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Beat the Bookies: Week 30

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 22/02/2006

LAST weekend's postponement meant a week went by without a bet. However, Carlisle's 5-0 win over Rushden was good news for my two outstanding bets of Rushden to get relegated and Carlisle to win the league!

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The season has now reached the stage where almost every game is important for one reason or another, and nearly all teams still have something to play for. Grimsby take on Chester at home. a match they have to win against the team currently bottom of the form table with just 3 points from 18. bet365.com offer 8/15 for a Town win, but it would be a brave man to part with his money at those odds with our home form! 11/4 for a draw, or even a shock away win at 9/2 with bet365.com look better value.

Elsewhere Carlisle should romp home at Barnet, a tempting 13/10 with bet365.com, although the Cumbrians have played a potentially draining midweek game in the LDV Northern Final. Likewise stuttering Wycombe have an "easy" home game against struggling Oxford. Wycombe are 4/6 with bet365.com, but they draw too many games to contemplate backing at that price. Northampton and Leyton Orient have harder games against Wrexham and Darlington respectively.

Peterborough are coming up on the rails, and are still dark horses for an automatic promotion place. Posh should beat Bristol Rovers at home, with bet365.com's 5/6 offering a reasonable return for one's money.

Finally an upset. Chelsea are more than wobbling at the moment. Can Harry Rednapp's Portsmouth cause a huge upset with a win at Stamford Bridge. 16/1 are the odds with bet365.com? Let's hope so!

RECOMMENDED BET OF THE WEEK:
Peterborough to beat Bristol Rovers

Previous Bets (around £10 per week)

DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
27/07Rushden to get relegated5/2+£12.00
03/08Sell Lincoln in League Two 60 Indexbought at 13In progress
10/08Rob Jones to score v Chester12/1£0.00
17/08Buy Scunthorpe in the Mini Performance Index vs Forestbought@16
actual 35
+£11.97
24/08Rob Jones to score v Derby33/1-£10.00
31/08Northampton to beat Wycombe2/1-£10.00
13/09Carlisle to beat Cheltenham2/1+£20.00
19/09Grimsby to beat Spurs5/1+£50.00
26/09Hull to beat Norwich16/5-£10.00
05/10Grimsby v Wycombe total goalsbought at 2.8
actual 1
-£9.00
11/10England v Poland total goalsbought at 2.6
actual 3
+£4.00
17/10Woking to beat Forest11/4+£27.50
24/10Grimsby to beat Newcastle6/1-£10.00
02/11Bristol Rovers to beat Grimsby10/3+£33.33
08/11Macclesfield to beat Grimsby7/2-£10.00
16/11Tommy Mooney to score against Grimsby5/4-£10.00
23/11Carlisle v Wycombe: buy total goalsbought at 2.9
actual 1
-£9.50
29/11Grays to beat Mansfield9/5-£10.00
06/12Bristol Rovers to beat Grimsby7/2+£35.00
14/12Wycombe to beat Bury6/5-£10.00
20/12Various Xmas Upsetsvarious-£11.50
29/12Hull to beat Leeds4/1-£10.00
04/01Arsenal not to beat Cardiff9/2-£10.00
11/01Carlisle to beat Shrewsbury7/5-£10.00
18/01Grimsby to beat TorquayEvs-£10.00
24/01Cheltenham to beat Newcastle5/1-£10.00
31/01West Ham to beat Sunderland8/15+£5.33
09/02Carlisle to win League Two11/2In progress
17/02Rochdale to beat Grimsby11/20.00
Total +£39.13


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