean Goff | Sports Reporter If Adam Scott wanted to run and hide after last month’s collapse at the Open Championship then Jason Dufner knew exactly how he felt. Scott famously joined the choker’s role-call headed by Jean Van de Velde who had the 1999 Carnoustie Open Championship at his mercy before bottling it in the […]
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