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Beat the Bookies: Week 24

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 23/01/2008

WREXHAM'S win over MK Dons may have caused a few shockwaves in League Two last week, but not for regular readers of Beat the Bookies, who may even have backed it themselves!

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Grimsby pass a milestone this week, one of recognition from the bookies. For the first time in a while they are clear favourites to win a game, when they face Shrewsbury at home. Town are 13/10 and Shrews are 9/5 with bet365. Grimsby have scraped through their last couple of home games against poor sides, but Shrewsbury themselves have only just merged from a bad patch, so the odds look about right.

Could MK Dons be due to lose their third game on the trot, after the league leaders have been toppled by Barnet and Wrexham in their last two games, without even managing a goal? This week they face Rochdale at home, and Dale are in sparkling form right now. Dale can be backed at 7/2 with Ladbrokes, well worth a punt in our opinion.

In the FA Cup Havant and Waterlooville are 100/1 to win at Anfield! There are a number of League Two clubs playing in Round Four, namely Mansfield (7/1 v Boro), Peterborough (10/3 v WBA), Bury (8/1 at Soton), Barnet (7/4 v Bristol R), Hereford (3/1 v Cardiff). The trick in the last round was to look for which team decided to rest players. If WBA decide promotion to the Premiership is more important than the cup then Peterborough could well cause an upset at London Road.

But bet of the round has to be Newcastle to win at the Emirates. Arsenal were walloped by Spurs this week and Kevin Keegan's honeymoon period should be approaching its peak. At any rate 7/1 is well worth a punt of the Geordies against an Arsenal side who themselves might decide to rest a player or two.

Recommended Bets

  • 1. Rochdale to beat MK Dons (7/2, Ladbrokes).
  • 2. Newcastle to beat Arsenal (7/1, bet365).

Previous Bets (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
06/08Accrington to be relegated7/2Ongoing
06/08Wycombe to be promoted10/3Ongoing
17/08Sunderland to beat Wigan2/1-£10.00
21/08Shrewsbury to beat MK Dons11/4-£10.00
21/08Bury to beat Wycombe10/3-£10.00
29/08Grimsby to beat Shrewsbury11/4-£10.00
29/08Chester to beat Rotherham3/1-£10.00
05/09Mansfield to beat Peterborough3/1-£10.00
05/09Mulligan or Bennett first goal v Accrington3/1-£5.00
11/09Stockport to beat Grimsby13/8-£10.00
11/09Lincoln to beat Darlington4/1-£10.00
18/09Lincoln to draw with Grimsby11/5-£10.00
18/09Morecambe to beat Peterborough5/1-£10.00
25/09Hull to beat Chelsea6/1-£10.00
25/09Notts County to draw with Chesterfield9/4-£10.00
04/10Grimsby to beat Peterborough4/1-£10.00
04/10Barnet to beat Stockport3/1+£30.00
11/10Bury to beat Notts County5/2+£25.00
11/10Grimsby to be relegated9/1Ongoing
16/10Russia to beat England11/5+£22.00
16/10South Africa to beat England2/5+£4.00
23/10Bury to beat Macclesfield21/10-£10.00
23/10Wrexham to beat Notts County5/2-£10.00
01/11Bradford to beat Brentford5/4-£10.00
08/11Carlisle to win by 2 or more goals13/10-£10.00
08/11Dagenham to get relegated4/1Ongoing
15/11Grimsby to beat Morecambe13/10-£10.00
15/11Barnet to beat Shrewsbury9/4-£10.00
19/11Carlisle to beat Grimsby13/10-£10.00
19/11Croatia to beat England9.6+£81.71
28/11Havant and Waterlooville to beat Notts County6/1+£60.00
06/12Brentford to beat Grimsby11/10-£10.00
06/12Wrexham to beat Dagenham2/1-£10.00
11/12Morecambe to beat Wycombe5/2-£10.00
11/12Brentford to beat Wrexham5/2+£25.00
18/12Bury to beat Chester10/3-£10.00
18/12Brentford to beat MK Dons8/1-£10.00
27/12Rochdale to beat Macclesfield6/4-£10.00
27/12Accrington Stanley to beat Mansfield15/8+£18.75
02/01Stockport to beat Notts County13/8+£16.25
02/01Bristol City to beat Middlesbrough2/1-£10.00
10/01Accrington Stanley to beat Stockport5/2-£10.00
10/01Scunthorpe to be relegated5/6Ongoing
16/01Wrexham to beat MK Dons9/2+£45.00
16/01Hereford to beat Chesterfield2/1-£10.00
Total +£42.71

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