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Chelsea’s Captain Fantastic (not Terry) 14/1 For England Armband

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FRANK LAMPARD captained 10 man Chelsea to the Champions League Final against Barcelona and William Hill make him 14/1 to wear the armband for England’s first game of the European Championships. However, Steven Gerrard and Scott Parker are the 5/4 joint favourites for the captaincy.

Harry Redknapp is the 1/4 red hot favourite to be named as the next permanent England manager but it is less clear when the FA will announce the appointment of their chosen man. William Hill make it 1/3 that the new manager will take his first press conference between the end of the Premier League and England’s first game at the Euros.

“Redknapp is the red hot favourite for the England job as far as our punters are concerned but no one quite knows when the appointment will be made,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

CHELSEA fantastically drew with Barcelona with ten men and William Hill make the Blues 7/4 to lift the trophy. With John Terry getting sent off and going 2-0 down, the Blues were as long as 20/1 to qualify from the tie. The mastermind behind the victory, Roberto Di Matteo, is in to 4/5 from 7/4 to become the next permanent Chelsea boss. Chelsea will be up against it in the Final having four players ruled out by suspension but Hills make Michael Essien 1/2, Bosingwa 1/5 and Torres 2/1 to start in Munich.

BARCELONA have now failed to win three games in a row, almost unheard of and Hills make Guardiola 5/6 to have left his position by the time the 2012/13 season kicks off.

ASTON VILLA lost on Tuesday to Bolton and William Hill make Alex McLeish 9/2 to have left Villa Park by the start of next season.

Who will captain England for the first game of the European Championships: 5/4 Steven Gerrard; 5/4 Scott Parker; 8/1 Joe Hart; 14/1 Frank Lampard; 33/1 Rio Ferdinand; 33/1 Gareth Barry
*If captain for this game is John Terry then all bets are void

When will Fabio Capello’s permanent replacement have their first official press conference as England manager: 10/3 before the end of the Premier League season; 1/3 between the end of the Premier League season and England’s first game; 20/1 during Euro 2012; 9/2 after Euro 2012

Chelsea players to be there next season:

Lampard: 4/7 yes; 5/4 no
Drogba: 11/10 yes; 4/6 no
Terry: 1/5 yes; 10/3 no
A Cole: 1/7 yes; 4/1 no
Torres: 8/15 yes; 11/8 no

Chelsea players to start the Champions League Final:

Essien: 8/11 yes; Evs no
Torres: 2/1 yes; 4/11 no
Malouda: 2/1 yes; 4/11 no
Sturridge 5/2 yes; 2/7 no
Bosingwa: 1/5 yes; 10/3 no
Drogba: 1/3 yes; 9/4 no

Will Guardiola be at Barca at the start of next season: 5/6 yes; 5/6 no

Who will name the England Euros squad: 13/8 Stuart Pearce; 4/9 someone else

Alex McLeish manager of Villa on the first day of next season: 1/8 yes; 9/2 no

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

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Bent 11/4 For Euros Squad, Gerrard 4/1 To Quit After Tournament

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Darren Bent thinks that he will be fit enough to make the Euros but William Hill do not agree, offering 1/4 he fails to make the squad (11/4 to make it) and 1/9 that he fails to start England’s first match against France (5/1 he does).

Stuart Pearce is keeping his cards close to his chest, refusing to name his captain until tomorrow and William Hill are offering Even money that whoever wears the armband against Holland, does so for England’s first match of the Euros against France (8/11 not to). Steven Gerrard is one of those potentially in line to captain England tomorrow night although his should he get the gig, it could only be a short term arrangement with Hills offering 4/1 that he does not play another game for England after the Euros (1/7 that he does).

“Gerrard has hinted that the Euros could be his final hurrah, but should he guide the side to victory, he could lead the side to Rio in 2014,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

T: 0208 918 3746
M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

William Hill Press Office; Greenside House; 50 Station Road; Wood Green; London; N22 7TP

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9/4 Terry To Skipper England At Euros And World Cup

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9/4 TERRY TO SKIPPER ENGLAND AT EUROS AND WORLD CUP

WILLIAM HILL make John Terry 9/4 favourite to captain England in BOTH their opening game of the Euro 12 Finals and the first 2014 World Cup qualifying game. ‘John Terry is in possession of the armband at the moment but is getting no younger, and a new manager may well wish to make changes’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

William Hill: England Captain 1st Game Euro 2012
John Terry 6/4
Rio Ferdinand 10/3
Frank Lampard 9/2
Steven Gerrard 5/1
Gareth Barry 7/1
Scott Parker 11/1
Ashley Cole 16/1
Joe Hart 16/1
Others on request.

England captain in 1st World Cp 2014 qualifier:

7/4 Terry; 4/1 Ferdinand; Rooney; 6/1 Gerrard; 8/1 Barry; 10/1 Parker; 16/1 Cole; Hart. Others on request

Graham Sharpe,
Media Relations Director.

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M: 07803 233702
E: gsharpe@williamhill.co.uk
Twitter- @sharpeangle

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Wood Green, London, N22 7TP.

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How Many City Players Will Start For England ? Gerrard To Lose Armband ?

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*******************************ENGLAND EURO SPECIALS*********************

HOW MANY CITY PLAYERS WILL START FOR ENGLAND?

WILLIAM HILL believe Fabio Capello will start THREE Man City players against Montenegro, and make that option their 5/6 favourite – but also offer 25/1 that only one or none will start, 16/1 that five will do so.

‘City are well represented in the squad and it will be interesting to see whether Capello believes it is worth starting as many players as possible who play together for a club side’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

How Many Man City Players To Start vs Montenegro?

0-1
25/1

2
5/2

3
5/6

4
5/2

5
16/1

WILL GERRARD LOSE SKIPPER’S ARMBAND?

AFTER Steven Gerrard led England to win their first two Euro qualifers, William Hill believe Fabio Capello will strip him of the skipper’s armband and hand it back to Rio Ferdinand. Hills offer 1/6 that Rio will start as captain, with gerrard 7/2. ‘It may seem harsh to remove the armband from Gerrard, but Fabio did name Rio as his official captain’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Who Will Captain England vs Montenegro?

Rio Ferdinand 1/6

Steven Gerrard 7/2

ROONEY 1/6 TO START

WILLIAM HILL make Wayne Rooney 1/6 to start for England against Montenegro, and offer 8/11 that he will finish the game if he does. ‘Rooney has been out of form and injured but we still believe Capello will put his straight in the side’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Rooney to start – 1/6 yes; 7/2 no; If he starts, will he finish the game? – 8/11 yes , Evens no (Bets void if he does not start)

To Start vs Montenegro
Yes
No

Kevin Davies
8/1
1/20

Phil Jagielka
11/4
1/4

Peter Crouch
11/10
4/6

Darren Bent
8/11
EVS

Jack Wilshere
9/2
1/8

Rio Ferdinand
1/6
7/2

Shaun Wright-Philips
8/11
EVS

Aaron Lennon
11/10
4/6

Adam Johnson
1/7
4/1

Jack Wilshere to play any part

11/10
4/6

Kevin Davies to play any part
7/4
2/5

England 2/9

Draw 9/2

Montenegro 7/1

EURO ODDS…..7/2 Spain; 5 Germany; 7 Holland; 8 England; 10 Italy; 11 France; 16 Portugal; 20 Croatia; 25 Russia; Ukraine; Serbia; 33 Turkey; Poland; 40 Sweden; 50 Czech Rep; Greece; Denmark; 66 Romania; Switzerland; Rep Ireland; 80 Norway.

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Sacre Bleu – Gambler To Lift £1.5m If France Win World Cup

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Bobby Moore to skipper England at World Cup again?
SACRE BLEU – GAMBLER TO LIFT £1.5M IF FRANCE WIN WORLD CUP

WITH BOOKMAKERS WILLIAM HILL predicting that the World Cup will become the biggest betting event of all time with over £1billion gambled on the tournament, they have taken the largest single win bet on the tournament so far – £110,000 on France.
‘A southern based William Hill telephone client has staked a bet of £55,000 each-way on France to win the World Cup at odds of 20/1 – and will make a profit of £1,650,000 if they do so – the biggest ever World Cup winnings’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills have also taken their biggest bet so far for an England victory, of £6500 at 8/1 in a Knightsbridge, London betting shop – which would make a profit of £52,000; while other customers have staked £10,000 on Germany at 14/1, and $85,000 on a six-team accumulative bet.

**But Hills are also taking slightly smaller, but perhaps more original bets as well – TWO of their customers have backed children called Bobby Moore to captain England in the future. Proud grandfather John Moore, from Great Yarmouth will win £100,000 if his grandson Bobby, born in November, 2003, captains England after staking £20 at 5000/1.

**And a second Bobby Moore – this one as yet UNBORN! – will win his proud father-to-be, £82,500 if he grows up to play for West Ham and wins the World Cup with England. Daniel Moore, from Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire has staked four £5 bets that his son will play for West Ham (500/1); play for England (1000/1); skipper England (5000/1) and win the World Cup with England (10,000/1). This Bobby Moore is due to be born on July 1, 2010 – and Daniel has staked a further £10 at 10/1 that he is born on a day England are playing at the World Cup.

**ROBERT GROVES OF RUISLIP, NORTH WEST LONDON, HAS PLACED A BET WITH WILLIAM HILL ON A WORLD CUP DREAM HE HAD COMING TRUE. MR GROVES COULD COLLECT £50,000 AFTER HE DREAMED THAT PETER CROUCH WILL SCORE THE ONLY GOAL OF THE WORLD CUP FINAL AGAINST ARGENTINA, WITH A 78TH MINUTE HEADER, AND STAKED £10 AT 5000/1 THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.

**RICHARD ENDICOTT, AN ENGLISHMAN CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW JERSEY, USA,WILL WIN £1MILLION IF HIS UNBORN SON GROWS UP TO SCORE A GOAL FOR ENGLAND DURING THE 2030 WORLD CUP FINALS AFTER STAKING £100 AT 10,000/1 ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.

Further information……graham sharpe……0208 918 3731
(follow gs on Twitter – @sharpeangle.)

Contact details for punters available on request.

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£1.5m Gamble On France As Bobby Moore Backed To Win World Cup

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Bobby Moore to skipper England at World Cup again?
SACRE BLEU – GAMBLER TO LIFT £1.5M IF FRANCE WIN WORLD CUP

WITH BOOKMAKERS WILLIAM HILL predicting that the World Cup will become the biggest betting event of all time with over £1billion gambled on the tournament, they have taken the largest single win bet on the tournament so far – £110,000 on France.
‘A southern based William Hill telephone client has staked a bet of £55,000 each-way on France to win the World Cup at odds of 20/1 – and will make a profit of £1,650,000 if they do so – the biggest ever World Cup winnings’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills have also taken their biggest bet so far for an England victory, of £6500 at 8/1 in a Knightsbridge, London betting shop – which would make a profit of £52,000; while other customers have staked £10,000 on Germany at 14/1, and $85,000 on a six-team accumulative bet.

**But Hills are also taking slightly smaller, but perhaps more original bets as well – TWO of their customers have backed children called Bobby Moore to captain England in the future. Proud grandfather John Moore, from Great Yarmouth will win £100,000 if his grandson Bobby, born in November, 2003, captains England after staking £20 at 5000/1.

**And a second Bobby Moore – this one as yet UNBORN! – will win his proud father-to-be, £82,500 if he grows up to play for West Ham and wins the World Cup with England. Daniel Moore, from Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire has staked four £5 bets that his son will play for West Ham (500/1); play for England (1000/1); skipper England (5000/1) and win the World Cup with England (10,000/1). This Bobby Moore is due to be born on July 1, 2010 – and Daniel has staked a further £10 at 10/1 that he is born on a day England are playing at the World Cup.

**ROBERT GROVES OF RUISLIP, NORTH WEST LONDON, HAS PLACED A BET WITH WILLIAM HILL ON A WORLD CUP DREAM HE HAD COMING TRUE. MR GROVES COULD COLLECT £50,000 AFTER HE DREAMED THAT PETER CROUCH WILL SCORE THE ONLY GOAL OF THE WORLD CUP FINAL AGAINST ARGENTINA, WITH A 78TH MINUTE HEADER, AND STAKED £10 AT 5000/1 THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.

**RICHARD ENDICOTT, AN ENGLISHMAN CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW JERSEY, USA,WILL WIN £1MILLION IF HIS UNBORN SON GROWS UP TO SCORE A GOAL FOR ENGLAND DURING THE 2030 WORLD CUP FINALS AFTER STAKING £100 AT 10,000/1 ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.

Further information……graham sharpe……0208 918 3731

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Crouch 10/1 To Top Score For England In World Cup

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CROUCH CUT TO BE TOP ENGLAND WORLD CUP SCORER

AFTER HIS two goal display, Peter Crouch has been cut from 14/1 to 10/1 by William Hill to top score for England in the World Cup. Hills now make him 6/5 to start the opening game against USA and 8/13 not to.
Hills make Rooney 9/4 favourite to be England top scorer and also offer 4/1 Lampard; 5/1 Defoe and Gerrard; 8/1 Heskey.
WAYNE ROONEY is 12/1 to captain England in the first game of the World Cup with William Hill, who make Rio Ferdinand 1/5 favourite and also offer:

Who will captain England v USA:

Ferdinand 1/5
Gerrard 7/2
Rooney 12/1
Lampard 16/1
Beckham 25/1
Barry 25/1
Terry 50/1
James 50/1
A Cole 50/1

ASHLEY COLE is 1/5 favourite to start at left back for England in their opening World Cup game with William Hill, who also offer:

Who will start at left back for England v USA:

Ashley Cole1/5
Leighton Baines6/1
Stephen Warnock8/1
Joleon Lescott16/1
Wayne Bridge16/1
Gareth Barry 25/1
James Milner25/1
Keiran Gibbs33/1

ROBERT GREEN is now 4/5 favourite with William Hill to start in goal for England in their opening World Cup game. Hills also offer:
Who will start in goal for England v USA:

Robert Green4/5
Joe Hart3/1
David James10/3
Paul Robinson20/1
Ben Foster25/1
Chris Kirkland25/1
Scott Carson66/1

ENGLAND ARE 5/1 JOINT SECOND FAVOURITES TO WIN THE WORLD CUP WITH WILLIAM HILL WHO MAKE SPAIN 9/2 FAVOURITES WITH BRAZIL ALSO OFFERED AT 5/1.

To make the England final world cup squad:

Carlton Cole: 13/8 Yes No 4/9
Stewart Downing: 6/5 Yes 8/13 No
Theo Walcott: 4/11 Yes 2/1 No
Stephen Warnock: EVS Yes 8/11 No
Leighton Baines: 4/6 Yes 11/10 No
Ryan Shawcross: 5/2 Yes 2/7 No
Matthew Upson: 1/7 Yes 4/1 No

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Pompey Drop Payout

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********POMPEY DROP PAY OUT*******

BOOKMAKERS William Hill are paying out on Portsmouth being relegated from the Premiership. ‘Pompey are poised to go into administration on Friday, and if they do so they will be a massive odds-on shot to be relegated; as it is, they are currently 1/20 for the drop, having opened the season at 7/1 to go down, and it seems like delaying the inevitable not to pay out now. Punters will benefit to the tune of a five figure payout, which they would almost certainly have received in any case a few weeks down the line’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

With injury doubts over Rio:
WHO WILL SKIPPER ENGLAND V USA?

WITH RIO FERDINAND’S season-long injury problems showing no signs of ending, William Hill have made him 1/6 favourite to start England’s opening World Cup game as skipper. ‘Given his persistent problems it is a brave punter who would risk backing Rio to start the first World Cup game as captain’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘And for all that he has strongly suggested Rio will be his pick, Fabio has yet to confirm it officially’

Hills…..Who Will Captain England v USA ?
Ferdinand 1/6, Gerrard 9/2, Rooney 12/1, Lampard 14/1, Beckham 25/1, Terry 20/1, Barry 33/1, James 50/1, A Cole 50/1.

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Will Injured Rio Be England World Cup Skipper?

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With injury doubts over Rio:
WHO WILL SKIPPER ENGLAND V USA?

WITH RIO FERDINAND’S season-long injury problems showing no signs of ending, William Hill have made him 1/6 favourite to start England’s opening World Cup game as skipper. ‘Given his persistent problems it is a brave punter who would risk backing Rio to start the first World Cup game as captain’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘And for all that he has strongly suggested Rio will be his pick, Fabio has yet to confirm it officially’

Hills…..Who Will Captain England v USA ?
Ferdinand 1/6, Gerrard 9/2, Rooney 12/1, Lampard 14/1, Beckham 25/1, Terry 20/1, Barry 33/1, James 50/1, A Cole 50/1.

**A LONDON BASED WILLIAM HILL TELEPHONE BETTING CLIENT WON £101,540.44 FOR A 50p STAKE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER SELECTING 11 WINNING FOOTBALL RESULTS;
Leeds 1/2
Norwich 4/9
Port Vale 10/11
Scunthorpe Draw 11/5
Brighton 9/2
Gillingham Draw 9/4
Yeovil 11/4
Wycombe Draw 12/5
Bury Draw 12/5
Cheltenham Draw 23/10
Bradford 5/1

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Euro 2012 Odds Following Draw

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33/1 England to win World Cup AND Euro 2012….
ENGLAND ODDS ON FOR EURO GROUP – BUT WHO WILL BE SKIPPER?

WILLIAM HILL have installed Rio Ferdinand as 4/9 favourite to start England’s first Euro 2012 qualifying game as captain. England are 1/2 favourites with Hills to win their Group in which Switzerland are 4/1; Bulgaria 11/2; Montenegro 9/1 and Wales 25/1 outsiders.Hills also make England 33/1 to win both the World Cup and Euro 2012: ‘Fabio would have to be happy with that draw. There are two competent sides in there with them, but it looks straightforward.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills have made Spain 5/1 favourites to win the tournament with England 15/2 fifth favourites.

WILLIAM HILL: TO WIN EURO 2012…5 Spain; 6 Germany; 7 Holland; Italy; 15/2 England; 9 France; 12 Portugal; 16 Russia; 20 Croatia; Turkey; Ukraine; 25 Czech Rep; Serbia; 33 Poland; 40 Romania; Sweden; 50 Greece; 66 Bulgaria; Switzerland; 80 Denmark; Rep Ire; Scotland; 100 Belgium; 150 Israel; Slovakia; 200 Austria; Bosnia; Slovenia; Wales; 250 N Ireland; Norway; 500 Hungary; Latvia; 750 Belarus; Finland; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Lithuania; 1000 Iceland; Cyprus; Estonia; Macedonia; 2000 Moldova; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Albania; 5000 Malta; 7500 Luxembourg; Lichtenstein; 10,000 Andorra; Faroe Islands; San Marino.

TO WIN WORLD CUP AND EURO 2012…33 England; 20 Spain; 66 Germany; Italy; 80 Holland; 100 France; 150 Portugal.

TO START AS SKIPPER IN ENGLAND OPENING EURO QUAL….4/9 Ferdinand; 7/2 Gerrard; 5/1 Terry; 13/2 Rooney; 10 Lampard. (Others on request)

SCOTLAND TO QUALIFY – 1/5 No; 10/3 yes.(To win Group – 1/8 Spain; 6 Cz Rep; 12 Scotland; 25 Lith; 500 Lich)….WALES Qualify – 1/16 no; 7/1 yes.

DAVID JAMES FAVOURITE TO START IN GOAL FOR ENGLAND

DESPITE conceding five goals against Manchester United – albeit three of them scored against him by his own team-mates, David James is 5/4 favourite with William Hill to start England’s first World Cup match in goal against USA. Hills also offer:

Who Will Be In Goal For England Versus USA?
James5/4
Green2/1
Hart7/2
Kirkland12/1
Foster14/1
Robinson20/1
Carson40/1
Others On Request

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