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mathare
5th January 2008, 12:52
Might as well put these live as they have been doing alright for me over the past few weeks.

All bets 1pt unless stated

FA Cup Round 3
Aston Villa v Man Utd @ 10/11 (William Hill) W (0-2) +0.91pts
Tottenham v Reading - Over 2.5 goals @ 3/5 (Bet365) W (2-2) +0.6pts
Sunderland v Wigan @ 6/5 (Ladbrokes) L (0-3) -1pt

mathare
5th January 2008, 20:29
Two out of three for a profit of +0.51pts.

A steady start. Disappointed with Sunderland though. Wigan's away record was dreadful going into this match so for the Black Cats to let in three without reply is bad news really.

vegyjones
5th January 2008, 20:31
Sunderland only lost 2 at home all season before today too... I though they would prevail too, and if I had had more time last night I probably would have put them up as another Vegy tip :yikes:

mathare
12th January 2008, 15:01
12/01/08

Premiership
West Ham v Fulham @ 1.86 (Betdaq) W (2-1) +0.83pts (accounting for commission)
Everton v Man City @ 5/4 (Totesport) W (1-0) +1.25pts
Aston Villa v Reading @ 8/13 (general) W (3-1) +0.62pts
1/2pt Middlesbrough clean sheet @ 10/3 (Bet365) L (1-1) -0.5pts

League Two
5pts Grimsby v Wrexham @ 1.82 (Betdaq) W (1-0) +3.93pts

mathare
12th January 2008, 18:03
Four out of five today and a profit of 6.13 pts once commission and all that gubbins is accounted for. Just Fernando Torres spoiling it for me this afternoon. Liverpool hadn't scored at the Riverside for five years going in to this match and when Boateng gave Boro the lead I thought it was all looking rather good. But a nice profit on the day anyway :)

Totals:
6/8 = 75% SR
+6.64pts profit

Iron Chris
12th January 2008, 21:57
Good going Mat...:thumbs

I just had the one bet today....

Southampton v Scunthorpe £10 @ 1.78....:peeky

Though apparantly we did play them off the park, create a lot of chances and Burley said that we should have beaten them...:ermmm

mathare
19th January 2008, 14:12
19/01/08

Premiership
Birmingham v Chelsea Under 2.5 goals @ 8/11 (Blue Square) W (0-1) +0.72pts
Fulham v Arsenal @ 1/2 (Ladbrokes) W (0-3) +0.5pts
Newcastle v Bolton @ 4/5 (Paddy Power) L (0-0) -1pt
Newcastle v Bolton Under 10.5 corners 0.10pt spread bet (Bethilo) L (15 corners) -0.45pts
Portsmouth v Derby Exactly 11 corners 0.412pts @ 15/2 (Bet365) L (8 corners) -0.41pts
Portsmouth v Derby Under 11 corners 1.588pts @ 6/5 (Bet365) W (8 corners) +1.91pts
Portsmouth v Derby Under 2.5 goals @ 10/11 (Stan James) L (3-1) -1pt
Tottenham v Sunderland Over 2.5 goals @ 8/13 (Stan James) L (2-0) -1pt
Tottenham to win to nil @ 6/4 (Paddy Power) W (2-0) +1.5pts

mathare
19th January 2008, 18:06
Four winners and three losers with the Newcastle-Bolton game still to play. A profit of 2.22pts going in to that match. :)

counterfeit
19th January 2008, 18:38
20 minutes gone and 5 corners already - looking a bit of a tense second half for you Mat.

mathare
19th January 2008, 18:44
20 minutes gone and 5 corners already - looking a bit of a tense second half for you Mat.Not really. Every corner over 10.5 is only costing me 0.1pts so I'm not that worried. Based on the stats it was worth a gamble

counterfeit
19th January 2008, 18:53
I didn't read that properly. Spread betting - I havent done that since 2001 when I made £2k on the Ashes series and made up for all my previous losses. I vowed never to do it again.

35 minutes gone and 9 corners - you could be paying out by half time at this rate. Mind you, I can't believe there have been so many in such a dull game.

mathare
19th January 2008, 19:17
35 minutes gone and 9 corners - you could be paying out by half time at this rate. Mind you, I can't believe there have been so many in such a dull game.My losses are limited to 10 times my stake on BetHiLo so the most I could lose is 1pt. I considered the fixed odds for under 11 with a saver on exactly 11 but opted for the spread. Even a maximum loss on that market is perfectly bearable.

mathare
19th January 2008, 20:35
Down 1.45pts on the Newcastle game with both bets losing. Perhaps I should have ignored that one due to the Keegan factor as most of the stats I built up for this game were from the Allardyce era. Oh well. Still made a slight profit on the day

Totals:
10/17 = 58.82% SR
+7.41pts

mathare
26th January 2008, 12:10
26/01/08

Premiership
Aston Villa v Blackburn Over 2.5 goals @ Evs (Bet365) L (1-1) -1pt

mathare
29th January 2008, 19:01
29-30/01/08

Premiership
Sunderland v Birmingham Sund draw no bet @ 8/13 (Skybet) W (2-0) +0.62pts
Sunderland v Birmingham Sund most corners @ 4/7 (Bluesquare) L (4-8) -1pt
Man Utd v Portsmouth Under 2.5 goals @ 5/4 (Skybet) W (2-0) +1.25pts
Man Utd v Portsmouth Man Utd win to nil @ 4/5 (Paddy Power) W (2-0) +0.8pts

mathare
30th January 2008, 23:05
That Sunderland game was a weird one. A dreadful game and on the pre-match stats that corners bet was the banker of the midweek fixtures. ah well. The others all came in which is nice.

I saw quoite a few tipsters going over 2.5 goals on the Man Utd game and was amazed to see under 2.5 at odds against as the stats pointed to an unders match. It seems quite a few tipsters were expecting a rout, and also for Pompey to get at least one. I must admit that when Ronaldo bagged a brace inside the first 15 minutes I figured the bet was dead in the water so I was very pleased to see that one end as it did.

Totals
13/22 = 59.09% SR
+8.08pts

MattR
30th January 2008, 23:23
I figured the bet was dead in the water so I was very pleased to see that one end as it did.



Me too! Fortunately they decided to coast the rest of the game. I didn't think we'd score tonight so Utd would have had to get all the goals to go over.

scoobydoo
31st January 2008, 03:24
I didnt see what price overs was after 15 mins but I would think it wouldve been around 1.15 wouldnt it? Not much more....you'd have nearly collected your money for overs if you got in then. I too thought it would be Utd who scored the goals so making 3 goals just the outsider.

Was impressed with Utd tonight...I know Pompey were understrength but I couldnt see them scoring at all.As for Ronaldos free kick....how the hell do you stop a shot like that...mind you I thought the free kick was slightly harsh! Be a lot tougher game at Spurs at the weekend. I fancy a 2-2 myself for what its worth....not much! :)

mathare
2nd February 2008, 12:44
02/02/08

Premiership
Liverpool v Sunderland
1.76pts under 11 corners @ evens (Stan James) w (5 corners) +1.76pts
0.24pts exactly 11 corners @ 15/2 (Stan James) L -0.24pts
Sunderland to get 1st team card @ 8/13 (Blue Square) W (Miller 1st booking) +0.62pts
Sunderland to get most bookings @ 8/11 (Blue Square) W (2-1 on yellows) +0.73pts

Portsmouth v Chelsea
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (1-1) +0.67pts

Reading v Bolton
Reading to score first @ 4/5 (Blue Square) L -1pt

Wigan v West Ham
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (1-0) +0.67pts

MattR
2nd February 2008, 13:25
02/02/08



Portsmouth v Chelsea
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Blue Square)





Looks a likely one Mat. My only concern would be Distin is almost certainly out and he's been the cornerstone of our defence. Plus Anelka always scores against us!

mathare
2nd February 2008, 13:34
Looks a likely one Mat. My only concern would be Distin is almost certainly out and he's been the cornerstone of our defence. Plus Anelka always scores against us!Almost all of Chelsea's away form this season points to this one be a low scoring affair. Combine that with your lack of home goals and it's an easy bet. Defoe coming in concerns me a little as he could throw the stats out a little. But your record against the top 4 this season is pretty good having drawn with Man Utd (1-1), Arsenal and Liverpool (both 0-0) at home and they have all gone under 2.5 goals.

All of these bets are based on stats and getting the right price for the probability of the event happening (that much-loved value word) and having crunched the numbers for this one I think 4/6 is a decent price. Pompey have had 8 out of 11 home games go under and Chelsea have had 10 out of 12 away games go the same way. So 18 of the 23 relevant games have gone under making 4/6 actually look rather generous.

MattR
2nd February 2008, 13:46
Yep, agree completely Mat. As I say the only worry for me would be Distin out, as I can't overstate how important he is to our defence. But my guess would be 1-2 0-1 0-2. We've yet to take a single point from Chelsea in the Premier. Let today be the day!

Right, off to watch Defoe score twice in a 2-0 win and we're both happy! :laugh

mathare
2nd February 2008, 20:16
Not a bad day today. We didn't need the saver bet on the corners bet in the Liverpool v Sunderland match and everything else came in apart from the bet on Reading to score first. But you can't win 'em all I guess. Five out of seven today and a profit of +3.21pts.

Totals
18/29 = 62.07% SR
+11.29pts

mathare
3rd February 2008, 11:53
03/02/08

Premiership
Fulham v Aston Villa
Aston Villa draw no bet @ 8/13 (Blue Square) L (2-1) -1pt
Over 11 corners @ 5/6 (Stan James) W (13 corners) +0.83pts

mathare
3rd February 2008, 20:24
Bit of a freak result for Fulham today. I don't know how they won that one (I didn't watch the match) but they did. 13 corners in the game though so at least something went as the stats said they should.

Totals
19/31 = 61.29%
+11.12pts

Win2Win
3rd February 2008, 20:38
I don't know how they won that one

Scored more goals........ :doh

scoobydoo
3rd February 2008, 22:04
Bit of a freak result for Fulham today. I don't know how they won that one (I didn't watch the match) but they did. 13 corners in the game though so at least something went as the stats said they should.


Dodgy keeping Mat....Bullards free-kick seemed to go in, in the middle of the goal! Get him in the England team again! :rolleyes:

mathare
9th February 2008, 12:34
09/02/08

Premiership
Derby v Tottenham
Under 11 corners @ 10/11 (Bet365) L (16 corners) -1pt
Tottenham win @ 8/15 W (0-3) +0.53pts(Bet365)

Everton v Reading
Everton to score 1st @ 4/9 (Stan James) W (Jagielka 62) +0.44pts
Everton at HT @ 11/10 (Victor Chandler) L (0-0) -1pt
Everton win (FT) @ 4/7 (Ladbrokes) W (1-0) +0.57pts

Sunderland v Wigan
Sunderland win @ 6/5 (Victor Chandler) W (2-0) +1.2pts

mathare
9th February 2008, 12:35
10/02/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Liverpool
Under 11 corners @ 8/11 (Stan James) W (10 corners) +0.73pts
Under 2.5 goals @ 8/13 (Blue Square) W (0-0) +0.62pts

mathare
9th February 2008, 18:17
Four winners and two losers for the Saturday games. A small profit of +0.75pts on the day.

I have to admit that this is going a lot better than I expected :thumbs

thai-swe
9th February 2008, 23:38
Nice work mathare, gl with the Chelsea-Liverpool game tomorrow

Win2Win
10th February 2008, 09:47
Well if we can't be Chelsea with some of the team in Africa, we are pants....oh hang on....we already are....I'm sure Benitoss will level the playing field by leaving our main players out :D

davidsteel
10th February 2008, 10:27
Apparently Benitez is blaming the recent slump on the club owners, can 't help but think he's knows he's not going to be at the club next year..

Win2Win
10th February 2008, 12:28
What the hell it has to do with the owner's....they gave him the money, he bought the players, and he's the one who keeps piddling about with the team. Plonker.

Can't wait till the Summer when we get McClaren in :yikes:

davidsteel
10th February 2008, 13:02
Yeah its like the only person who can't see how he keeps mucking around with the team is him...although apart from a couple of purchases the rest have been poor...

McClown will be ready with a new umbrella...

mathare
11th February 2008, 21:46
Two more winners to make it 6 out of 8 this weekend and a profit of +2.10pts :D

Totals
25/39 = 64.10%
+13.22pts

MattR
12th February 2008, 00:08
Nice going Mat :thumbs

mathare
23rd February 2008, 11:29
23/02/08

Premiership
Birmingham v Arsenal
0.5pts draw/Arsenal (HT/FT) @ 7/2 (Ladbrokes) L (Birmingham/draw) -0.5pts
0.5pts Arsenal 1-0 @ 6/1 (Ladbrokes) L (2-2) -0.5pts

Portsmouth v Sunderland
Portsmouth win (FT) @ 7/10 (SkyBet) W (1-0) +0.7pts

24/02/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Bolton
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Bet365) L (4-1) -1pt

Reading v Aston Villa
Aston Villa win (FT) @ 7/5 (Paddy Power) W (1-2) +1.4pts
Over 11 corners @ 4/5 (Stan James) W (18 corners) +0.8pts

mathare
24th February 2008, 17:59
Three out of six this weekend but a profit of 0.9pts nonetheless. :)

Totals
28/45 = 62.22%
+14.12pts

mathare
1st March 2008, 14:07
01/03/08-02/03/08

Premiership
Man City v Wigan
Wigan 1st booking @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (Brown) +0.8pts
Under 3.5 cards @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (1 card) +0.8pts
Exactly 10-12 corners @ 21/10 (Coral) L (5 corners) -1pt

Bolton v Liverpool
Bolton 1st booking @ 17/20 (Bet365) L (Hyypia) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 5/6 (Bet365) W +0.83pts

Everton v Portsmouth
Portsmouth 1st booking @ 8/11 (Bluesquare) W (Distin) +0.73pts
Portsmouth most bookings @ evens (Bluesquare) L (1-1) -1pt

mathare
2nd March 2008, 21:54
Four out of seven this weekend resulting in a tiny little profit of 0.16pts - but a profit is still a profit I guess...

Totals
32/52 = 61.54%
+14.28pts

Win2Win
2nd March 2008, 22:35
You done better than me :(

mathare
8th March 2008, 12:54
08/03/08 - 09/03/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Fulham
Blackburn (-2.5, -3.0) Asian corner h'cap @ 9/10 (Bet365)L (7-7) -1pt
Blackburn @ 8/15 (Bet365) L (1-1) -1pt

Liverpool v Newcastle
Liverpoll (-4.0) Asian corner h'cap @ 19/20 (Bet365) (12-8) Stakes refunded

Reading v Man City
Reading (-1) corner h'cap @ 19/20 (Bet365) W (7-5) +0.95pts
2 or 3 goals @ 10/11 (Bet365) W (2-0) +0.91pts

Sunderland v Everton
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (0-1) +0.67pts

mathare
9th March 2008, 17:58
Three winners, two losers and stakes returned on the other bet this weekend. Overall we made a profit of 0.53pts - again not a great profit but a profit nonetheless.

Totals
35/57 = 61.40%
+14.81pts

mathare
12th March 2008, 18:53
12/03/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Derby
0.39pts 2-0 @ 5/1 (Bet365) L (6-1) -0.39pst
0.36pts 3-0 @ 11/2 (Bet365) L (6-1) -0.36pts
0.29pts 4-0 @ 8/1 (Blue Square) L (6-1) -0.29pts

mathare
15th March 2008, 12:38
15/03/08 - 16/03/08

Premiership
Derby v Man Utd
Under 10.5 corners @ evens (Paddy Power) L (16 corners) -1pt

Sunderland v Chelsea
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (0-1) +0.8pts

Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough to get most bookings @ 4/9 (William Hill) W (10-45) +0.44pts

Fulham v Everton
Everton @ 23/20 (Victor Chandler) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 8/11 (Bet365) W (1 card) +0.73pts

Man City v Tottenham
Tottenham draw no bet @ 17/20 (SportingBet) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (0 cards) +0.8pts

mathare
17th March 2008, 20:40
0 from 3 midweek as Chelsea routed Derby and 4 from 7 at the weekend for resulting in 1.23pts this week (which should only have been 1.20pts but a slight typo when setting up the correct score dutch on the Chelsea game but never mind).

Totals
39/67 = 58.21%
+13.58pts

mathare
22nd March 2008, 12:47
22/03/08 to 23/03/08

Premiership
Tottenham v Portsmouth
Portsmouth to get first card @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (Utaka) +0.67pts
Tottenham (-2) on corner handicap @ 10/11 (Bet365) W (7-2) +0.91pts

Everton v West Ham
West Ham to get first card @ 4/5 (Bet365) L (no cards) -1pt

mathare
23rd March 2008, 11:41
A decent enough day yesterday with two winners from three. A few bets for Grand Slam Super Mega Awesome Sunday or whatever Sky are dubbing it these days...

23/03/08

Premiership
Man Utd v Liverpool
Under 2.5 goals @ 13/20 (Bet365) L (3-0) -1pt
Under 11 corners @ 10/11 (Stan James) W (6 corners) +0.91pts

Chelsea v Arsenal
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/7 (Stan James) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 11 corners @ 5/6 (Stan James) W (6 corners) +0.83pts

mathare
23rd March 2008, 19:58
Two winners and two losers today with big Grand Slam Sunday matches producing three goals and six corners. A small loss on the day but a profit on the weekend of 0.32pts.

Totals
43/74 = 58.11%
+13.90pts

mathare
29th March 2008, 11:29
29/03/08

Premiership
Derby v Fulham
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Bet365) L (2-2) -1pt
0.38pts 1-1 @ 6/1 (Blue Square) L (2-2) -0.38pts
0.34pts Fulham 1-0 @ 7/1 (Ladbrokes)L (2-2) -0.34pts
0.28pts 0-0 @ 17/2 (Sportingbet)L (2-2) -0.28pts

Portsmouth v Wigan
Defoe anytime scorer @ 5/4 (Bet365) W +1.25pts

Sunderland v West Ham
Under 2.5 goals @ 8/13 (Stan James) L (2-1) -1pt

Man Utd v Aston Villa
Man Utd (-3) corner handicap @ 10/11 (Bet365) L (4-7) -1pt

mathare
29th March 2008, 11:30
30/03/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
Chelsea (-3) corner handicap @ 19/20 (Bet365) W (8-3) +0.95pts

Liverpool v Everton
Liverpool (-3) corner handicap @ 7/5 (Paddy Power) W (11-4) +1.4pts

Tottenham v Newcastle
Over 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (Stan James) W (1-4) +0.8pts

mathare
30th March 2008, 20:54
A lousy day on Saturday with only 1 winner from 7 bets but a much better Sunday with all three bets winning pushing us back into profit, just, for the weekend. Four out of eight bets won and the total profit was 0.40pts

Totals
47/82 = 57.32%
+14.30pts

mathare
30th March 2008, 20:56
I also had a couple of cheeky fun bets on the matches I went to this weekend but I won't be including those in the stats. I had a cheeky fiver on AFC Wimbledon to beat Horsham but they lost 4-2, with Horsham scoring all four of the chances they had during the game. I also backed the draw on the handicap (Grimsby +1) in this afternoon Johnstone's Paint Trophy final but with Franchise Scum winning 2-0 (thanks to a rubbish ref!) I lost that one. That bet was a free bet left over from Cheltenham though so losing it cost me nowt really.

Win2Win
30th March 2008, 22:28
I made a good few quid on the footy....kicked in the knackers with my lays though, gobbled all most of the profits :(

mathare
5th April 2008, 13:59
05/04/08 & 06/04/08

Premiership
Man City v Chelsea
Chelsea @ 3/4 (Totesport) W (0-2) +0.75pts

Wigan v Birmingham
Wigan (-1.5) Asian corner handicap @ 9/10 (Bet365) L (2-2) -1pt

Newcastle v Reading
Michael Owen anytime goalscorer @ 15/8 (Coral) W +1.88pts

Everton v Derby
Everton win to nil @ 4/5 (Paddy Power) W (1-0) +0.8pts

Middlesbrough v Man Utd
Ronaldo anytime goalscorer @ evens (Paddy Power) W +1pt

mathare
6th April 2008, 19:54
Decent weekend this one with 4 out of the 5 bets winning - and it wasn't Derby that cost me money for a change! That said it sounds like Everton could have scored a few more than they actually did but 1 was enough. A profit of 3.43pts on the weekend - nice!

Totals
51/87 = 58.62%
+17.73pts

mathare
12th April 2008, 14:18
12/04/08 to 13/04/08

Premiership
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Portsmouth to get 1st booking @ 5/4 (Bet365) W (Johnson, 42) +1.25pts

Sunderland v Man City
Sunderland win @ 6/5 (Paddy Power) L (1-2) -1pt

Tottenham v Middlesbrough
1st match goal under 33 minutes @ 0.1pts per minute (spread) W (27th min) +0.6pts

Liverpool v Blackburn
Liverpool (-3) corner handicap @ 5/4 (Paddy Power) W (5-1) +1.25pts
0.15pt saver tie corner handicap @ 13/2 (Bet365) L (5-1) -0.15pts

Man Utd v Arsenal
Man Utd (-2) corner handicap @ evens (SkyBet) L (6-5) -1pt
0.14pt saver tie corner handicap @ 7/1 (SkyBet) L (6-5) -0.14pt
W Rooney anytime goalscorer @ 2/1 (Paddy Power) L -1pt

mathare
13th April 2008, 18:02
It was going so well till the last couple of minutes in the Man Utd v Arsenal match. That corner just after Giggs came on and the decision to penalise Rooney at the other end rather than award the corner cost me as either of those would have turned the loss into a profit this weekend. But as it is I lost 0.19pts getting 3 winners from 8 bets.

Totals
54/95 = 56.84%
+17.54pts

MattR
13th April 2008, 19:38
That corner just after Giggs came on and the decision to penalise Rooney at the other end rather than award the corner cost me


You sound like Ferguson there :wink :laugh


Nice going with the thread Mat.

counterfeit
14th April 2008, 10:12
There's a lot of money to be made from footy bets but I would have no idea how to approach it professionally. You seem to be doing quite well.

I met someone at poker last week who makes a living out of Asian Handicapping (it's all foreign to me - :)).

Perhaps I should follow this more closely in readiness for next season to see if I can start making money from it.

mathare
19th April 2008, 11:16
19/04/08 to 20/04/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Man Utd
Under 2.5 goals @ 10/11 (Stan James) W (1-1) +0.91pts

Newcastle v Sunderland
0.5pt Sunderland 1st team booking @ 7/10 (Bet365) W (Whitehead, 27th min) +0.35pts

0.5pt Sunderland most bookings @ 10/11 (Blue Square) W (0-5) +0.45pts

Man City v Portsmouth
Portsmouth 1st team booking @ 21/20 (Blue Square) W (Hreidarsson, 41st min) +1.05pts

mathare
20th April 2008, 16:53
A clean sweep this weekend :D

I went half stakes on the Tyne and Wear derby because it was a derby match and close to the end of the season so I had my doubts about the stats holding up but they did admirably. So four out of four and another 2.76pts to the total profit :)

Totals
59/99 = 59.60%
+20.30pts

mathare
26th April 2008, 11:17
26/04/08 to 27/04/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Man Utd
Under 5.5 cards @ 4/5 (Bet365) L (7 cards) -1pt
I considered the spread markets here but the equivalent odds are worse on the the spreads than the fixed odds markets for this particular bet.

Wigan v Reading
Wigan @ 11/10 (Stan James) L (0-0) -1pt

Portsmouth v Blackburn
Draw @ 23/10 (Bet365) L (0-1) -1pt

Everton v Aston Villa
Under 30.5 booking points @ evens (Paddy Power) L (60 booking points) -1pt

mathare
3rd May 2008, 12:10
A stinking weekend last weekend with all four bets going the wrong way, some thanks to events late in the game too when the refs went a bit mental. Ah well, such is life I guess.

Totals
59/103 = 57.29%
+16.30pts

mathare
3rd May 2008, 12:14
03/05/08 to 04/05/08

Premiership
Man Utd v West Ham
Man Utd (-4) corner h'cap @ 10/11 (Stan James) L (4-2) -1pt
0.14pt saver on draw (+/-4) corner h'cap @ 7/1 (SkyBet) L (4-2) -0.14pt

Aston Villa v Wigan
0.5pts J Carew first goalscorer @ 9/2 (Stan James) L -0.5pts
0.5pts G Agbonlahor first goalscorer @ 5/1 (Paddy Power) L -0.5pts

Reading v Tottenham
Exactly 2-3 goals @ evens (Paddy Power) L (0-1) -1pt
0.5pts D Berbatov anytime goalscorer @ 2/1 (Coral) L -0.5pts

Arsenal v Everton
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (Paddy Power) W (1-0) +0.8pts

Liverpool v Man City
Liverpool (-2) corner h'cap @ 10/11 (Paddy Power) W (12-5) +0.91pts

mathare
11th May 2008, 13:48
Another poor weekend last weekend with only two winners from eight bets. Is this because it's the end of the season and some teams have nothing to play for? Or was it sheer bad luck plain and simple? A loss of just under 2pts whatever the cause.

Totals
61/111 = 54.95%
Profit = +14.37pts

mathare
11th May 2008, 13:50
One last throw of the dice...

11/05/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Bolton
Chelsea (-4) corner h'cap @ 10/11 (Skybet) W (9-1) +0.91pts
0.14pts draw (+/-4) corner h'cap @ 7/1 (Skybet) L (9-1) -0.14pts

Liverpool v Tottenham
Draw @ 12/5 (Bet365) L (0-2) -1pt

Portsmouth v Fulham
Under 2.5 goals @ 5/6 (Bluesquare) W (0-1) +0.83pts

I'll also be having 1pt at evens with Bet365 on Fulham to NOT be relegated. They are outside the drop zone going in to the final set of matches and I expect them to stay there. W +1pt

mathare
11th May 2008, 17:00
That's a little better. No need for the saver on the corner handicap after all as Chelsea comfortably came ahead on the corner count. Liverpool ran out winners in a truly nothing match between two draw specialists but Fulham did the business against a weakened Pompey side ahead of their FA Cup final appearance next weekend. Three out of five this weekend and a profit of 0.60pts

Totals
64/116 = 55.17%
+14.97pts

I'd have settled for figures like that if someone had offered them to me when I started this thread so I am pleased with my performance this season and am looking forward to a bigger and better season starting in August :)

mathare
18th May 2008, 10:47
Just been balancing my books and have realised a bet I had marked down as a loser is actually void. Berbatov anytime goalscorer from a couple of weeks back. So my figures are actually:

64/115 = 55.65%
+15.47pts

MattR
18th May 2008, 11:04
Well done with this Mat, never easy with football. :thumbs