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THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP BETTING TIP

GOLF BETTING TIP: The 150th playing of The Open Golf Championship begins on Thursday morning. The venue - as it is every five years - is the Old Course at St Andrews. Perhaps fittingly, the Home of Golf has become like home for the sport's greatest exponent. On the last two occasions the Open....(More)

WORLD CUP FINAL PREDICTION & CORRECT SCORE

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: Spain are appearing in their first World Cup final after winning their first ever World cup Semi final 1-0 against Germany on Wednesday Night. I must admit that I do like the way the Spanish play & they did very well in the second half to restrict the Germans...(More)

WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: Holland beat Brazil 2-1 which was a major shock to them as well as the rest of the footballing world. This has been a world cup of shocks so I suppose I should have known better when I predicted Brazil to win & not Holland. Can the Dutch repeat 1974 & 1978..(More)

WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: As far as I am concerned this is the best game of the quarter finals & it is not hard to see why with the way both sides are playing. Germany’s young side destroyed England 4-1 in their last 16 game & don’t be fooled by England’s goal that was wrongly..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES LAST 16

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: This should be a really good game as both sides can play some great football especially Spain. Portugal came second in their group behind Brazil as I expected them to but they did play in two very bad games against Brazil & Ivory Coast which both ended 0-0..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 3: PART 2

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: Italy are now in a real fight to stay in this years World cup after two very disappointing results, the latest being a 1-1 draw with the might of New Zealand who are ranked lower than the "Isle of Man". Italy need to get their act together & fast..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 3: PART 1

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: Both these sides should be out of the World cup by the time the final whistle has blown. Both sides have had a bad world cup. South Africa are simple not good enough as proved by their performances against both Mexico & Uruguay. Against Uruguay..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 2: PART 2

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: Denmark lost to Holland 2-0 in their opening group game as you all know. All is not lost for the Danes however as they should win their last two games to Qualify. They were a little bit unlucky against the Dutch as they scored an own goal just after Half time to give Holland..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 2: PART 1

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: South Africa were held to a 1-1 draw by Mexico in the opening game on Friday. They were 1-0 up & heading towards the victory I had predicted when Mexico scored 12 minutes from time. To be honest Mexico deserved a share of the spoils as they played well & were the better..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 1: PART 2

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: I will always remember the Holland side of 1978 when they reached the world cup final & lost to hosts Argentina 3-1 in Extra time. I can still remember them hitting the post a few minutes from the end of normal time when the score was 1-1. Enough of my childhood memories..(More)

WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES ~ WEEK 1: PART 1

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BETTING: They are probably the weakest team to host a World Cup apart from maybe the USA in 1994 & Japan in 2002. I think they will qualify out of their group & go out in the knockout stages early on but that will be their best World cup to date as the two other world cups..(More)

SPREAD BETTING PREVIEW FOR ROYAL ASCOT

HORSE RACING SPREAD BETTING: Following hot on the heels of Ryan Moore's epic Epsom double, Royal Ascot is the next major meeting to make horse racing spread betting fans salivate. With Moore getting the Classic monkey off his back, he will be riding with even more confidence than normal and he will..(More)

SPREAD BETTING PREVIEW FOR THE GOLF US OPEN

GOLF SPREAD BETTING: Spread sellers of Tiger Woods' finishing position have much to encourage their decision, as he will be going for his fourth US Open title, having won two of his previous titles on the West Coast. This includes his victory at Torrey Pines in 2008, the last time the event..(More)

SPREAD BETTING PREVIEW FOR THE DERBY AND OAKS

HORSE RACING SPREAD BETTING: Henry Cecil is the undisputed king of the fillies and he will be going for his ninth Oaks win, after narrowly failing to claim it last year. His Midday was beaten a head by the 9/4 favourite Sariska and spread bettors will be keeping Aviate and Timepiece on side this time around..(More)

PLAYOFF FINAL PREDICTION FOR DIVISION 1 & 2

FOOTBALL BETTING: Millwall came third in the final table at the end of the season & were very unlucky not to go up automatically instead of Leeds United who pipped them in the last game by beating Bristol Rovers 2-1 after being 1-0 down early in the second half. Millwall..(More)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY PREDICTION JAPAN - ENGLAND

FOOTBALL BETTING: Japan have also qualified for the World cup finals in South Africa but I don’t think they will go very far. An England win but you might fall a sleep watching it on whatever channel is showing the game. I will not be buying any Papers during the World Cup as I can’t stand the rubbish..(More)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY PREDICTION ENGLAND - MEXICO

FOOTBALL BETTING: The Wembley pitch must be saying to itself, “Oh no not another game”. England are now playing Mexico in the first of their pre world Cup warm up games. England won their last game 3-1 against Egypt after coming from 1-0 down at half time to win..(More)

REVIEW OF 2009 - 2010 SEASON PREDICTIONS BY DOUG MARTIN

FOOTBALL SEASON BETTING: This is my review of my own seasons tips that I wrote at the start of the season just gone (2009/10). I will tackle each division individually to set out more clearly how I have done. Just a quick note regarding my cup finals preview..(More)

EUROPEAN CUP FINAL PREDICTION 22/05/10

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING: This is the first time in six seasons that the European cup has final is not been contested between an English club. This can only be good for the completion as no one country dominating the famous old cup can be good. English interest in the Champions League was ended..(More)

FA CUP FINAL PREDICTION 15/05/10

FA CUP BETTING: As this was the last cup final before the second World War Portsmouth therefore kept the cup for six years as the cup was suspended during the hostilities. Chelsea of course won the cup in 2007 when they beat Manchester United 1-0 which means that this is Chelsea’s third final..(More)

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL PREDICTIONS 12/05/10

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL BETTING: It seems to me unfair that Atletico are even in the final as they were knocked out of the Champions League this season which included a 4-0 defeat at Chelsea. Fulham have reached the final by playing more games in the completion than the Spanish side but hey that’s modern..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 09/05/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: Villa have failed to take 4th place after losing at Manchester City 3-1 last Saturday. This is a shame for them but they have still had a good season as they reached the League Cup final as well as the FA Cup semis. They are finding out like every other team that it is very hard..(More)

WORLD CUP 2010 SPREAD BETTING PREVIEW

SPREAD BETTING: Staying in Iberia and Portugal possess the most expensive player of all time in Cristiano Ronaldo. Spread bettors are likely aware that if his side reaches the latter stages he will be largely responsible and buyers of Portugal's tournament team match goal minutes at 315 would expect..(More)

TWENTY20 WORLD CUP SPREAD BETTING PREVIEW

SPREAD BETTING: The battle of the big hitters is about to begin as the cricket circus heads to the Caribbean for the Twenty20 World Cup. Spread bettors can look forward to two-and-a-half weeks of thrilling blink-and-you'll-miss-it action, with four groups of three teams whittled down for a Super Eight..(More)

BET365 FOOTBALL BETTING PROMOS

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PREMIER LEAGUE PROMOTION & RELEGATION PREDICTIONS

FOOTBALL BETTING: Another predictable top four in the Premiership I’m afraid with Chelsea replacing Manchester United at the top of the greed tree. Really big surprise that the top three clubs are..(More)

THE CHAMPIONSHIP PRE SEASON PREDICTIONS

FOOTBALL BETTING: I feel that WBA have the players & with the impetus of a new manager will bounce straight back. Wether they will stay up the following season is a rather more difficult question..(More)

LEAGUE ONE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS

FOOTBALL BETTING: There is no way that Leeds are going to go up through the playoffs unless Australia win the 4th test by an innings, opps. Seriously, this year they are going to go up. Millwall..(More)

LEAGUE TWO PRESEASON PREDICTIONS

FOOTBALL BETTING: A five nil thrashing of Bradford in their first game bodes well for Notts County & I think they will benefit from a massive injection of confidence with the arrival of Sven. Bournemouth..(More)

BLUE SQUARE CONFERENCE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS

FOOTBALL BETTING: I will be amazed if Luton fail to get promotion. They shouldn’t even be in the conference & wouldn’t if it wasn’t for the nastiness of the football authorities in punishing them for the..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 05/05/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: City knocked out Aston Villa in the battle for a 4th place finish on Saturday with a 3-1 win. It is now down to Manchester City & Spurs who now meet in this game before the last games at the weekend. They are separated by just the one point. So close is it in the table..(More)

KENTUCKY DERBY BETTING PREVIEW

KENTUCKY DERBY BETTING: The 136th running of the Kentucky Derby odds is on Saturday with 20 horses looking to win the first jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown. Lookin at Lucky is the 3-1 morning line favorite but favorites in the Derby have not done well over the years with only five having won since 1979..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE TOP FOUR FINISH BY ALAN ALGER

FOOTBALL LEAGUE BETTING: I'm not sure how much money is knocking around at Manchester City! Some say they are the richest club in the World. Is that true? One thing is for sure they must be in the top three and you'd have thought they could afford a network of scouts. Good scouts...(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 21 ~ 25/04/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: United are back in the title race after their 1-0 away at Manchester City last Saturday. With Chelsea losing at Spurs 2-1 the lead at the top is now down to just the one point. United now face A spurs side who have beaten both Arsenal & Chelsea in the last week..(More)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL PREDICTIONS 20/21/04/10

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING: Inter knocked out CSKA just as I said they would in the last round but they now face a very strong Barcelona side who must be favourites. Inter had a great 2-0 win against Juventus on Sunday but are still second by just the one point behind Roma as they..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 01 ~ 05/05/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: This is the big one in terms of the title race. Chelsea are just a point ahead of Manchester United & with a better goal difference. This is the hardest game that either side has to play in the run in. Chelsea beat Liverpool earlier in the season at home & will be..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 17/19/04/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: It’s looking like Chelsea’s title now after United could only draw 0-0 at Blackburn last Sunday. For once the decisions went against United when Chelsea beat Bolton 1-0 on Tuesday night. Bolton should have had two penalties which looked handball..(More)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING PREVIEW

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING: Barca boss Pep Guardiola has already said his side will stick to their attacking principles tonight, but his opposite number will surely have a trick or two up his sleeve. Another goalless game has to be a big runner tonight at 8/1, but you'll also..(More)

JP'S DON'T PUSH IT A SERIOUS NATIONAL CONTENDER

HORSE RACING BETTING: Trained by Jonjo O'Neill, Don't Push It is amongst the top weights for the four-and-a-half mile marathon having been allotted 11st 5lbs, but he is a classy performer who has continually acquitted himself well..(More)

COULD DARKNESS SPRING ANOTHER 100/1 NATIONAL SURPRISE?

HORSE RACING BETTING: There are some punters who like to look no further than those at the head of the Grand National betting list, while others are more daring and look for a horse with a chance at longer odds. Last year 100/1..(More)

GRAND NATIONAL PICTURE BECOMING CLEARER

HORSE RACING BETTING: The demise of the mighty Denman at Newbury last Saturday understandably stole most of the racing headlines. While many eyes were cast back down the home straight to see that the former Gold Cup was ok, and he was..(More)

DUAL CHAMP MASTER ON THE WAY BACK

HORSE RACING BETTING: After a spell on the sidelines due to a fractured rib, dual champion chaser Master Minded is reportedly back in full work and set to return to action in mid-February, writes Elliot Slater. The Paul Nicholls-trained seven-year-old..(More)

VEDETTE SETBACK COULD PROVE BLESSING IN DISGUISE

HORSE RACING BETTING: Colm Murphy's high class mare Voler La Vedette looks set to go straight to the David Nicholson Mares Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival without a preparatory outing, writes Elliot Slater. The winner of five of her six career starts..(More)

NOTRE PERE A FASCINATING GRAND NATIONAL CONTENDER

HORSE RACING BETTING: The winner of Grade 1 chases at Punchestown and Leopardstwon, as well as the 2008 Welsh Grand National, Jim Dreaper's nine-year-old has just fallen short of the very highest class in recent outings. He..(More)

IS THERE A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE NEWBURY STRAIGHT

HORSE RACING BETTING: As befits the richest two mile handicap hurdle in the calendar, the Tote Gold Trophy - still the Schweppes to a certain generation! - has produced several top class renewals in recent years. Apart from the likes of..(More)

WEDNESDAY'S NORTH LONDON DERBY

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: The last time Spurs beat their North London rivals a young chap called Tony Blair was still in his honeymoon period as PM just two and a half years into his eventual decade of power. Under this Labour government the results in favour of..(More)

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL PREDICTIONS

FA CUP BETTING: No one will need reminding that Chelsea beat Aston Villa 7-1 only a couple of weeks ago. This result has helped put Chelsea back on top in the Premiership title race. Last Saturday as I have already mentioned they beat Manchester United 2-1..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 10/11/04/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: Another home banker this one as far as I am concerned. City have only lost the once at home this season & that was a few matches ago to Everton in a 2-0 defeat. City have recovered from that defeat to beat Wigan 3-1..(More)

THREE AGAINST THE GRAND NATIONAL FIELD

HORSE RACING BETTING: The current odds of 12/1 with Totesport and Extrabet won't last long and I would suggest should be taken as he bids to become the first horse since Red Rum in 1974 to win back-to-back renewals of the Aintree marathon..(More)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 31/03/10

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING: What surprised me was that some sections of the media were saying that Arsenal would have trouble over the two legs while completely ignoring the fact that Porto are having a bad season..(More)

PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 03/04/04/10

PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING: Arsenal dropped two precious points on Saturday in their 1-1 draw at Birmingham thanks to a very late Birmingham goal. I don’t suppose it will be of any consolation to them that both Manchester United..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 27 ~ 29/03/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Birmingham lost away again on Wednesday, this time at Blackburn. This did not surprise me as I predicted this result. Despite their bad away form this year Birmingham are still doing well at home..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 23 ~ 24/03/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: West Ham lost again at the weekend even if it was at inform Arsenal. The fact that they played well, missed a penalty & played against 10 men for the entire second half counted for nothing..(More)

FA CUP PREDICTION 24/03/10

FA CUP BETTING: As I predicted these two sides to draw in the first place & Spurs to win the replay I can’t really change my mind now can I? So I won’t. Spurs had a good away win at Stoke on Saturday by winning 2-1..(More)

DUBAI WORLD CUP 2010 BETTING PREVIEW

HORSE RACING BETTING: The new racetrack at Meydan is a truly awesome feat of architecture and construction, but for all its expanse and expense, it is a mere backdrop to a wonderful, international card on Saturday..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 20 ~ 21/03/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Arsenal are right in the title race. They are only two points behind leaders Manchester United/officials FC & behind Chelsea on goal difference. They beat Hull away on Saturday which spelt the end for their manager Phil Brown..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 09 ~ 16/03/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Burnley played well at Arsenal on Saturday & even had the cheek to score a goal &bring the score back to 1-1 early in the second half. Alas, their away form blues continued & they ended up losing 3-1. (as I predicted)..(More)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 16/17 ~ 23/24/02/10

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING: As you will have the media mention, Manchester United have never beaten AC Milan over two legs in Europe before. This encounter could & should change that. Manchester United are on a good run of form as we speak..(More)

WEEKEND PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 06 ~ 08/03/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Fulham are doing well again this season. They are through to the next round of the UEFA Cup after an arrogate victory last week. They now face an in form Spurs side in the Quarter finals of the FA cup. The two sides drew 0-0..(More)

RACING POST CHASE 27/02/10

HORSE RACING BETTING: The best betting race this week promises to be the Racing Post Chase at Kempton on Saturday. Despite having a limited history (first run 1988), the race has a tremendous history, with the 1990 running arguably providing Desert Orchid..(More)

WEEKEND PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 27/28/02/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Arsenal will be looking for massive revenge in this game. They lost 2-1 at Stoke last season & were dumped out of the FA Cup in the forth Round at Stoke 3-1 in January. Stoke are a very difficult side to play against..(More)

CARLING CUP FINAL PREDICTION

CARLING CUP: Aston Villa are having a good season & they have proved this by reaching the League Cup Final. They are also battling for 4th place in the premiership & are also still in the FA Cup not withstanding an FA Cup replay against Crystal Palace..(More)

WEEKEND PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS 20/21/23/02/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Arsenal recovered ground in the Premiership race by beating Liverpool 1-0 in their last League game. Since then they have lost 2-1 at Porto in the Champions League but should (hopefully) go through in the home..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES 16/17/02/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Stoke managed a very good 1-1 draw at Manchester City in the FA Cup on Sunday despite falling behind early on. Stoke are having a much better season than last & should easily stay up, they are also on a good run at present..(More)

FA CUP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES 13/14/02/10

FA CUP BETTING: Chelsea lost rather surprisingly at Everton on Wednesday 2-1 which was a bad result for them. Everton also missed a penalty, so the score line could have been worse for Chelsea. The good news for them is that they are..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES 09/10/02/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Manchester City had a really bad result by losing at Hull 2-1. This was their forth defeat of the season in the league (all of them away). Coupled with their league cup semi final defeat to Manchester United..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES 06/07/02/10

WEEKEND PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Manchester United have returned to form which I find bloody depressing. They had a great 3-1 win at Arsenal on Sunday which in my mind makes the title race a two horse race between Chelsea..(More)

ALLIANCE ENJOYS HIS DREAM MOMENT

HORSE RACING BETTING: There were many who thought that the classy son of Bien Bien (second to Denman in the 2007 Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup) might never race again, but after being patiently nursed back to health by the Hobbs..(More)

MEDIA TRAINING FOR THE MODERN FOOTBALLER

FOOTBALL COMMENT: Footballers have never been considered to be the brightest and most articulate breed of a human being, though more often than not it isn't their fault. One has to consider that the vast majority of promising..(More)

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER BETTING

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER BETTING: When betting on this version of the show there are a few things to take into account: " Since the show extended the run time up to three weeks in Series 4, no male has been successful. Shilpa Shetty..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES 30/01/03/02/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Birmingham (as I predicted) lost for the first time in a long time by losing at Chelsea 3-0. Birmingham’s run has been amazing & their run has taken them from relegation candidates to possible European qualifiers. They had to lose sooner or later..(More)

PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS & CORRECT SCORES for 26/27/01/10

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Tottenham were a tad unlucky on Saturday as they conceded a late goal to Leeds to draw their FA Cup game 2-2. The 96th minute is a very bad time to concede a goal & that’s what they did. They should win the replay though. Over Christmas..(More)

PREMIERSHIP BETTING PREVIEW FOR TUESDAY

PREMIERSHIP BETTING: Things might be slowly on the up for West Ham United and three points at Portsmouth could lift them as high as 14th place in the table. The Hammers possess the third best goal difference in the bottom half of the standings and that suggests..(More)