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England World Cup 2010 100% Streak to Continue?
10-Oct-2008
England face off against Kazakhstan on Saturday and then have to deal with European footballing powerhouse Bulgaria (Yes, I am the first person to use those two words next to each other) on Wednesday. With England's emphatic victory over Croatia last month (THAT night in Zagreb) certain bookmakers see England going 100% for the rest of the Qualifying campaign.

John Terry's Injury Won't Shift Odds To Kazakhstan
09-Oct-2008
Since Chelsea Captain John Terry looks as though he will be sidelined for the weekend's World Cup Qualifying match-up, you probably shouldn't expect the odds of a Kazakhstan victory to increase. Paddy Power is offering another excellent money-back special if the last goal of the game is a header.

JOE KINNEAR TO REMAIN NEWCASTLE MANAGER
08-Oct-2008
As Mike Ashley's probability of finding a buyer for his beleaguered Newcastle United side continue to slim down by the day, many Newcastle fans believe that Joe Kinnear will remain the manager well into 2009.

England and Kazakhstan World Cup Battle at Wembley
08-Oct-2008
England fans hoping for an appearance from Borat will be disappointed to find that he is highly likely to be a no-show on Saturday evening. They can console themselves however, with the fact that they are more than likely to witness an England victory, and with this Kazakhstan team being one of the lowliest ranked of all the UEFA sides.

Is Michael Owen Leaving the Premiership?
07-Oct-2008
With Newcastle currently engaged in an utter nosedive and Joe Kinnear swearing blue and green to the Fleet Street wolf pack, there are few absolute certainties at this club. The only real big guarantee, at the moment anyway, is the fact that Michael Owen is out of contract at the end of the season and will definitely be on the move unless the heavens open up and the seas part.

This Weekend's Live Football Action
03-Oct-2008
Sunday's early game is all about 100% records. Gianfranco Zola has a 100% winning league record as West Ham manager, West Ham have a 100% winning record at home this season, whilst Bolton suffer the ignominy of having a 100% losing record away from home. The odds on this match suggest that the bookmakers are confident that all of these 100% records will remain intact, with West Ham as short a 7/10 to take all three points.

Champions League Odds From William Hill
01-Oct-2008
William Hill is asking all the important questions from today's Champions League fixtures.

WHEN WILL ROBBIE KEANE FINALLY GET OFF THE MARK FOR LIVERPOOL?:

Weekend Premier League Betting Action
26-Sep-2008
The highlight of this weekend's football is undoubtedly the Merseyside derby taking place on Saturday lunchtime. Everton will be keen to make up for the fact that Liverpool did the double over them last term, but history is not on their side with Everton having only beaten Liverpool three times in the last 20 league meetings between the clubs.

Manchester United Chelsea Clash is Coming Too Early, but for Whom?
19-Sep-2008
Many football observers would consider Manchester United to be under the gun at this point in the season as a loss at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea would put them a full nine points off the pace, albeit with a game in hand.

UEFA CUP Preview for September 18th
18-Sep-2008
A quartet of English teams are playing in the first round of the Uefa Cup - a competition in which no team can be underestimated. Portsmouth (1/2) will mark the historic occasion of their first ever European tie with a first leg against Portuguese outfit Guimares (5/1) at Fratton Park.

Noon-time Clash Between Manchester United and Liverpool
12-Sep-2008
Fresh from 10 days of International duty, United and Liverpool are set to face off in the first big four match-up of the season. Suspiciously, Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard have suddenly become fully fit despite being declared injured for their club sides.

Sunday's Premier League Football Action
12-Sep-2008
Stoke City take on Everton in Sunday's feature game in a fixture that looks to be fairly evenly matched. Both sides have taken three points in three games so far this season, with Stoke only sitting two positions above Everton by virtue of their one unit superior goal difference.

Saturday's Battle of the Billionaires
11-Sep-2008
It's the battle of the billionaires on Saturday evening as Manchester City take on Chelsea at what football fans are now affectionately, or perhaps enviously, referring to as 'Middle Eastlands'.

Ferdinand Returns for Croatia Clash?
08-Sep-2008
Rio Ferdinand is reported to be fit for the Wednesday clash against Croatia in Zagreb-
scene of Steve McLaren's last stand, England were eliminated from qualifying for Euro 2008 thanks to a 3-2 loss to Slaven Bilic's men. England will need the solidity at the back if they are to get a result in this fixture and Ferdinand may be just the man to produce that.

William Hill Offers Odds on Newcastle Fans Boycott
05-Sep-2008
Newcastle fans continue to congregate outside St. James Park demanding that Chairman Mike Ashley and his lapdog Dennis Wise immediately resign. Cries of "Sack the Board!" are being bellowed by those huge Geordies you see on TV with the massive beer guts and faded Toon tattoos

Jimmy Bullard's England Take on Andorra
04-Sep-2008
Bullard remains a throw-back to the 70s-era footballer who cared about short-shorts and long hair, not Baby Bentley's. With the last England performance being filed under the term "lethargic" most proper England fans are saluting Bullard's call-up as exactly what the Three Lions need to be competitive and move forward.

Champions League 2008/9 Draw and Betting Preview
28-Aug-2008
Everybody's favourite bureaucrats (UEFA) went through their annual dog and pony show to sort out the Champions League Groups for the upcoming season. Some interesting draws have created several difficult-looking groups and Liverpool find themselves in a relatively sticky situation.

Saturday's Premiership Betting Preview
21-Aug-2008
Anybody who was at the KC stadium last Saturday will tell you that Fulham were desperately unlucky not to come away with all three points; Arsenal on the other hand, were largely disappointing against West Brom when expected to win handsomely.

This Weekend's Premier League Betting Tips
14-Aug-2008
It would be fair to say that Tony Mowbray probably wouldn't have wished for his side to face Arsenal in their opening game, and you can see why when looking at Arsenal's unbeaten home record last season.

Community Shield Wagering Tips
08-Aug-2008
The launch of the 2008-2009 FA Barclay's Premier League is tantalizingly close and this weekend plays host to the Community Shield, the league's answer to coming attractions at a movie theatre. Premier League and Champions League winners Manchester United are facing off against 'Arry Redknapp's Pompey team...

Premiership Betting Guide For the Upcoming 08-09 Season
28-Jul-2008
One of the most interesting battles in the upcoming Premiership season will be for the 'best of the rest' title, or as the bookmakers kindly put it 'without the big four'. Tottenham were almost everybody's tip to win it last season, but a poor start to the season found them in the drop zone and managerless, leaving them an impossible task

Betting Choice's Premiership Betting Preview for 08-09 Season
22-Jul-2008
After Manchester United clinched back to back championships last season, the pressure will be on them to continue their domination, and on everybody else to stop them. And before we start, let's not kid ourselves, in all likelihood this season's top four will be made up of the usual suspects, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Euro 2008 Betting Advice For Germany- Spain
29-Jun-2008
After a tournament that lasted most of the month and has been hailed, quite rightly, as the greatest Euro tournament in the history of the competition we finally come down to the wire with two great teams looking to make history. On one hand, you've got the cool efficiency of the Germans, who were somewhat exposed during the groups stages, but we've found that as the tournament has gone further and further the Germans have upped their game when necessary.

Euro 2008: Germany-Turkey Semi Final
24-Jun-2008

The Germans were the out-and-out favourite to blast through the tournament and cruise to a Euro 2008 title. It hasn't exactly been as painless as expected (2-1 loss to Croatia anyone?) but the Germans are in the semi-finals and look good value to have a go at things. Things definitely haven't gone according to plan for Germany, but players have stepped up when necessary and that's the type of thing you need to win tournaments. Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski, in particular, have been in exceptional form (Bastian's red card aside).

Spain celebrate after beating Italy on penalties

Euro 2008: latest betting
23-Jun-2008
And then there were four. Semi-finalists Spain and Germany are now joint favourites to win Euro 2008 after last night saw coach Luis Aragones' side beat Italy to reach the semi-finals. Spain now play the tournament's surprise package Russia while Germany take on underdogs Turkey

Ronaldo, left, is key to Portugal Euro 2008 hopes

Portugal v Germany: Euro 2008 quarter-final
19-Jun-2008
Euro 2008 reaches the business end of the tournament today with the first quarter-final throwing up an intriguing battle between the flowing football of the Portuguese and the clincial finishing of the Germans

Euro 2008: Quarter Final Action As Turkey Take on Croatia
19-Jun-2008
At the outset you would peg this game as a no-brainer. Croatia eliminated England from the competition (with a little help from Steve McLaren) and they managed to rip apart tournament favorites Germany in the qualifying stages. Turkey squeaked into the quarter-finals on the back of some last minute heroics against the one-dimensional Czechs.

Euro 2008: Group D final round Betting
17-Jun-2008
This is a dead-rubber match with Spain having already qualified as top of the group and the Greeks have already crashed out of the tournament, just as I suspected they would

Euro 2008: Group B final round betting
16-Jun-2008
Most tournament observers likely assumed that Germany would have qualified by now and that Austria would have absolutely no chance getting through to the next stages. As we all know, football is a funny game

Euro 2008: Group C - Italy v France
16-Jun-2008
France can avenge their World Cup final defeat to Italy two years ago by overcoming Roberto Donadoni's side in their decisive group match in Zurich on Tuesday night.

Scolari will want his side to maintain their winning form

Euro 2008: Group A last round betting
14-Jun-2008
Don't fall for the temptation to hand co-hosts Switzerland a shock win against already-qualified Portugal at Basel in the last round of Group A matches. Luis Felipe Scolari may rest a lot of his first-team stars but the replacements will still be too good for the Swiss

Podolski will hope to add to his opening double against Croatia

Euro 2008: Group B second round betting
12-Jun-2008
Germany are a standout 4/5 to continue where they left off against Poland in Group B and clinch their second win of Euro 2008 against Croatia on Thursday at the Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt

Euro 2008: Group C second round betting
12-Jun-2008
After falling victim to the Dutch and being on the wrong end of the tournaments biggest upset, Italian manager Roberto Donadoni has been lambasted in the Italian press for his utterly ridiculous team-selection in the previous match

Euro 2008: Group A Second Round Betting
10-Jun-2008
Betting on the first group stage games in a major tournament is always a bit challenging, because even if you watched an entire team through the qualifiers, there is absolutely no guarantee that they will actually play that well come Matchday One (Poland, I am looking in your direction).

EURO 2008 with BETFAIR £25 FREE BET
09-Jun-2008
Euro 2008 is here. The tournament the final takes place on June 29 and while there are no home nations in the running there are still plenty of Euro 2008 betting opportunites before the European champion are crowned.

Luca Toni privodes the focal point for the Italy attack

Euro 2008: Group C first round betting
09-Jun-2008
World champions Italy start their campaign in the Group of Death against Holland at the bizarrely named Stade de Suisse Wankdorf at 7.45pm tonight knowing that there have been no shocks in the group matches so far and that the Dutch have not beaten them for 30 years

Euro 2008: Group D first round betting
09-Jun-2008
Greece surprised everybody at the last European Championships and managed to grind out the victories (and eventually the trophy) by winning the ugliest matches you've ever seen, most of them by a 1-0 scoreline

Euro 2008 Matchday 2 Betting
08-Jun-2008
Austria are, statistically, the least likely team to win the tournament by a big margin. Currently sitting around 210/1. Austria has never been in the European championship before and they didn't even really qualify.

Euro 2008 Opening Fixtures Betting
07-Jun-2008

The opening fixture for Euro 2008 has a 2-0 win to the Czechs written all over it. The Czechs are the perennial squad that puts in good, physical performances but can't maintain them long enough to actually win a tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo spearheads the Portugal challenge at Euro 2008

Euro 2008 preview: Football betting tips
05-Jun-2008
The European football championships are upon us on 7 June and a quick glance at the revised tournament format reveals why two sides stand out in the outright betting like a winking, goalscoring phenomenon with a dodgy, greasy haircut and a ruthless, steely-eyed midfielder who takes penalties for fun.

Torres is a goal threat for Spain at Euro 2008

Euro 2008: Group betting - football tips
04-Jun-2008
When it comes to tipping a winner for Euro2008 there are several countries that come into the equation, but for anyone looking for a more sure thing, group betting offers a far more straightforward opportunity to make money

Back Steven Gerrard for first goalscorer

T&T vs England: Football friendly tips
30-May-2008
England take on Trinidad & Tobago in a non-sensical post-season friendly on Sunday (ko 22:30), looking to make it two wins in four days over mediocre opposition.

Mourinho to return: Football betting latest
27-May-2008
The Special One, Jose Mourinho, is 7/1 to make a sensational comeback to Stamford Bridge to replace the man that replaced him at the beginning of last season Avram Grant.

John Terry is England captain against USA

England v USA: Football friendly tips
27-May-2008
When it comes to England friendlies the general rule of thumb is avoid them like the plague. This time around, though, Fabio Capello's men have more reason than usual to go for the win – and they can be trusted to do just that against USA on Wednesday night.

Phil Brown is hoping to guide Hull into the Premier League

Hull vs Bristol City: Playoff final betting
23-May-2008
Hull City are a best priced 7/5 to reach the promised land of the Premier League by beating Bristol City in the Championship Play-Off final this Saturday but if the bookies prices are anything to go by it'll be Gary Johnson's men who will be celebrating at Wembley.

United are 6/1 to win next seasons Champions League

United favourites for repeat success: football betting
22-May-2008
After winning the third European title in their history in Moscow on Tuesday night, Manchester United are now 6/1 favourites to win next season's Champions League.

Can Chelsea win the Champions League for the first time?

Man Utd vs Chelsea: Champions League final tips
20-May-2008
Quite why the bookies make Manchester United 13/8 favourites to win the Champions League final is a mystery. Having pipped Chelsea to the Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson's side have an excellent chance of winning their third European Cup, especially as they go into the final in Moscow with no notable injury concerns.

Portsmouth vs Cardiff City: FA Cup Final tips
16-May-2008
Given that they finished 12th in the Championship, have only managed one win in their last four matches and are facing a Portsmouth side that have just completed the most successful season in their history, there is no real reason to suppose that Cardiff will shock Portsmouth in the FA Cup final at odds of 4/1.

Barry Ferguson is key to Rangers in the Uefa Cup Final

Zenit vs Rangers: Uefa Cup final tips
14-May-2008
Rangers line up against Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday night in what is probably the most bizarre Uefa Cup final match-up since Gothenburg beat Dundee Utd back in 1987.

Ronaldo scored 31 goals in the Premier League this season

Ronaldo joint favourite for next season's Golden Boot
13-May-2008
Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo capped a remarkable scoring record in this season's Premier League with another goal on Sunday to finish seven clear in the Golden Boot race, but he is only joint favourite to top next season's Premier League charts.