Probably wouldn't make a difference to me regardless of service, unless I knew the owners personally or was a regular in said pub I wouldn't do anything about it.

Brilliant, only had a couple of quid on each way given your pessimism .

Well done.

I can ring a guy that does all the Euros etc.

They won't be cheap, as you can probably guess, but I'd hope they're not 10 grand, lol.

I've not spoken to him since last year, but will try him over the weekend if you want.

I'm looking for 2 tickets for Matches 38 & 43 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016), if he has any tickets for those would be much appreciated to get a price  

I went through all rounds of the ballots to buy the tickets and wasn't successful, they've all been done now.

As far as I know you're only chance of buying one now will be from a tout.

Really interested in making some small investments over the next 3-6 months, but know completely nothing about the stock market.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to any recommended books for a novice?

Linux Sysadmin by trade, so should be able to help.

Isn't a big part that's missing here that there needs to be at least some evidence to point towards it being you in order for it to be taken to trial?

Yep, watched all 10 over the space of a few days. Can't say too much without spoiling.

Really, really interesting documentary though. I have completely mixed feelings after watching.

I'm in the East Midlands, not sure of any locally myself, if anyone knows any then please link me up. Thanks.

Not sure if there's likely to be anyone who is in need or know of anyone in need from this forum, but I'm not particularly active online and don't have anyone I know personally who is in need.

I've had a good year this year in terms of my personal situation and I'm lucky enough to have been able to buy my first house and clear off all of my debts. I've done all my Christmas shopping for the year and my daughter's got plenty of presents (probably too many!) and I've still got a fair chunk of my usual monthly spends in my current account so looking to pay it forward and buy present(s) for a child who's family aren't in a position to get them much/anything.

If anyone knows anybody who's in need let me know and I'll try and help out . My budget isn't huge but hopefully can help out someone in need.

Mods - Let me know if there's any issues with this.

Really enjoyed the first series, thought that it faded out a bit towards the end as they seemed to drag it out a bit going over the same material.

Not sure how good a second series is going to be, feel like it will be a bit more forced this time around especially given how different/new it was first time.

Based on last year it was around this time of the year, the market on Betway has it being settled on 1st Feb, so possibly a January vote.

The only reason I thought Vardy is that it's a vote by fans which might be swayed by his PL appearances rather than England, considering there's not been too much going on with England this year (aside from Rooney's record obviously).

If that's not the case does Rooney become value in what is essentially a 1-horse race if it's purely based on England games this year?

Not sure what I think about this one but just noticed the odds and thought it may be worth a discussion...

https://sports.betway.com/#/soccer/specials/england-specials

A vote by fans for player of the season, apparently done on the FA website.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_FA_England_Awards

Rooney is the hot favourite (as you'd probably expect with him beating the England goalscoring record), but given short term-ism of fans and how Rooney has been slated left, right and centre since the start of the season...

The only real opposition I can see to him on the list though is Vardy at 20/1, is there enough pull for him to be able to take the vote away from Rooney? Solely based on his PL scoring, obviously not his England performances...

As I say I'm not entirely sure that there's any way it won't be Rooney but thought it was worth raising.

So I've just received a phone-call with on offer from a sportsbook I use, place a £30 bet at more than evens and if it loses receive a free bet to the same value as the losing bet.

What's the correct +ev way to use this?

I would back something at a big price which is slightly under on betfair and lay it for a break even spot after commission.  Massively likely to get the free bet then at no cost to you.  Then use the free bet in the same manner and you have effectively been given £30 in cash for free whether it wins or loses if you like a no risk approach and just want to trouser £30 and have suitable funds to lay a 10/1 shot in bf for £300 liabability.  

If not then just have a bet for £30 which you were going to have anyway.  If it loses and you get a free bet make sure you use the free bet on a biggish price.  10/1 or bigger.  Don't back anything sub 10/1 with it. 

Cheers arbboy, so looking at City v Hull tonight, I can back the draw on that sportsbook for 5.5, so £30 on that returns £165. I can then lay the draw on the exchange at 5.9, a liability of £154.74 gives me a return of £184.74 (£30 profit).

So if it is a draw I've profited a shade over a tenner risk free, if it's not a draw then I've broke even but have got the £30 free bet, sound right?

The Sportsbook will return £150. You don't get back the £30 token when you win. If you did we'd be backing a short priced selection with a high win percentage.

Don't worry we've all had to have this explained to us at some point.

The offer is bet £30 of your own money and if it loses then you get the free bet, so in this case I would get the money back I just wouldn't get the free bet afterwards.

Realise I've mangled the exchange side of it though as my liability would actually be £186.32 not £154.74.

My apologies for misreading that. There's been a lot more pages to catch up on than normal.

No problem, thanks for trying to help anyway 

So I've just received a phone-call with on offer from a sportsbook I use, place a £30 bet at more than evens and if it loses receive a free bet to the same value as the losing bet.

What's the correct +ev way to use this?

I would back something at a big price which is slightly under on betfair and lay it for a break even spot after commission.  Massively likely to get the free bet then at no cost to you.  Then use the free bet in the same manner and you have effectively been given £30 in cash for free whether it wins or loses if you like a no risk approach and just want to trouser £30 and have suitable funds to lay a 10/1 shot in bf for £300 liabability.  

If not then just have a bet for £30 which you were going to have anyway.  If it loses and you get a free bet make sure you use the free bet on a biggish price.  10/1 or bigger.  Don't back anything sub 10/1 with it. 

Cheers arbboy, so looking at City v Hull tonight, I can back the draw on that sportsbook for 5.5, so £30 on that returns £165. I can then lay the draw on the exchange at 5.9, a liability of £154.74 gives me a return of £184.74 (£30 profit).

So if it is a draw I've profited a shade over a tenner risk free, if it's not a draw then I've broke even but have got the £30 free bet, sound right?

The Sportsbook will return £150. You don't get back the £30 token when you win. If you did we'd be backing a short priced selection with a high win percentage.

Don't worry we've all had to have this explained to us at some point.

The offer is bet £30 of your own money and if it loses then you get the free bet, so in this case I would get the money back I just wouldn't get the free bet afterwards.

Realise I've mangled the exchange side of it though as my liability would actually be £186.32 not £154.74.