Wales v Georgia Betting
WALES v GEORGIA BETTING – 20th AUGUST
Wales’ friendly against Georgia will go ahead as planned at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, on 20th August, after travel difficulties involving visas were resolved. The Georgians had problems getting their documents because the British Embassy in Tbilisi was closed, due to the recent hostilities with Russia. However, the British Embassy in Azerbaijan was able to process the applications and the Georgians travel to Wales as planned. pullquote Wales are 8/13 favourites with Skybet endpullquote, with the 1-0 home win priced at 11/2 with the same firm.
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‘Keeper Lewis Price is unavailable due to a cartilage operation, so young Chelsea goalkeeper Rhys Taylor has received his first call-up for the Senior Wales squad. He has been…
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Will England Qualify for the 2010 World Cup
WILL ENGLAND QUALIFY FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP
Bet365 have England at 1/4 to qualify and 11/4 to fail.
The Football Association has set England coach Fabio Capello the target of reaching at least the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup or Euro 2012. It is one of a series of ambitious aims set out by the FA in a wide-ranging review. The governing body also plans to appoint an international performance director and has given the go-ahead to the National Football Centre. The review, believed to be the most extensive ever carried out by the FA, was ordered following England’s failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
Fabio Capello has only been at the helm for a short period, but the FA document “Vision 2008-2012″ makes it…
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World Cup Betting – bet on the 2010 World Cup
WORLD CUP BETTING – BET ON THE 2010 WORLD CUP
For betting purposes, it seems safe to rule out Africa, Asia and Oceania as suppliers of the 2010 World Cup winners, along with hosts South Africa. This leaves South America and Europe upon which to concentrate. Four teams from ten qualify from the CONMEBOL (South America), with the fifth-placed side involved in a playoff with a CONCACAF (Caribbean, Central and North American Confederation) nation. The nine European group winners qualify automatically, with the best eight runners-up involved in two-legged playoffs to determine the other four qualifiers, i.e. 13 in all.
South America
One third (6 out of 18) of the qualifying matches in the have already been played in South America. Paraguay surprisingly tops the group with 13…
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Coca-Cola League Two Preview 2008/09
FOOTBALL – LEAGUE TWO 2008-09 SEASON PREVIEW
League Two looks to be the most open division of all, with bookmakers going 9/1 the field and nine teams at 12/1 or less to win the title. A new-look Darlington, at 10/1, heads the shortlist, with last season’s 5th placed Rochdale a close second at 12/1 and Wycombe not that far behind, at the same price. The title shortlist is completed by relegated Port Vale, at 14/1 and Lincoln at a speculative 25/1.
The battle for promotion places looks equally competitive, with seven teams priced at 3/1 or less to be playing League One football next season. Aldershot Town made a nonsense of the Blue Square Premier last season and are fancied to be leading promotion contenders, at least (11/2 for…
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Coca-Cola League One Preview 2008/09
FOOTBALL – LEAGUE ONE 2008-09 SEASON PREVIEW
Coca-Cola League One seems another fairly open contest, though there is one outstanding side in the race for the title. Leeds United, having started the 2007-08 season on -15 points by virtue of being in administration. However, Leeds won 27 of their 46 games, with 10 draws and only 9 losses, finishing 5th. Starting on equal terms, they will be considered certainties by many and SkyBet’s 7/2 to win the League and Evens about promotion both look tempting. However, a word of warning – your correspondent has been a fan for close to 40 years and Leeds’ ability to surprise comes as no great shock, ranging from last year’s “nearly promotion” season from an “impossible” position, to the 1-0 loss to Bob Stokoe’s…
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Coca-Cola Championship Preview 2008/09
FOOTBALL – CHAMPIONSHIP 2008-09 SEASON PREVIEW
Whereas the Premiership can be whittled down to a small number of serious contenders (at least at the top end) the Championship is a different story entirely. The 2008-09 Championship looks, on paper at least, to be one of the most competitive ever. A great level of expectation surrounds clubs such as Queens Park Rangers and beaten play-off semi-finalists Crystal Palace. The favourites, QPR, are still something of an unknown quantity. They have plenty of financial clout, but from a punting perspective, Iain Dowie’s presence is offputting.
Relegated Birmingham and Reading have the quality to be promotion contenders, while Crystal Palace and Watford both have managers who have taken sides up to the Premier League. Ipswich, Sheffield United and Wolves ended last season…
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Who’s going to win Euro 2008?
WHO IS GOING TO WIN EURO 2008?
The tournament that all of England has been waiting for with gritted teeth (Thanks once again Steve McClaren for saving us the agony of another Quarter Final exit on penalties) kicks off on Saturday, and having already previewed each team’s individual strengths and weaknesses, we now look at who the likely winners are going to be – And it’s a case of the usual suspects, but there are more than a few dark horses (with tempting odds) circling with intent – Let’s not forget Euro 2004 was won by 100/1 “nobodies” Greece – Surely it can’t happen again…
Group Winners
Group A
Portugal were…
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Euro 2008 Team Preview: Spain
FOOTBALL – Euro 2008 Team Preview – SPAIN
6/1 with SkyBet to win Euro 2008.
Evs with 888sport to win Qualifying Group D (includes Greece, Sweden and Russia).
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Past Championships
The Spanish national side seems cursed at World Cups and European Championships, more often than not starting amongst the pre-tournament favourites, and then struggling to qualify or capitulating at the quarter-final stage. They seem to prove the point that a squad…
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