Sensational Sunday!

Great day today but it could have been so different!

Celtic 1 - 1 Rangers

Started with the old firm derby which as you know, I went for £50 on 'over 2.5 goals'. After 65 mins with no goals I decieded to put a further £50 on a draw as it was 2.08 and I could get my money back and break even for the match. Unfortunately Celtic scored, oh no! They say you are the most vulnerable after scoring a goal and it proved right again as Rangers pretty much equalised straight away! So I traded out of the over 2.5 goals market for a £15 loss but kept the Draw money on until it ticked over to a £30 profit - making a £15 green overall for the game. This was literally 2mins after staring down a £100 loss. Win.

Man Utd 0 - 1 Leeds (FA Cup)

This reminded me of the Reading v Liverpool game as the underdogs were 16.0 for the win. I toyed with the idea of putting a tenner on Leeds but while I procrastinated Jermaine Beckford slipped in for a goal - reducing the odds down to 4.5. So put £20 on Leeds with a view to trade out later on. In a scintillating game, I traded out at 2.18 for a nice £20 profit as my nerves were close to shreded. It was nice just to watch a great cup match and enjoy the Leeds win. Win.

27th Dec - clawing it back....

Hibs v Rangers

OK whilst Hibs aren't that far away from Rangers points-wise, I was confident Rangers would turn them over after watching that Demarcus Beasley goal the other day. Anway, I backed Rangers £35 @ 1.98 - Win.

Manchester Utd v Hull

Bah - the previous game had left me tantalisingly close to the £400 mark so I traded a few ticks on this game and took an 80p profit. Win.

Tuesday night Prem action

Birmingham 2 - 1 Blackburn
Backed under 2.5 goals - lost on this one obviously!

Bolton 3 - 1 West Ham
Backed the over 2.5 goals but nothing happend in this game for quite a while, so I then backed the draw. At which point Bolton scored then WHam equalised. Traded out of both markets for smallish profit (~£6). If I'd have waited a little longer I would have got my >2.5 goals. West Ham are looking very vulnerable these days and 6 goals in 2 games from a Gary Megson side, I must be on drugs?!

Man Utd 3 - 0 Wolves
Didn't enter this market as the match odds were too skinny and I wasn't going to put any large bets on after last night.

Sunderland 0 - 2 Villa
Went with £25 on Villa and traded out after 2nd goal for +£50. Nice. Villa starting to show their top 4 credentials and oozing confidence after the win at Old Trafford - Milner could be a super star for us at the World Cup!

Conclusion : Tonight was a decent night, total profit of ~£32. Not sure if I should just pick one game and go with that or spread it around a bit. If I don't lump large amounts on it gives me enough to play with in the bank so I can try other markets, in order to react to changes.
Broke the £300 barrier (again)...this time I want to stay above it!

12th Dec Football bets - not great....

Wow - who would've called the Chelsea v Everton game? I traded on the match odds and got +£25.

Stoke v Wigan - I put the bet on using my iPhone then the missus and I went down town. I didn't realise the game was on today as I'd misread the date, game ended in a draw -£30!

Spurs v Wolves - with 10 mins to go I thought Spurs would pull it back. No they didn't -£60. Ouch!

Oh well, at least I had a laugh at Man Utd v Aston Villa and got a tenner of it.

8th Dec Champs League night

Chelsea v APOEL - scalped >2.5 goals for +£30

Wolfsburg v Man Utd / Match Odds - Traded for a few quid up

I wonder how many people got burned on the Chelsea result thought?!

5th Dec - Supplimental Football bets

Lumped on Man Utd as West Ham are poor this year. Traded out @ 1.03 with +£38.

Real Madrid v Almeria / Over/Under 2.5 goals - Traded for +£10.

Deportivo v Barcelona Match odds - Traded for +£8

All in all a bloody good day!

Man Utd v Spurs - possible upset?

Man Utd to put out a 2nd string XI, this is Spurs chance to lay down a marker and get into a Cup semi-final. Odds on Spurs were an eye watering 8.0.

Turned out they just rolled over and had their bellies tickled by Man U, lost £10.