Matt’s Journal

If you are familiar with your football, you would have known that there were a number of English teams in action in the UEFA Cup. Tottenham (my team), Everton and Bolton were in action and were all live on terrestrial television. Coming in from work with only thirty minutes left in the Tottenham game, I staked £30 at odds of 2/1 on the score to stay as it was, 2-0. Secretly hoping that they wouldn’t score, I held on to the sofa as Tottenham stuttered to win me £30.

The Everton match was a cagy game, whilst Everton dominated proceedings, Betfair still gave odds of 3/1 for an Everton win so with Katie and her dad’s opinion, I stuck on £15 on the win. What do you know? Everton win 2-0!

All in all, I was up over £50, taking my betting balance well over £100. I withdrew £20 into my account and will use the rest of my balance to bet on clever bets, taking out my winnings on each bet. Hopefully it will make me some extra dollar each week.

We win something, we are the greatest, we lose and we are hated for all eternity. This is the rollercoaster ride that is english sport.

After this weekend, we have something to be happy about. The English football team did what they should have done and won and easy fixture against a weak Estonian team. The big news however, was that the England rugby team against all odds defeated a much fancied French team to reach the Rugby World Cup Final, putting themselves in the unique position to be the first team to successfully retain their title. This albeit against the same South African team that beat them 36-0 earlier in the tournament.

Luckily I am in the position to profit from this occasion, I had staked £2 on England to win the World Cup just after their defeat to SA, when the odds were 50-1, so I stand to win £100, I just wish I had staked higher! I also had put £2 on SA at odds of 6-1, so I am able to win even if England lose!

Good luck to the boys, I will be watching the game with great anticipation!