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Beat the Bookies: Week 8

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 30/09/2011

LAST week was definitely a case of the almost! Coventry missed a last minute penalty and Tamworth scored an injury time equaliser - otherwise there would have been a very bountiful harvest.

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Premier League Tip

Blackburn v Man City - home win (6.5, Victor Chandler). It's always worth opposing the European teams straight after their games, especially Man City who had a bad defeat in the midweek game and have had their week overshadowed by the Tevez incident.

Championship Tip

Blackpool v Bristol City - away win (5.0, Bwin). Bristol City have not been that far off in recent games. They probably haven't got the results they should of done, but Blackpool are a very beatable side these days and City could pick up an invaluable away win here.

League One Tip

Stevenage v Scunthorpe - home win (2.4, William Hills). Scunny to lose is always a good bet this season. The bookies have overpriced them virtually every game largely because they were a Championship side last season. They may not be in League One for long, but they're more likely to go out the back door than the front.

League Two Tip

Crawley v Plymouth - away win (10.5, Victor Chandler). Who would have imagined a couple of years ago that an away win in this game would be nearly 10/1! That's a daft price in League Two for any came, and Crawley have had a couple of bad defeats recently. Plymouth also won last week so their fans should come out in force for the trip to Sussex. Green Army!

Blue Square Premier Tip

Wrexham v Ebbsfleet - away win (6.0, Bet365). Wrexham lost in the last set of games and Ebbsfleet won 3-0! So on very current form 5-1 looks a snip!

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

DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
23/09Tamworth v Stockport - away win3.30£-10.00
23/09Bradford v AFC Wimbledon - away win3.60£26.00
23/09Scunthorpe v Yeovil - away win5.40£-10.00
23/09Coventry v Reading - home win3.25£-10.00
16/09Wolves v QPR - home win2.00£-10.00
16/09Hull v Portsmouth - home win2.30£13.00
16/09Sheffield Utd v Colchester - home win1.85£8.50
16/09Bristol Rovers v Aldershot - away win3.40£24.00
16/09Kidderminster v Alfreton - away win5.75£-10.00
09/09Cambridge Utd v Forest Green - home win2.15£-10.00
09/09Crewe v Barnet - home win2.10£11.00
09/09Bournemouth v Chesterfield - home win2.10£-10.00
09/09Blackpool v Ipswich - away win4.50£-10.00
09/09Wolverhampton v Tottenham - home win3.10£-10.00
02/09Southport v AFC Telford - away win2.62£-10.00
02/09Crawley v Bristol Rovers - away win5.00£-10.00
02/09Stevenage v Rochdale - home win1.95£9.50
26/08Cambridge v Hayes & Yeading - home win1.73£7.30
26/08Macclesfield v AFC Wimbledon - away win2.75£-10.00
26/08Sheff Wed v Scunthorpe - home win2.05£10.50
26/08Crystal Palace v Blackpool - home win2.75£-10.00
26/08Liverpool v Bolton - home win1.44£4.40
19/08Bolton v Man City - home win5.00£-10.00
19/08Reading v Barnsley - away win6.50£55.00
19/08Charlton v Scunthorpe - home win1.80£-10.00
19/08Port Vale v Accrington - away win4.00£-10.00
19/08Newport v Grimsby - home win2.00£-10.00
11/08Darlington v Braintree Town - away win6.40£-10.00
11/08Dagenham v AFC Wimbledon - away win3.50£25.00
11/08Sheffield Utd v Brentford - home win2.10£11.00
11/08Cardiff v Bristol City - away win5.50£-10.00
11/08Newcastle v Arsenal - home win4.33£-10.00
Premier Total £-35.60
Champ Total £28.00
L1 Total £9.50
L2 Total £56.00
BSP Total £-52.70
Grand Total £5.20

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