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Beat the Bookies: Week 40

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 09/05/2013

TWO big wins last week lifted the profit for the season to nearly £800, a return of around 40%. Leeds and Aidrie both came up with unexpected away wins at big prices, and we at Beat the Bookies reaped the benefits.

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Premier League

  • Everton v West Ham - away win (8.2, Marathon). It's a strange time at Everton with David Moyes set to leave, and it could work either way. Either they'll roll over West Ham in a triumphant finale to the Moyes era, or they'll be unsettled and lose to a West Ham side who have hardly lost for the last few games. At this price it's worth speculating that Everton will whimper out of the final games under David Moyes.

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  • Salisbury v Dover - away win (3.15, Marathon). Dover have a fantastic away record, it's much better than their home form. They won the first play-off game comfortably at Eastleigh, before losing the home leg and being forced to penalties. Having said that Salisbury's home form is very good, so it won't be easy, but Dover's form in the run-in to the play-offs has definitely edged Salisbury's.

    Scottish Premier League

  • Celtic v St Johnstone - away win (8.0, Sky Bet). Celtic have wrapped up the trophy so the rest of the season is party time. The truth is they have already been in second year for some time and have limped to the line if anything. Saints have a better record over the last six games than do Celtic, and they've got plenty of motivation (if it were needed to play at Parkhead) as they can still finish third.

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    Previous Fixed Odds Bets (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

    DateBetOddsProfit/Loss
    02/05Hull v Cardiff - away win4.25£-10.00
    02/05Sheff Wed v Middlesbrough - away win4.75£-10.00
    02/05Watford v Leeds - away win9.50£85.00
    02/05Dunfermline v Airdrie Utd - away win9.10£81.00
    25/04Rotherham v Aldershot - away win10.00£-10.00
    25/04Man City v West Ham - away win12.00£-10.00
    25/04Brentford v Doncaster - away win4.20£32.00
    25/04Morton v Hamilton - away win4.50£35.00
    18/04Watford v Blackburn - away win4.60£-10.00
    18/04Rangers v Peterhead - away win11.00£100.00
    18/04Mansfield v Wrexham - away win7.50£-10.00
    12/04Leicester v Birmingham - away win5.81£-10.00
    12/04Brentford v Portsmouth - away win6.25£-10.00
    12/04Tranmere v Hartlepool - away win5.00£40.00
    12/04Southend v Bristol Rovers - away win3.55£-10.00
    12/04Luton v Grimsby - over 4.5 goals6.35£-10.00
    12/04Burton Albion v Plymouth - away win4.60£-10.00
    04/04Kidderminster v Lincoln City - away win7.50£-10.00
    04/04Gillingham v Torquay - away win5.75£-10.00
    04/04Yeovil v Shrewsbury - away win4.80£-10.00
    04/04Burnley v Bristol City - away win4.33£-10.00
    29/03Preston v Portsmouth - away win5.75£-10.00
    29/03Northampton v Torquay - away win4.75£-10.00
    29/03Grimsby v Barrow - away win6.50£-10.00
    29/03Man City v Newcastle - away win12.35£-10.00
    21/03Swindon v Notts County - away win6.25£-10.00
    21/03Brentford v Preston - away win4.33£-10.00
    21/03Gillingham v Accrington Stanley - away win7.00£-10.00
    21/03Fleetwood Town v Dag & Red - away win4.01£-10.00
    21/03Port Vale v Aldershot - away win5.50£0.00
    21/03Bradford v Bristol Rovers - away win4.00£0.00
    21/03Grimsby v Wrexham - Wrexham to win by 2 or more5.50£-10.00
    21/03Dunfermline v Dumbarton- away win4.50£35.00
    14/03Sheff Wed v Cardiff - home win3.20£-10.00
    14/03Doncaster v Portsmouth - away win7.00£-10.00
    14/03Brentford v Preston - away win4.33£-10.00
    14/03Accrington Stanley v Barnet - away win3.05£-10.00
    14/03Woking v AFC Telford - away win5.00£-10.00
    07/03Reading v Aston Villa - away win3.16£21.60
    07/03Leicester v Sheff Wed - away win6.00£50.00
    07/03Bournemouth v Doncaster - away win4.50£35.00
    07/03Swindon v Walsall - away win5.77£-10.00
    07/03Fleetwood Town v Exeter - away win3.27£-10.00
    07/03Rochdale v Wycombe - away win3.23£-10.00
    01/03Blackpool v Bristol City - away win5.75£-10.00
    01/03Swansea v Newcastle - away win3.88£-10.00
    01/03Doncaster v Hartlepool - away win5.00£-10.00
    01/03Cheltenham v AFC Wimbledon - away win5.00£-10.00
    01/03Gateshead v Braintree Town - Away Win3.40£24.00
    01/03Macclesfield v Grimsby - Draw3.40£0.00
    01/03Brighton v Huddersfield - away win6.00£-10.00
    21/02West Brom v Sunderland - away win4.65£-10.00
    21/02Brentford v Walsall - away win4.89£-10.00
    21/02Bournemouth v Sheffield Utd - away win3.60£26.00
    21/02Dag & Red v AFC Wimbledon - away win4.26£32.60
    21/02Grimsby v Dartford - Over 4.5 goals4.65£-10.00
    14/02Cardiff v Bristol City - away win7.50£-10.00
    14/02Tranmere v Shrewsbury - away win4.60£36.00
    14/02Bury v Coventry - away win2.40£14.00
    14/02York v Barnet - away win4.20£32.00
    14/02Grimsby v Dartford - away win6.20£-10.00
    14/02Arsenal v Blackburn - away win12.50£115.00
    07/02Stoke v Reading - away win4.60£-10.00
    07/02Notts County v Crewe - away win3.75£-10.00
    07/02Chesterfield v AFC Wimbledon - away win5.00£-10.00
    07/02Newport County v Tamworth - away win5.20£-10.00
    01/02Reading v Sunderland - away win31.00£-10.00
    01/02Blackpool v Barnsley - away win5.25£42.50
    01/02Blackburn v Bristol City - away win5.54£-10.00
    01/02Watford v Bolton - away win3.60£-10.00
    01/02Rotherham v Northampton - away win4.00£-10.00
    01/02Forest Green v Wrexham - away win3.00£-10.00
    24/01Bournemouth v Crewe - away win5.58£-10.00
    24/01Bradford v Wycombe - away win5.12£0.00
    24/013.44.35£-10.00
    24/01Reading v Sheffield United - away win6.00£-10.00
    24/01QPR v MK Dons - away win6.00£50.00
    18/01Liverpool v Norwich - away win11.00£-10.00
    18/01West Brom v Aston Villa5.50£-10.00
    18/01Wigan v Sunderland - away win3.88£28.80
    11/01Norwich v Newcastle - away win3.50£-10.00
    11/01Hull v Sheff Wed - away win6.03£50.30
    11/01Stevenage v Doncaster - away win2.75£17.50
    11/01Rotherham v Barnet - away win7.50£65.00
    11/01Bradford v Oxford Utd - away win4.06£30.60
    11/01Gateshead v Barrow - away win5.50£0.00
    11/01Sutton v Wrexham - home win6.20£-10.00
    11/01Dartford v Bromley - away win6.00£-10.00
    03/01Hull City v Leyton Orient - away win9.00£-10.00
    03/01Southampton v Chelsea - home win5.50£-10.00
    03/01West Ham United v Manchester United - home win5.50£-10.00
    03/01Gateshead v Nuneaton - away win4.90£-10.00
    03/01Kidderminster v Barrow - away win7.00£-10.00
    27/12Southport v Hyde - away win3.15£21.50
    27/12Dartford v Cambridge Utd - away win3.20£-10.00
    27/12Exeter v Barnet - away win4.80£-10.00
    27/12Rotherham v Accrington Stanley - away win6.60£-10.00
    27/12MK Dons v Coventry - away win4.41£34.10
    27/12Fulham v Swansea - away win3.65£26.50
    27/12Arsenal v Newcastle - away win9.00£-10.00
    27/12Stoke v Southampton - away win5.20£-10.00
    20/12Bury v Shrewsbury - away win3.21£-10.00
    14/12Liverpool v Aston Villa - away win10.19£91.90
    14/12Doncaster v Coventry - away win3.25£22.50
    14/12Accrington Stanley v Wycombe - away win3.10£21.00
    14/12Woking -1.5 v Welling United - home win (AH)3.70£-10.00
    14/12Dartford v Tonbridge - away win6.00£-10.00
    14/12Hayes & Yeading v Dover - away win2.00£10.00
    07/12Fulham v Newcastle - away win4.75£-10.00
    07/12Leicester v Derby - away win5.91£-10.00
    07/12Swindon v Doncaster - away win4.26£-10.00
    07/12Forest Green v Macclesfield - away win4.33£-10.00
    07/12Grimsby v Tamworth - draw4.31£-10.00
    07/12Luton v Alfreton Town - away win6.50£-10.00
    07/12Woking v Stockport - over 4.5 goals4.75£-10.00
    30/11West Ham v Chelsea - home win4.30£33.00
    30/11Liverpool v Southampton - away win9.00£-10.00
    30/11Oldham v Doncaster - away win5.50£-10.00
    30/11Crawley v Chelmsford - away win8.50£-10.00
    23/11Tottenham v West Ham - away win6.28£-10.00
    23/11Barnsley v Cardiff - away win2.24£12.40
    23/11Walsall v Hartlepool - away win4.70£-10.00
    23/11Cheltenham v Barnet - away win5.50£-10.00
    23/11Woking v Farnborough - away win5.15£-10.00
    23/11Stafford v Southport - home win3.75£-10.00
    16/11Norwich v Man Utd - home win8.00£70.00
    16/11Man City v Aston Villa - away win (DNB)13.00£-10.00
    16/11Gillingham v Morecambe - away win6.00£-10.00
    16/11Rotherham v Cheltenham - away win4.20£-10.00
    08/11Tamworth v AFC Telford - away win3.25£-10.00
    08/11Forest Green v Stockport - away win5.09£-10.00
    08/11Cheltenham v Burton Albion - away win4.75£-10.00
    08/11Reading v Norwich - away win3.40£-10.00
    08/11Everton v Sunderland - away win8.60£-10.00
    01/11Liverpool v Newcastle - away win6.90£-10.00
    01/11Sheff Wed v Peterborough - away win4.60£-10.00
    01/11Swindon v Macclesfield - away win11.00£100.00
    01/11Aldershot v Hendon - away win10.00£-10.00
    01/11Cambridge C v MK Dons - home win11.00£-10.00
    25/10Stoke v Sunderland - away win4.57£-10.00
    25/10Tranmere v Preston - away win3.75£-10.00
    25/10Leicester v Crystal Palace - away win7.11£61.10
    25/10Chesterfield v Barnet - away win6.20£52.00
    25/10Dartford v Mansfield - away win3.15£-10.00
    19/10Brighton v Middlesbrough - away win5.60£46.00
    19/10Fleetwood Town v AFC Wimbledon - away win6.50£-10.00
    19/10Forest Green v Dartford - away win5.00£-10.00
    19/10Grimsby v Kidderminster - draw3.60£-10.00
    19/10Woking v Ebbsfleet - away win4.20£32.00
    12/10Telford Utd vs Grimsby Town - draw3.52£-10.00
    12/10Bournemouth v Leyton Orient - away win4.31£-10.00
    12/10Fleetwood Town v Wycombe - away win5.82£48.20
    12/10Gateshead v Cambridge Utd - away win3.44£-10.00
    12/10Eastbourne Borough v Sutton Utd - draw3.60£-10.00
    05/10Sutton Utd v Tonbridge - draw3.50£25.00
    05/10Man City v Sunderland - draw or away win4.10£-10.00
    05/10Blackpool v Charlton - away win5.60£46.00
    05/10MK Dons v Portsmouth - away win8.00£-10.00
    05/10Notts County v Tranmere - away win3.60£26.00
    05/10Morecambe v Burton Albion - away win2.75£-10.00
    05/10Hereford v Stockport - away win3.96£29.60
    28/09Fulham v Man City - home win4.80£-10.00
    28/09Reading v Newcastle - away win2.50£-10.00
    28/09Bournemouth v Walsall - away win5.56£45.60
    28/09Stockport v Ebbsfleet United - home win2.30£13.00
    28/09Forest Green v Lincoln City - draw4.33£-10.00
    28/09Dover v Maidenhead Utd - away win4.33£-10.00
    21/09Liverpool v Man Utd - away win2.79£17.90
    21/09Leicester v Hull - away win4.19£-10.00
    21/09Walsall v Preston - away win2.50£-10.00
    21/09Crawley Town v Tranmere - away win3.75£27.50
    21/09Braintree Town v Stockport - away win6.00£-10.00
    12/09Reading v Tottenham - home win4.00£-10.00
    12/09Sunderland v Liverpool - home win3.60£-10.00
    12/09Shrewsbury v Scunthorpe - home win1.93£-10.00
    12/09Brighton v Sheff Wed - away win4.00£-10.00
    12/09Stevenage v Crewe - away win5.52£-10.00
    12/09Forest Green v Alfreton Town - away win (DNB)4.33£0.00
    06/09Dover v Hayes & Yeading - home win1.95£-10.00
    06/09AFC Telford v Lincoln City - home win2.20£-10.00
    06/09Northampton v AFC Wimbledon - home win1.83£8.33
    31/08Southampton v Man Utd - home win6.80£-10.00
    31/08Man City v QPR - Draw8.00£-10.00
    31/08Swansea v Sunderland - away win3.67£-10.00
    31/08Hartlepool v Scunthorpe - home win2.20£12.00
    31/08Tranmere v Colchester - home win2.05£10.50
    31/08Fleetwood Town v Aldershot - away win5.25£-10.00
    24/08Aldershot v Cheltenham - away win3.10£21.00
    24/08Chelsea v Newcastle - draw4.52£-10.00
    24/08Charlton v Hull - home win2.40£-10.00
    24/08Scunthorpe v Yeovil - away win3.75£27.50
    24/08Shrewsbury v Tranmere - away win3.10£-10.00
    24/08Lincoln City v Macclesfield - home win3.00£-10.00
    17/08Crawley Town v Scunthorpe - home win2.10£11.00
    17/08Grimsby v Nuneaton - Grimsby to win by 3 or more4.80£-10.00
    17/08Reading v Stoke - draw3.40£24.00
    10/08Hereford v Macclesfield - home win2.42£14.20
    10/08Lincoln City v Kidderminster - home2.83£18.30
    10/08Southport v Grimsby - home win2.97£-10.00
    Premier Total £33.70
    Champ Total £243.30
    L1 Total £167.20
    L2 Total £80.73
    BSP Total £-129.40
    BSS Total £-15.00
    Scotland Total £251.00
    Cups Total £147.00
    Grand Total £778.53

    2012 Summer Record (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

    CompetitionProfit/Loss
    Rugby League Total£43.10
    Tennis Total£-30.80
    Euro 2012 Total-£15.00
    Cricket Total£21.00
    Baseball Total-£10.00
    Olympics Total£27.50
    Grand Total£37.80

    2011-2012 Record (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

    CompetitionProfit/Loss
    Premier Total£-170.60
    Champ Total£-24.90
    L1 Total£4.88
    L2 Total£198.80
    BSP Total£-83.00
    BSS Total£111.80
    Cups Total£21.85
    Grand Total£58.83

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