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What a fantastic day for sport. Yesterday's football turned up some awful results for my Lay-the-Favourite and hope bet. Thankfully, Roma and Espanyol scored late, late goals to draw their respective matches and I made successful green books. However, Barca scored just as my Back bet was being processed and the whole bet went breast-up rather quickly. Aston Villa just didn't get going; Spurs took advantage and I was unable to trade my position, so this one also went tits-up. Hamburg v Cottbus was another floater (who the fleck are Cottbus?). Basically, it was a fast moving set of markets that ended up slightly down by a few quid. Small stakes, limited liability and modest profits will never return a living income but it can be very exciting when you have a lot of games in-play and money riding on them.
The England Rugby team finally got going and walloped the French. I lay France £10 @ 2.4 and went green just before halftime for a guaranteed £7.60 profit. I then recycled the rugby stake money over to the West Indies 20-20 match and put a Lay on ENGLAND £20 @ 1.54, which paid out £13.44 after I closed the position in the green.
So, Sunday wasn't all that "bloody" after all and a very nice £17+pence was made in a day of frantic trading, laying and betting.
Today's in-play football list looks a bit sad and I think I'll give things a rest for a while.
Although I'm tempted by Minyor Pernik v Litex Lovech... 0-0 at halftime Minyor Pernik (whoever you are) get yer shooting boots on!
Lay Bet Matched: Litex Lovech 1.64 Stake £10.00 Payout £16.40 Liability £6.40
PFC Litex Lovech is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Lovech.
Litex takes part in the TBI A Football Group. The team plays its home games at the local Lovech Stadium with 7,000 seats, electric lighting and permission to stage international matches. Litex has twice been Bulgarian champion and three times Bulgarian Cup winner.
So, now you know!
This game ended 0-0 and I traded early in the second half for a £2.72 green book. With no commentary on the match, I judged it to risky to let things ride. Still, a couple of quid is better than a poke in the eye from a Tapas Bar.
Monday Betfair In-Play Football Matches and Kickoff Times
Minyor Pernik v Litex Lovech Start: 13:30
Ended 0-0
Pierikos v Kerkira Start: 16:00
Greek B`Ethniki 08/09 League Table
5 Kerkyra Corfu Points: 41
6 Pierikos Points: 38
Both teams are well outside the promotion zone (only three teams get promoted from this league) so this is likely to be a pedestrian affair and probably left alone. Huh, who am I trying to kid??? Research has revealed that both teams are letting in goals by the bucket load. Therefore a slight change of bet is required and a large slice of luck:
Lay Under 2.5 Goals Odds 1.48 Stake £10.00 Payout £14.80 Liability £4.80
If it goes to 1-1 at halftime, I'll be able to use a Back bet and trade green... that's the plan and it's a good'un.
Well, it was 1-0 at halftime with Kerkyra down to ten men. The second half has just started and the Back odds have hardly shifted. An early goal from either team would be useful or it might be a "nipples vertical" situation!
82 minutes gone and it's still 1-0 and it's a good job my liability is low, as this one looks like a terminal case of belly-upness!
Yep! this one went tits-up and my good start to the day has run aground... time to bugger, fart and shag the cat.
Sparta Prague v FC Brno Start: 16:15
Thankfully, I ducked this one, as Sparta scored 3 goals in 8 minutes during the first-half and if I had put a Lay bet on them I'd be well stuffed by now.
Sandefjord v Brann Start: 18:00
Sandefjord went 2-0 up early in the second half and this Lay looks lost. My liability is £5.80 which is not quite covered by the Randers green book (below). Looks like I'll have to raid the Irish to get some profit on today's football bets.
Yep, they are now 3-0 up and the bet goes tits-up. Actually, I was going to duck this one as I thought it might be a bet to far. Turns out I was right!
Vejle v Randers Start: 18:00
49th minute goal turns this Lay into a green book.
Tottenham Reserves v Chelsea Reserves Start: 19:00 - Duck
Wehen v Mainz Start: 19:15 - Duck
Nimes v Strasbourg Start: 19:30 - Duck
Linfield v Glentoran Start: 19:45
This is sure to be a "lively" match with the top two in the league battling it out for points. So, change of tactics and use the Lay under 2.5 and hope for a goal feast. That's the plan; probably not a good one but who cares?
LAY Under 2.5 Goals £10.00 @ 1.82 Profit £18.20 Liability £8.20
0-0 at halftime and it seems almost unbelievable that this game remains scoreless. Minor league stuff, but both teams are playing their hearts out. Hopefully, the send half will produce a bucket of goals as each team gets tired and gaps start to open up.
Great game to watch...
Nacional v Maritimo Start: 19:45 - Duck
West Ham v West Brom Start: 20:00 - Probably Duck, but depends on the Irish Lay and a couple of goals in the green!
Who Are Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus is a German football club based in Cottbus, in the Lausitz region of Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Energie Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany. The club was quickly buttressed by a wholesale transfer of players from BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost ordered by East German authorities, who often intervened in the business of the country's sports and football clubs for political reasons. Energie Cottbus is the only club from East Germany currently playing in the Bundesliga. [more from Wiki)
So now you know.
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