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Beat the Bookies: Week 35

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 29/03/2006

WEST Ham left it late to beat Wigan last week but made Beat the Bookies a tidy profit. With Carlisle looking like Champions and Rushden likely to go down, the prospect of actually beating the bookies this season looms!

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After last weekend's disaster at Lincoln Grimsby are back home, this time to Wrexham. Most people, the bookies included, would expect Town - who have won their last 4 home games - to be favourites to win again. However, the fact is that most of the last four games were against poor teams, and a lot of them were also quite close! Wrexham are a better side than Boston, Chester, Barnet and Bury and are chasing a place in the play-offs. With bet365.com offering 10/3 for an away win it's definitely good value for money against a team whose confidence must have taken a pounding after two dramatic games last week against Rochdale and Lincoln..

Elsewhere in League Two in-form Northampton and Leyton Orient have tricky away ties at Peterborough and Notts County respectively. Mid-table County have nothing to play for now, their recent form is poor, and bet365.com's 13/10 for an away win is a decent price.

Mansfield have hit form of late, and are a good priced Evens with bet365.com to beat Oxford at home, who have pulled away from trouble recently are now look safe.

RECOMMENDED BET OF THE WEEK:
Wrexham to beat Grimsby (10/3)

Previous Bets (around £10 per week)

DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
27/07Rushden to get relegated5/2In progress
03/08Sell Lincoln in League Two 60 Indexbought at 13
sold at 7
+£12.00
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 Grimsby7/40.00
22/02Peterborough to beat Bristol Rovers5/6-£10.00
01/03Fulham to beat Arsenal11/5-£10.00
07/03Lincoln to beat Rushden4/6-£10.00
15/03Rushden to beat Leyton Orient9/5+£18.00
22/03West Ham to beat Wigan11/4+£27.50
Total +£54.63


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