Golf | Lining your pockets Tiger Woods settled another score at Sawgrass at the weekend putting gobby Sergio Garcia in his place. Spaniard Garcia’s 76 left him outside the top five and, from being in contention to win £1.2 million, he collected under £200,000. But golf punters shut up Paddy Paddy too as 12 players […]
5 FA Cup Final bets that can set you up for a wild Saturday night
By Josh Powell | FA Cup Final Manchester City v Wigan Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement might have slightly overshadowed the FA Cup Final but at least that saves us from any ridiculous tripe Dave Whelan might come up with in the build-up to the game. Adrian Chiles will spend a solid TWO HOURS on our […]
The Manchester derby: Find out why this match will be as feisty as a baby kitten
By Josh Powell | Manchester United v Manchester City Passion, desire, intensity and full-blooded tackles. That is the myth surrounding local derbies and the Manchester derby is no different. It is a well-accepted theory that for some reason a professional footballer from Spain, or Germany, or somewhere else nowhere near said city, will crunch an […]
Andy Gray exclusive: The Manchester derby has draw written all over it
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray speaks to the Paddy Power Blog ahead of Manchester City’s trip across town to face Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men already have the title sewn up and can stretch the gap over their closest rivals to 18 points. ‘Manchester City will turn up. This is an important […]
Andy Gray exclusive: Spurs and City to come good in the handicap markets
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray joins The Paddy Power Blog to give his insight on the weekend’s Premier League games. Spurs’ Gareth Bale has scored a phenomenal 12 goals in his last 13 games and is 5/1 joint-favourite to score the opening goal of the game against Arsenal in the North London Derby […]
Betting news on the transfer movers, the Australian Open and today’s racing
Football The transfer window is wide open and there’s more than a little draught coming through. First up Mario Balotelli and Roberto Mancini’s bust-up. There was plenty of handbags at City’s training ground yesterday after a naughty tackle from Balotelli on Scott Sinclair and it could result in Super Mario heading elsewhere. Despite his maverick behaviour, Zlatan […]
Padcast: Rafa Benitez gets the nod as Chelsea manager
Listen here | Roberto Di Matteo was brutally sacked by Roman Abramovich this morning and quicker than you can make a ‘fat Spanish waiter’ joke Rafa Benitez has taken the hot seat until the end of the season. The Guardian’s football reporter Dominic Fifield is on this week’s Padcast to throw his opinion into the mix following the brutal […]
Ajax v Manchester City – as it happened
Another Champions League Wednesday and, hopefully, we have another night of nail-biting, heart-breaking drama in store. Sorry Celtic fans but your last minute loss was football gold. You can console yourself with that along with an admirably stout performance. On to tonight’s action. Manchester City have yet to crack the Champions League code and with […]
Betting News: Van Persie, Mancini, Pietersen, Nathaniel
Football A winning treble of Manchester United, Chelsea and a first Group stage away win for Celtic in the Champions League left Paddy screaming at the TV last night – and there could be more pain on the way from Arsenal and Manchester City in tonight’s games. United’s win in particular had sports editors wetting themselves for […]
Andy Gray’s exclusive Man City v Arsenal betting tips
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray has joined Paddy Power to give his insight on the best of the Premier League betting. Manchester City v Arsenal – 4pm It’s tough to play at the Etihad Stadium and I don’t see Arsenal winning but I do see them getting a result. Their new found belief […]














