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Beat the Bookies: Week 32

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 19/03/2008

STOCKPORT came up with the goods again this week beating Lincoln. The season is now approaching its climax and the teams at the top and bottom suddenly have so much more to play for than those in the middle. Let's see what those bookies are made of this week.

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Let's not mince with words this week. There is one outstanding bet on the League Two coupon which otherwise is a pretty pedestrian set of fixtures. Wrexham are bottom of the league, desperate for wins (draws just will not do any more for the Welshmen). Off they head on Saturday to Brentford, ensconced in total mid-table mediocrity, nothing to play for and with players and fans alike already planning their summer holidays. What's more Brentford's recent form is woeful. In a bizarre role reversal it is they who are bottom of the recent form league, and Wrexham who are perched in glorious mid-table oblivion.

So what do the bookies do? They unbelievably have been Wrexham 11/4 for an away win, probably the best bet since Croatia came to Wembley. What are those bookies thinking of?

The only other game worth even mentioning is of course Grimsby's. Town's league season has been given an unexpected boost with the news that Rotherham have been docked three points. They head to Mansfield, who are also desperate for a win. Our players will be keen to impress Alan Buckley enough to get to Wembley, but they'll also want to avoid injury or cards. The bookies make Town narrow favourites at 13/10, but all three outcomes are fairly likely.

There is only one bet this week worth making, so let's make it a double!

Recommended Bets

  • 1. Wrexham to beat Brentford (11/4, bet365). £20 stake.

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 relegated9/1-£10.00
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
23/01Rochdale to beat MK Dons7/2+£35.00
23/01Newcastle to beat Arsenal7/1-£10.00
30/01Wrexham to beat Darlington11/4+£27.50
30/01Barnet to beat Morecambe11/8-£10.00
06/02Chesterfield to beat Grimsby15/8-£10.00
06/02Wrexham to beat Peterborough5/1-£10.00
06/02Rotherham to beat MK Dons11/4-£10.00
15/02Notts County to beat Chester15/8+£18.75
15/02Wrexham to beat MK Dons5/1£0.0
20/02Lincoln to beat Rotherham11/4-£10.00
20/02Barnet to beat MK Dons11/4-£10.00
27/02Morecambe to win the Johnstone Paint Trophy8/1-£10.00
27/02Accrington Stanley to beat Rotherham4/1+£40.00
07/03Lincoln to beat Chesterfield5/2-£10.00
07/03Wrexham to beat Chester21/10+£21.00
12/03Stockport to beat Lincoln9/5+£18.00
12/03Accrington to beat Rochdale10/3-£10.00
Total +£82.96

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