I'll admit that I only backed them having seen your post, I didn't imagine they'd be such a big price.

Fingers crossed then as I did get 12/1 and have tickets to the final and was dreading a Wigan v Saints one. Now I can go as a fully fledged glory hunting Huddersfield fan with a vested interest in the result.



Then again I have seen Huddersfield (albeit Town) before at Wembley....the swans beat them in the autoglass final in 1994

You can say that again:...





Nani (14/1) [iFirst Goalscorer[/i...

Brett Hodgson (14/1) [iFirst Try Scorer[/i...

Huddersfield Giants (5/6) [i+8.5 Handicap[/i...

Chelsea (1/1) [iTo Win On Penalties[/i...



Not the biggest of stakes but you can't argue with profit!...

Nice

You sure chelsea were evens to win on pens? I got 8/1 on both teams winning on pens.

Yeah it was [iIn-Running[/i before the first penalty was taken Man United were (8/11) IIRC...

Tonights Speedway



Coventry -2 with Ladbrokes will do for me



Belle Vue have problems and a rider making his debut and tend to lose at home to the better sides Coventry won their earlier in the season, Swindon have won there twice,





It will be close so avoid Coventry -6 with Stan James as if they do win it will probably go down to the last race (as Cov v Wolves did on Friday when Cov bottled it and ended up only drawing).



Think they will want to put that right and Harris and Kennet rode ok in the pairs at Eastbourne on Saturday.



Not as strong a hunch as usual with Coventry but if they are to be champions this is a contest they should be winning and fingers crossed it will be by more than 3 points!!!!

More Speedway



Ricky Wells is worth a quid or two at 16/1 (Skybet) to win heat 2 as he beat both Wolves reserves in the equivalent race on Friday and while he might well follow team mate Ben Barker home again it is worth the risk he can get in front and stay there at such generous odds.

Going with -4 on SkyBet what do you think?...

Tricky as they have to win by 5 for you to win. I'd actually go win only (4/7) at that mark and perhaps put it in a double with a single football bet or such like as I can well see Coventry winning by a very tight margin.









BTW can not really lose today mind you as got 2 free season tickets today off Blue Square for Ilkeston games and the misses got 2 for Tamworth so going to be doing a fair few non league bets on what I see watching those 2 teams





Ilkeston to beat cash strapped Redditch tomorrow looks good to me .

I am biased but Dagenham seem to have a decent chance against Cardiff tomorrow. Cardiff have lost more than half their first team due to international call ups, so the 7-1 on offer from Skybet looks worth having IMO.

Oh well mate can't win them all!, It's a Shame none of the other riders from what i saw helped out Chris Harris...

Track conditions did not help.....



New speedway rule for me never back the away team if the weather has been bad in the run up to the meeting as the home lads seem to take it on the chin and the away team use it as an excuse to be crap.

I'm gonna start a petition to get the last betting thread re-opened again as I had some great success on there, this one is going pear shaped for me.





May have a look tonight for some value in the pop and crisps cup, as it's usually the case that there's plenty of dodgy results..

[uAldershot Town[/u (7/2) against a Rickie Lambert[size=75[iless[/i[/size [iBristol Rovers[/i...

Bristol Rovers, West Brom, QPR, Milwall, Tranmere, Peterborough and Norwich... £5 accy pays 381.66

Anyone with a SkyBet account do not miss 11/10 Blyth Spartans to beat Redditch on Saturday.



Redditch were very poor last night against an average Ilkeston side and without their keeper being in top form they would have been stuffed.



Blyth have had a hard start playing Telford and Southport but will find Redditch much more to their liking and should win at a canter.

Anyone played the golf?



Backed big hitting Alvaro Quiros from my adopted home town in the USPGA this week - long course should suit him and he has the longest average driving distance in the comp.



6/1 Top Spaniard

200/1 Outright

40/1 Top European

I'm turning 18 in the next couple of weeks and am looking to get an online account going.



I'll only be looking at small bets and it will mainly just be for football accys that I'll be putting on, but may have occasional bets on cricket, Tennis/Golf majors and on the rugby as well.



I'm sure they're all much of a muchness but where would the regulars recommend I set up an account?



Cheers.

Would say Coral, Stan James, Hills are the best firms to bet with. Would advise you open up at least 8 or 9 accounts and just take the best price on your fancies - don't stick to just one firm as taking under the odds is like paying £1.40 for a loaf of bread in Tesco when you can get the same loaf next door for £1.20 - why bother?



Skybet are good for RL handicaps on the lower league stuff and Bet365 are good unless you fancy getting more than £25 in which case you're screwed





Get a Betfair account too and read up on Asian Handicaps - the future of football betting.



If you need any advice etc. PM me.



Good Luck





Martin

I do believe you posted that Betdaq was superior to betfair not long back.

It depends if you come into the "premium charge" bracket

Which most of us can only dream about.





At the end of the day if you're a successful punter you will pay for it, with charges on sites like betfair and by being banned from the bigboys.



As long as you're seen to be adding to their profits you'll be ok.



I'd suggest Coral for football, it seems 9 times out of 10 when I pick an acca out and work out which bookie pays the most it's Coral.



Finally on a betting note, just a mention for the absolute master that is Sir Mark Prescott, is there a better trainer for placing horses than Sir Mark?



He's done it again with Point Of Light... 5 wins in the space of 18 days, also Brett Vale hacked up tonight (costing me dear as I had the runner up) and looks another to keep on the right side of. The man's an absolute genius...

Anyone every done a £10 to £1000 challenge?





Bet 1 - £10 @ evens = £20

Bet 2 - £20 @ evens = £40

Bet 3 - £40 @ evens = £80

Bet 4 - £80 @ evens = £160

Bet 5 - £160 @ evens = £320

Bet 6 - £320 @ evens = £640

Bet 7 - £640 @ 4/6 = £1,040



What you reckon lads?

anyone got money on us pga?