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£110 Winnings so far!
£110 Winnings so far!

Beat the Bookies: Week 41

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 06/05/2011

IT'S a case of Two Down, One to Go with the divisions we bet on now that the Blue Square Leagues have all but finished for the season. However there are still the play-off matches, and the rest of English football still rumbles on for a bit longer.

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Beat the Bookies has managed to return a profit of over £100 on this season. The Monkey in contrast has lost nearly £500 with his random bets and now gone two years without a single winner! (You can see why the bookies make so much money from the Correct Score market - the punters love it for the long odds but the returns are poor).

Here's some suggestions for this week

  • Lincoln v ALDERSHOT (4.0) - City's recent form is dire, even if this is a must win game, 3/1 is still a good price for an away win.
  • Wycombe v SOUTHEND (7.0)
  • Macclesfield v HEREFORD (4.0)
  • Morecambe v NORTHAMPTON (3.2)
  • Barnet v PORT VALE (3.6)
  • Shrewsbury v OXFORD (5.5)

  • EVERTON (2.88) v Man City
  • NEWCASTLE (2.0) v Birmingham
  • ASTON VILLA (1.85) v Wigan
  • Bolton v SUNDERLAND (4.75)
  • MAN UTD (2.4) v Chelsea
  • STOKE (5.5) v Arsenal
  • WEST HAM (2.05) v Blackburn
  • WOLVERHAMPTON (2.25) v West Brom

    Selected Bets

  • Aldershot to beat Lincoln , 4.0, Totesport

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

    DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
    29/04Sunderland to beat Fulham2.60£-10.00
    22/04Stockport to beat Port Vale7.00£30.00
    22/04Lincoln to beat Bury8.00£-5.00
    22/04Barnet to beat Gillingham6.00£25.00
    22/04West Ham to beat Chelsea15.00£-5.00
    16/04League Two Trebles10.00£-20.00
    08/04Eastbourne to beat Fleetwood4.00£-10.00
    08/04Grimsby to beat Kidderminster2.75£-10.00
    01/04Sunderland to beat Man City7.50£-10.00
    01/04Morecambe to beat Rotherham4.50£35.00
    25/03Barrow to beat Bath2.25£-10.00
    25/03Southport to beat Luton4.33£33.33
    17/03Tottenham to draw with West Ham4.00£30.00
    17/03Man City to beat Chelsea6.00£-10.00
    10/03Aldershot to beat Cheltenham3.10£21.00
    05/03Woking to Farnborough2.10£-10.00
    05/03Aston Villa to beat Bolton3.40£-10.00
    25/02Lincoln to beat Barnet3.00£-10.00
    25/02Stockport to beat Bradford5.00£-10.00
    18/02Wolves to beat WBA4.60£-10.00
    18/02Grimsby to beat Fleetwood3.60£-10.00
    10/02Mansfield to beat Newport2.25£-10.00
    10/02Luton to beat Fleetwood1.62£-10.00
    04/02Accrington Stanley to beat Stevenage4.50£-10.00
    04/02West Ham to beat Birmingham2.10£-10.00
    28/01Altrincham to beat Barrow4.20£0.00
    28/01Cambridge to beat Bath3.25£-10.00
    20/01West Ham to beat Everton7.50£-10.00
    14/01Wycombe to beat Lincoln2.25£12.25
    14/01Blackburn to beat Chelsea13.00£-5.00
    14/01Wolves to beat Man City12.00£-5.00
    06/01Altrincham beat Rushden and D8.40£74.00
    06/01Leeds beat Arsenal12.00£-10.00
    30/12BSP away wins - 4-folds1.00£-24.75
    22/12Sunderland to beat Man Utd13.00£-10.00
    09/12Redditch to beat Grimsby9.00£-10.00
    09/12Tottenham to beat Chelsea3.00£-10.00
    03/12Birmingham to beat Tottenham3.50£-10.00
    25/11Luton to beat Charlton7.00£-10.00
    25/11Newcastle to beat Chelsea5.50£-10.00
    18/11Histon to beat Luton11.00£-10.00
    18/11Birmingham to beat Chelsea5.50£45.00
    11/11West Ham to beat Blackpool1.95£-10.00
    11/11Crewe to beat Gillingham3.00£20.00
    05/11Dover to beat Gillingham7.00£60.00
    05/11FC United Manchester to beat Rochdale11.00£100.00
    28/10Altringham to beat Hayes4.00£30.00
    28/10Kidderminster to beat Southport2.60£-10.00
    28/10West Brom to beat Blackpool2.62£-10.00
    22/10Man Utd to beat Stoke1.74£7.40
    22/10Birmingham to beat Blackpool1.95£9.50
    15/10Man City to beat Blackpool1.62£6.15
    15/10Wrexham to beat Hayes2.63£16.25
    08/10Mansfield to beat Rushden3.70£-10.00
    08/10Darlington to beat Hayes1.73£-10.00
    01/10Wrexham to beat Darlington3.70£27.00
    01/10Newcastle to beat Man City8.50£-10.00
    24/09Kidderminster to beat AFC Wimbledon3.40£24.00
    24/09Newcastle to beat Stoke2.00£-10.00
    16/09Sunderland to beat Arsenal5.50£-10.00
    16/09Wolverhampton to beat Tottenham8.50£-10.00
    09/09Sunderland to beat Wigan3.00£-10.00
    09/09Histon to beat Crawley5.00£-10.00
    02/09Kettering to beat AFC Wimbledon3.00£-10.00
    02/09Oxford to beat Morecambe2.10£11.00
    27/08Morecambe to beat Gillingham2.25£-10.00
    27/08Stoke to beat Tottenham5.20£-10.00
    20/08Altrincham to beat Crawley3.40£-10.00
    20/08Stoke to beat Tottenham3.30£-10.00
    13/08Morecambe to beat Rotherham2.88£-10.00
    13/08Wolves to beat Stoke.2.38£13.75
    05/08Barnet to beat Chesterfield6.00£-10.00
    05/08Reading to beat Scunthorpe by 3 or more goals.5.00£-10.00
    Total £115.88

    Previous Monkey Bets (£10 per week of the Monkey's pretend money)

    DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
    29/04Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    24/04Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    22/04Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    19/04Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    16/04Grimsby to win 3-115.00£-10.00
    12/04Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    08/04Grimsby to win 3-121.00£-10.00
    01/04Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    25/03Grimsby to win 3-113.00£-10.00
    22/03Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    17/03Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    10/03Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    05/03Grimsby to win 3-121.00£-10.00
    22/02Grimsby to win 3-116.00£-10.00
    18/02Grimsby to win 3-129.00£-10.00
    10/02Grimsby to win 3-112.00£-10.00
    01/02Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    28/01Grimsby to win 3-115.00£-10.00
    25/01Grimsby to win 3-120.00£-10.00
    20/01Grimsby to win 3-126.00£-10.00
    18/01Grimsby to win 3-113.00£-10.00
    14/01Grimsby to win 3-112.00£-10.00
    11/01Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    06/01Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    03/01Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    30/12Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    18/11Grimsby to win 3-118.00£-10.00
    11/11Grimsby to win 3-119.00£-10.00
    08/11Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    28/10Grimsby to win 3-115.00£-10.00
    22/10Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    08/10Grimsby to win 3-121.00£-10.00
    06/10Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    01/10Grimsby to win 3-121.00£-10.00
    28/09Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    24/09Grimsby to win 3-117.00£-10.00
    10/09Grimsby to win 3-121.00£-10.00
    02/09Grimsby to win 3-123.00£-10.00
    30/08Grimsby to win 3-126.00£-10.00
    27/08Grimsby to win 3-126.00£-10.00
    22/08Grimsby to win 3-126.00£-10.00
    20/08Grimsby to win 3-112.00£-10.00
    13/08Grimsby to win 3-134.00£-10.00
    15/10Grimsby to win 3-113.00£-10.00
    Total £-440.00

    Every month I try and beat the bookies but now you can try and beat me - with pretend money. Just sign up and join the Grimsby Town team at OLBG.

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