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Beat the Bookies: Week 39

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 02/05/2013

DONCASTER'S late winner at Brentford made the sporting headlines last weekend, but it also we a source of joy for anyone who followed our tips. Hamilton's win at Morton rounded off a very satisfactory weekend.

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Newport are slight favourites to win the second leg of the play-offs which is likely to be a very tight affair. The league match there ended 0-0 so don't be surprised to see another low scoring game. Under 2.5 goals is available at 1.92 with Bet Victor and looks to be the best value of the standard bets on offer for this game. Championship

  • Watford v Leeds - away win (9.50, Marathon). Leeds have got nothing to play for but they'll still be in the spotlight as this and Hull will be the games TV will focus on, and they'll want to put on a good show. It's a long shot but a very long price!

  • Sheff Wed v Middlesbrough - away win (4.75, Marathon). Sheff Wed haven't won for four games. Boro are not exactly finishing the season strongly but they'll want to end on a high in a competitive game, because Wendy next to win to avoid relegation.

  • Hull v Cardiff - away win (4.25, Marathon). It's surprising to see Cardiff such long odds in this game considering they are champions by some margin. Yes they have draw a lot of games recently, but Hull have lost out of six, and recently lost to Watford at home.

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  • Dunfermline v Airdrie Utd - away win (9.1, Marathon). Don't put much money on this because it's a long shot but Airdrie's away form is actually not that bad considering they are bottom and already relegated. Dunfermline have nothing to play for so Airdrie will want to end the season on a high in their last game at this level.

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

    DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
    25/04Morton v Hamilton - away win4.50£35.00
    25/04Rotherham v Aldershot - away win10.00£-10.00
    25/04Brentford v Doncaster - away win4.20£32.00
    25/04Man City v West Ham - away win12.00£-10.00
    18/04Watford v Blackburn - away win4.60£-10.00
    18/04Mansfield v Wrexham - away win7.50£-10.00
    18/04Rangers v Peterhead - away win11.00£100.00
    12/04Leicester v Birmingham - away win5.81£-10.00
    12/04Brentford v Portsmouth - away win6.25£-10.00
    12/04Tranmere v Hartlepool - away win5.00£40.00
    12/04Southend v Bristol Rovers - away win3.55£-10.00
    12/04Burton Albion v Plymouth - away win4.60£-10.00
    12/04Luton v Grimsby - over 4.5 goals6.35£-10.00
    04/04Kidderminster v Lincoln City - away win7.50£-10.00
    04/04Gillingham v Torquay - away win5.75£-10.00
    04/04Yeovil v Shrewsbury - away win4.80£-10.00
    04/04Burnley v Bristol City - away win4.33£-10.00
    29/03Northampton v Torquay - away win4.75£-10.00
    29/03Man City v Newcastle - away win12.35£-10.00
    29/03Preston v Portsmouth - away win5.75£-10.00
    29/03Grimsby v Barrow - away win6.50£-10.00
    21/03Swindon v Notts County - away win6.25£-10.00
    21/03Brentford v Preston - away win4.33£-10.00
    21/03Gillingham v Accrington Stanley - away win7.00£-10.00
    21/03Fleetwood Town v Dag & Red - away win4.01£-10.00
    21/03Bradford v Bristol Rovers - away win4.00£0.00
    21/03Port Vale v Aldershot - away win5.50£0.00
    21/03Grimsby v Wrexham - Wrexham to win by 2 or more5.50£-10.00
    21/03Dunfermline v Dumbarton- away win4.50£35.00
    14/03Sheff Wed v Cardiff - home win3.20£-10.00
    14/03Doncaster v Portsmouth - away win7.00£-10.00
    14/03Brentford v Preston - away win4.33£-10.00
    14/03Accrington Stanley v Barnet - away win3.05£-10.00
    14/03Woking v AFC Telford - away win5.00£-10.00
    07/03Reading v Aston Villa - away win3.16£21.60
    07/03Leicester v Sheff Wed - away win6.00£50.00
    07/03Swindon v Walsall - away win5.77£-10.00
    07/03Bournemouth v Doncaster - away win4.50£35.00
    07/03Fleetwood Town v Exeter - away win3.27£-10.00
    07/03Rochdale v Wycombe - away win3.23£-10.00
    01/03Swansea v Newcastle - away win3.88£-10.00
    01/03Blackpool v Bristol City - away win5.75£-10.00
    01/03Brighton v Huddersfield - away win6.00£-10.00
    01/03Doncaster v Hartlepool - away win5.00£-10.00
    01/03Cheltenham v AFC Wimbledon - away win5.00£-10.00
    01/03Gateshead v Braintree Town - Away Win3.40£24.00
    01/03Macclesfield v Grimsby - Draw3.40£0.00
    21/02West Brom v Sunderland - away win4.65£-10.00
    21/02Brentford v Walsall - away win4.89£-10.00
    21/02Bournemouth v Sheffield Utd - away win3.60£26.00
    21/02Dag & Red v AFC Wimbledon - away win4.26£32.60
    21/02Grimsby v Dartford - Over 4.5 goals4.65£-10.00
    14/02Cardiff v Bristol City - away win7.50£-10.00
    14/02Tranmere v Shrewsbury - away win4.60£36.00
    14/02Bury v Coventry - away win2.40£14.00
    14/02York v Barnet - away win4.20£32.00
    14/02Grimsby v Dartford - away win6.20£-10.00
    14/02Arsenal v Blackburn - away win12.50£115.00
    07/02Stoke v Reading - away win4.60£-10.00
    07/02Notts County v Crewe - away win3.75£-10.00
    07/02Chesterfield v AFC Wimbledon - away win5.00£-10.00
    07/02Newport County v Tamworth - away win5.20£-10.00
    01/02Reading v Sunderland - away win31.00£-10.00
    01/02Blackpool v Barnsley - away win5.25£42.50
    01/02Blackburn v Bristol City - away win5.54£-10.00
    01/02Watford v Bolton - away win3.60£-10.00
    01/02Rotherham v Northampton - away win4.00£-10.00
    01/02Forest Green v Wrexham - away win3.00£-10.00
    24/01Bournemouth v Crewe - away win5.58£-10.00
    24/01Bradford v Wycombe - away win5.12£0.00
    24/013.44.35£-10.00
    24/01Reading v Sheffield United - away win6.00£-10.00
    24/01QPR v MK Dons - away win6.00£50.00
    18/01Liverpool v Norwich - away win11.00£-10.00
    18/01West Brom v Aston Villa5.50£-10.00
    18/01Wigan v Sunderland - away win3.88£28.80
    11/01Norwich v Newcastle - away win3.50£-10.00
    11/01Hull v Sheff Wed - away win6.03£50.30
    11/01Stevenage v Doncaster - away win2.75£17.50
    11/01Rotherham v Barnet - away win7.50£65.00
    11/01Bradford v Oxford Utd - away win4.06£30.60
    11/01Gateshead v Barrow - away win5.50£0.00
    11/01Sutton v Wrexham - home win6.20£-10.00
    11/01Dartford v Bromley - away win6.00£-10.00
    03/01Hull City v Leyton Orient - away win9.00£-10.00
    03/01Southampton v Chelsea - home win5.50£-10.00
    03/01West Ham United v Manchester United - home win5.50£-10.00
    03/01Gateshead v Nuneaton - away win4.90£-10.00
    03/01Kidderminster v Barrow - away win7.00£-10.00
    27/12Arsenal v Newcastle - away win9.00£-10.00
    27/12Fulham v Swansea - away win3.65£26.50
    27/12MK Dons v Coventry - away win4.41£34.10
    27/12Rotherham v Accrington Stanley - away win6.60£-10.00
    27/12Exeter v Barnet - away win4.80£-10.00
    27/12Dartford v Cambridge Utd - away win3.20£-10.00
    27/12Southport v Hyde - away win3.15£21.50
    27/12Stoke v Southampton - away win5.20£-10.00
    20/12Bury v Shrewsbury - away win3.21£-10.00
    14/12Hayes & Yeading v Dover - away win2.00£10.00
    14/12Dartford v Tonbridge - away win6.00£-10.00
    14/12Woking -1.5 v Welling United - home win (AH)3.70£-10.00
    14/12Accrington Stanley v Wycombe - away win3.10£21.00
    14/12Doncaster v Coventry - away win3.25£22.50
    14/12Liverpool v Aston Villa - away win10.19£91.90
    07/12Fulham v Newcastle - away win4.75£-10.00
    07/12Leicester v Derby - away win5.91£-10.00
    07/12Swindon v Doncaster - away win4.26£-10.00
    07/12Forest Green v Macclesfield - away win4.33£-10.00
    07/12Grimsby v Tamworth - draw4.31£-10.00
    07/12Luton v Alfreton Town - away win6.50£-10.00
    07/12Woking v Stockport - over 4.5 goals4.75£-10.00
    30/11West Ham v Chelsea - home win4.30£33.00
    30/11Liverpool v Southampton - away win9.00£-10.00
    30/11Oldham v Doncaster - away win5.50£-10.00
    30/11Crawley v Chelmsford - away win8.50£-10.00
    23/11Tottenham v West Ham - away win6.28£-10.00
    23/11Barnsley v Cardiff - away win2.24£12.40
    23/11Walsall v Hartlepool - away win4.70£-10.00
    23/11Cheltenham v Barnet - away win5.50£-10.00
    23/11Woking v Farnborough - away win5.15£-10.00
    23/11Stafford v Southport - home win3.75£-10.00
    16/11Rotherham v Cheltenham - away win4.20£-10.00
    16/11Gillingham v Morecambe - away win6.00£-10.00
    16/11Man City v Aston Villa - away win (DNB)13.00£-10.00
    16/11Norwich v Man Utd - home win8.00£70.00
    08/11Everton v Sunderland - away win8.60£-10.00
    08/11Reading v Norwich - away win3.40£-10.00
    08/11Cheltenham v Burton Albion - away win4.75£-10.00
    08/11Forest Green v Stockport - away win5.09£-10.00
    08/11Tamworth v AFC Telford - away win3.25£-10.00
    01/11Cambridge C v MK Dons - home win11.00£-10.00
    01/11Aldershot v Hendon - away win10.00£-10.00
    01/11Swindon v Macclesfield - away win11.00£100.00
    01/11Sheff Wed v Peterborough - away win4.60£-10.00
    01/11Liverpool v Newcastle - away win6.90£-10.00
    25/10Stoke v Sunderland - away win4.57£-10.00
    25/10Tranmere v Preston - away win3.75£-10.00
    25/10Leicester v Crystal Palace - away win7.11£61.10
    25/10Chesterfield v Barnet - away win6.20£52.00
    25/10Dartford v Mansfield - away win3.15£-10.00
    19/10Brighton v Middlesbrough - away win5.60£46.00
    19/10Fleetwood Town v AFC Wimbledon - away win6.50£-10.00
    19/10Forest Green v Dartford - away win5.00£-10.00
    19/10Grimsby v Kidderminster - draw3.60£-10.00
    19/10Woking v Ebbsfleet - away win4.20£32.00
    12/10Bournemouth v Leyton Orient - away win4.31£-10.00
    12/10Fleetwood Town v Wycombe - away win5.82£48.20
    12/10Gateshead v Cambridge Utd - away win3.44£-10.00
    12/10Telford Utd vs Grimsby Town - draw3.52£-10.00
    12/10Eastbourne Borough v Sutton Utd - draw3.60£-10.00
    05/10Man City v Sunderland - draw or away win4.10£-10.00
    05/10Blackpool v Charlton - away win5.60£46.00
    05/10MK Dons v Portsmouth - away win8.00£-10.00
    05/10Notts County v Tranmere - away win3.60£26.00
    05/10Morecambe v Burton Albion - away win2.75£-10.00
    05/10Hereford v Stockport - away win3.96£29.60
    05/10Sutton Utd v Tonbridge - draw3.50£25.00
    28/09Fulham v Man City - home win4.80£-10.00
    28/09Reading v Newcastle - away win2.50£-10.00
    28/09Bournemouth v Walsall - away win5.56£45.60
    28/09Stockport v Ebbsfleet United - home win2.30£13.00
    28/09Forest Green v Lincoln City - draw4.33£-10.00
    28/09Dover v Maidenhead Utd - away win4.33£-10.00
    21/09Braintree Town v Stockport - away win6.00£-10.00
    21/09Crawley Town v Tranmere - away win3.75£27.50
    21/09Leicester v Hull - away win4.19£-10.00
    21/09Liverpool v Man Utd - away win2.79£17.90
    21/09Walsall v Preston - away win2.50£-10.00
    12/09Reading v Tottenham - home win4.00£-10.00
    12/09Sunderland v Liverpool - home win3.60£-10.00
    12/09Brighton v Sheff Wed - away win4.00£-10.00
    12/09Stevenage v Crewe - away win5.52£-10.00
    12/09Forest Green v Alfreton Town - away win (DNB)4.33£0.00
    12/09Shrewsbury v Scunthorpe - home win1.93£-10.00
    06/09Dover v Hayes & Yeading - home win1.95£-10.00
    06/09AFC Telford v Lincoln City - home win2.20£-10.00
    06/09Northampton v AFC Wimbledon - home win1.83£8.33
    31/08Man City v QPR - Draw8.00£-10.00
    31/08Swansea v Sunderland - away win3.67£-10.00
    31/08Hartlepool v Scunthorpe - home win2.20£12.00
    31/08Tranmere v Colchester - home win2.05£10.50
    31/08Southampton v Man Utd - home win6.80£-10.00
    31/08Fleetwood Town v Aldershot - away win5.25£-10.00
    24/08Charlton v Hull - home win2.40£-10.00
    24/08Chelsea v Newcastle - draw4.52£-10.00
    24/08Scunthorpe v Yeovil - away win3.75£27.50
    24/08Shrewsbury v Tranmere - away win3.10£-10.00
    24/08Aldershot v Cheltenham - away win3.10£21.00
    24/08Lincoln City v Macclesfield - home win3.00£-10.00
    17/08Reading v Stoke - draw3.40£24.00
    17/08Crawley Town v Scunthorpe - home win2.10£11.00
    17/08Grimsby v Nuneaton - Grimsby to win by 3 or more4.80£-10.00
    10/08Lincoln City v Kidderminster - home2.83£18.30
    10/08Southport v Grimsby - home win2.97£-10.00
    10/08Hereford v Macclesfield - home win2.42£14.20
    Premier Total £33.70
    Champ Total £178.30
    L1 Total £167.20
    L2 Total £80.73
    BSP Total £-129.40
    BSS Total £-15.00
    Scotland Total £170.00
    Cups Total £147.00
    Grand Total £632.53

    2012 Summer Record (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

    CompetitionProfit/Loss
    Rugby League Total£43.10
    Tennis Total£-30.80
    Euro 2012 Total-£15.00
    Cricket Total£21.00
    Baseball Total-£10.00
    Olympics Total£27.50
    Grand Total£37.80

    2011-2012 Record (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

    CompetitionProfit/Loss
    Premier Total£-170.60
    Champ Total£-24.90
    L1 Total£4.88
    L2 Total£198.80
    BSP Total£-83.00
    BSS Total£111.80
    Cups Total£21.85
    Grand Total£58.83

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