Winna Winna...Chicky Dinna!!

[Jellybean]

Just a quick note to the guys who provided the footy bets for last weekend.

Despite the disappointment of Leyton Orient & Sheff Utd only managing a draw I still managed to get 5 ducks in a row with Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Accrington & Hamilton.

Anyone know how much I won for a £5 accumulator??

 

[TightEnd]

No, how much Jellybean?

did you need 6 for a payout or was 5 enough?

[Jellybean]

5 was enough.

I'm down the bookies in about an hour to collect!

I'll report back after lunch. I expect around £70-£80 back though.

Apparently Leyton Orient WERE winning against Stockport but conceded a late equalizer which would have given me 6 out of 7 and as for Sheff Utd (top v bottom) well who'd have believed THAT scoreline!

Bit of a bummer really.

[TightEnd]

there is always one certainty that trips up, always


anyway reminds me of a semi famous geezer in betting circles who is callled the "carrier bag man", name is Roger something

his modus operandi is to back virtual certainties as the return he gets exceeds the return the cash is making in the building society...ie £8000 on to win £1000 that sort of thing

He walks into the betting shop with the loot in a tatty old carrier bag and puts his bet on

Now this strategy generally works fine but one day a couple of years ago he came seriously unstuck when one of the big two Scottish teams, Celtic I think, lost to Inverness Caledonian thistle and he did his dough at long odds on...which is why Building Societies exist and bookies drive round in 7 series beamers I suppose.

the game inspired the immortal Sun Headline

"SuperCaleyareFantasticCelticareAtrocious"   


anyway, well done!

[redsimon]

Looking at the odds in the other thread:

Accrington 1.5
Arsenal 1.83
Hamilton 1.57
Chelsea 1.33
Man Utd 1.67

£5 acca £47.85...so possibly £50 if you got better odds as these are just approximations. Nice to get something back

Shows I must be bored, waiting for delivery of my dialysis stuff, daytime TV sucks

[Jellybean]

Just been down the bookies and collected something a little shy of £42...can that be right?

Anyway I'll be reading this weekends tips again with interest...Looks like Man Utd, Chelsea, Burnley, Huddersfield, Accrington, Celtic, Ross County.

[raab11]

tightend can we agree never to mention THAT inverness result ever again.

LOL

raab

[Ironside]

CALEY CALEY CALEY

i remember that game so fondly and if i was a thistle fan or even a ger i might have pinned the suns report on my bedroom wall, as i am not i only pinned it on the front door of the pub and when it was ripped down i pinned up another one of the 40 copies i bought of the paper that morning

[RFC]

think the headline was

SuperCaleyGoBalisticCelticAreAtrocious

the guy won an award for that too

cant think how it stuck tho 

[raab11]

you are right rfc
unfortunately that headline is ingrained in my mind

[Teacake]

I couldnt make the game that night & was convinced my TV was gubbed when the score came up on Teletext   

Every cloud has a silver lining tho as we got rid of Barnes after that game & the Sainted Martin was appointed in the summer 

Wullie that must have been around the last time you lot won a game 

Sorry buddy, couldnt resist 

[vampitup]

there is always one certainty that trips up, always


anyway reminds me of a semi famous geezer in betting circles who is callled the "carrier bag man", name is Roger something

his modus operandi is to back virtual certainties as the return he gets exceeds the return the cash is making in the building society...ie £8000 on to win £1000 that sort of thing

He walks into the betting shop with the loot in a tatty old carrier bag and puts his bet on

Now this strategy generally works fine but one day a couple of years ago he came seriously unstuck when one of the big two Scottish teams, Celtic I think, lost to Inverness Caledonian thistle and he did his dough at long odds on...which is why Building Societies exist and bookies drive round in 7 series beamers I suppose.

the game inspired the immortal Sun Headline

"SuperCaleyareFantasticCelticareAtrocious"   


anyway, well done!

Yeah I know people who do this sort of stuff, buying money basically, but you can seriously get unstuck!

My mate backs horses in running who are miles in front with one fence to go - unfortunately one fell last week!

Also some people got seriously stung on the Spurs game the other year v Man City when Spurs were 3-0 up at half time and Barton had been sent off for Man C, people lumped on Spurs on the exchanges and were seriously out of pocket.

Also some geezer LAID Cardiff by accident when they were 3-0 up v Sheff Wed the other week for 25k, pressed the wrong button!