By Josh Powell | Crystal Palace v Watford 90 minutes is all that stands between two sides and the chance to walk out on the turf at Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, be slated by Gary Neville on Monday Night Football and cash in on a massive £120 million. That’s enough to pay for […]
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Wigan fans! Cushion the blow of relegation with a free bet from Paddy Power
Unfortunately for Wigan fans the day has finally come where they drop down into the Championship. After two years of narrowly avoiding relegation by playing some sublime football during March and April, this year it was one step too far. Roberto Martinez’s magic couldn’t do the trick and a 4-1 thumping by Arsenal sealed their […]
Blame Rangers, Roma and Forest for busting your weekend accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer There’s was some football played over the weekend, not that you’d have guessed it from today’s sports pages both on and offline. Chewy Suarez is the only show in town when it comes to the sports media, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that some odds-on […]
Leeds put their faith in Brian McDermott
Leeds United have decided that recently axed Reading manager, Brian McDermott is the right man to lift them out of the doldrums. After Neil Warnock decided the task of returning them to the top flight was beyond him, the Elland Road club have turned to McDermott who transformed the Royals from Championship relegation candidates to […]
The Final Countdown: 5 reasons why League One is beckoning for Wolves
By Andrew Robinson | Wolverhampton Wanderers When Peter Odemwingie smashed in West Brom’s fifth at Molineux back in February last year, many Wolves fans could be forgiven for thinking things couldn’t get any worse. How wrong they were. That defeat saw the Midlands club slip into the Premier League’s relegation zone and the misery has […]
Billy Davies is the red-hot favourite to be the new Nottingham Forest manager
By Josh Powell | Sports Writer Nottingham Forest are looking for their sixth manager in 18 months after Alex McLeish left the club today by mutual consent. The Scot lasted just 40 days as Forest’s gaffer and recorded a pretty dismal record of one win in seven games. Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Birmingham leaves Forest 10th in […]
Transfer Deadline Day as it happened
It’s Transfer Deadline Day and we couldn’t be more excited if Mila Kunis just revealed she has a thing for sarky sports journalists who work for Irish betting companies based in Dublin. We’re in for a few hours of thrills, excitement and speculation. Or failing that, a few hours of the Sky Sports News presenters […]
Blame Real Madrid, Tottenham and PSG for busting your weekend accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer We got treated to another hugely eventual weekend of football across the continent. As ever, we tried to make our fortune with an ambitious accum so we could tell our boss where he could stick his job, but the fact I’m writing this piece should tell you how […]
Blackburn v Wolves: Rovers’ saga continues at the Molineux
By Andrew Robinson Wolves v Blackburn, 7.45pm, Sky Sports 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers are two clubs in turmoil, and the pair meet on Friday in a crucial Championship clash, which could go some way to decide the way the rest of their season go. It’s certainly not a good year to be a Norwegian […]
January transfer window: Who’s in the bargain bucket this season?
By Andrew Robinson Premier League sides are looking to do some wheeling and dealing in the January transfer and whether it’s for a push for the European spots – or trying to escape the trap door – they’ll be looking for some good bargains. We’ve hit the sales before them to have a look […]
Blame Liverpool and Real Madrid for busting your bankers accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Congratulations if you landed a winning accumulator from the weekend’s football. It wasn’t the easiest as some of the very short priced favourites turned out to be about as reliable as a candy-floss crash helmet. Here’s the teams to direct your lingering resentment towards for at least the […]
Championship preview: Cardiff chasing Premier League millions against Peterborough
By Andrew Robinson | nPower Championship The term always the bridesmaid never the bride seems to have been created with Cardiff City in mind. The Bluebirds have been in the Championship since 2003, have moved to a new stadium and being taken over by new owners. Despite all the controversy they have constantly been in the […]
Betting news on Manchester City, Chelsea, Darts and Cheltenham
Football Chelsea are odds on to lift their first trophy of the season by beating Brazilian side Corinthians on Sunday in the Club World Cup final. Juan Mata, Fernando Torres and a Darvin Chavez o.g. in the second half were enough to leave Rafa Benitez on the verge on winning his first trophy for the club. The London […]
Here’s who to blame for busting your bankers accum
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer It was a pretty good week for accumulators with a lot of the big boys obliging despite having some potentially tricky banana skins to avoid. Still though, sometimes our eyes can be a bit bigger than our natural betting conservatism and here’s some of the odds-on chances that […]
Life in the Premier League: You don’t know what you’ve got until its gone
By Lee Dover How are last season’s relegated Premier League teams faring now? As we enter the midway point of the 2012/13 football season, passionate fans of Blackburn, Bolton and Wolves will surely be nodding their heads in agreement at the above statement. It was only a few months ago that the trio of clubs […]
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