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Gb Living Dangerously As A Draw Will Do

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Team GB square up against Uruguay on Wednesday night knowing that a draw will see them qualify from the Group. GB are the 6/4 slight favourites with William Hill. Underperforming Uruguay are 13/8 and the draw is 11/5.

Senegal are 10/11 favs to top Group A, GB an 11/10 chance to top the group and Uruguay the current outsiders at 5/1. Liverpool and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is 6/1 to net first against GB and 7/4 any time, both prices shared by Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge. Highly rated Napoli forward Edinson Cavani has not had the best of tournaments so far but is 13/2 to turn that around with the opener on Wednesday. Gb captain Ryan Giggs is 12/1 to open the scoring again as he did against UAE.

“It is a difficult situation for team GB as they face a top side knowing a draw will be enough. Uruguay need to win so an entertaining affair should be on the cards as the South Americans will go looking for goals in their quest for gold,” said William Hill spokesman Mark Young.

Match Result: 6/4 Team GB, 13/8 Uruguay, 11/5 Draw

First Goal Scorer: 6/1 D Sturridge, 6/1 L Suarez, 13/2 E Cavani, 7/1 M Sordell, 8/1 C Bellamy, 8/1 A Hernandez, 9/1 S Sinclair, 9/1 G Ramirez, 10/1 T Viudez, 12/1 A Ramsey, 12/1 R Giggs, 12/1 N Lodeiro, 14/1 BAR

Anytime Goal Scorer: 7/4 D Sturridge, 7/4 L Suarez, 15/8 E Cavani, 2/1 M Sordell, 11/4 C Bellamy, 11/4 A Hernandez, 10/3 S Sinclair, 10/3 G Ramirez, 7/2 T Viudez, 5/1 A Ramsey, 5/1 R Giggs, 5/1 N Lodeiro, 11/2 BAR

Group A Winner: 10/11 Senegal, 11/10 Team GB, 5/1 Uruguay

Further Information
Mark Young
PR Assistant, William Hill
Email: myoung@williamhill.co.uk
Phone: 02089183981

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Last weeks post was titled ” A Poor Saturday ” As it turned out it was a poor day for the bookies with Chapter Seven winning at an advised 12/1 We have a full member firm bet running in the 3.10 today. It is a double digit price horse that will produce a great return […]

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Can Ireland Succeed Or Will They Get Caught In A Trap? England/france Biggest Group Game

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Group C kicks off on Sunday with Italy 4/1 to defeat Euros holders Spain who are 8/11 for the three points and 4/7 to win the group. Hills are offering a goals match bet for the game tomorrow and make Torres 9/4 to outscore Mario Ballotelli with the Italian 16/5 to do likewise.

Republic of Ireland face a tough challenge in group C with Italy and Spain favoured to go through and they are the 13/5 outsiders to win their opening game against Croatia. Robbie Keane netted seven times in qualifying and he is 13/2 to grab the first goal of the game although Everton’s star man, Nikica Jelavic heads the market at 11/2. Hills offer 12/5 that Jelavic scores more than Robbie Keane in Sunday’s match with the LA Galaxy striker 13/5.

“It is going to be tricky for Republic of Ireland but Trappatoni’s men are a well organised unit and if there is anyone at the tournament who might be able to trump the Italians, it will be him,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Group C:

Winner: 4/7 Spain; 11/4 Italy; 7/1 Croatia; 14/1 Ireland

Opening matches:
8/11 Spain; 4/1 Italy; 5/2 Draw
13/5 Republic of Ireland; 13/10 Croatia; 19/10 draw

Goalscorer match bets:
9/4 Torres; 16/5 Ballotelli; 8/11 tie
13/5 Keane; 12/5 Jelavic; 4/5 tie
*in both cases, both players must start match otherwise bets are void

To qualify (not qualify): 1/9 Spain (5/1); 8/13 Italy (6/5); 13/8 Croatia (4/9); 7/2 Republic of Ireland (1/6)

Republic of Ireland specials:

How many Group C points: 7/2 none; 5/2 one; 7/1 two; 10/3 three; 9/2 four; 25/1 five; 14/1 six; 40/1 seven; 150/1 nine

How many group goals scored: 6/4 under two; 1/1 two or three; 7/2 over three

How many group goals conceded: 12/5 under four; 8/5 four or five; 5/4 over five

Tournaent highest scorer: 10/3 Robbie Keane; 6/1 no scorer; 6/1 Kevin Doyle; 10/1 John Walters; 10/1Shane Long; 12/1 Simon Cox; 14/1 Aiden McGeady; 14/1 James McLean; 16/1 Damien Duff; 20/1 BAR

Stage of Elimination: 1/5 group stage; 9/2 quarter finals; 12/1 semi finals; 33/1 runner up; 80/1 winner

ENGLAND VS FRANCE: BIGGEST MATCH OF THE GROUP STAGES FOR BOOKIES

William Hill are looking at the France/England game as being one of the biggest, in terms of betting turnover, in the whole tournament with over £15m industry wide set to be staked on the game. Over 200,000 bets will be placed over Hill’s shop counters alone on Monday and up to 20,000 bets will be placed on the outcome during the 90 minutes of the game.

“We think that this match could be the highest turnover game of the group stages,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

France are the 6/4 favourites to win the match with England 11/5 and the draw 19/10, while Karim Benzema is the 11/2 favourite to open the scoring.

Goals match bet – England vs England based French players: 4/9 England; 5/1 France; 11/4 tie
*Nasri, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Malouda, Evra, Clichy, Koscielny only

Group D winner:

England top goalscorer: 6/1 Wayne Rooney; 6/1 Steven Gerrard; 6/1 Danny Welbeck; 13/2 Ashley Young; 7/1 Andy Carroll; 9/1 Theo Walcott; 10/1 Jermaine Defoe; 20/1 No goalscorer; 25/1 BAR

England stage of elimination: 6/4 group stage; 15/8 quarter final; 5/1 semi final; 8/1 runner up; 10/1 winner

Joe Crilly
Press Officer
Twitter: @footy_joe

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M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

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101/1 For Team Gb Double Gold During Olympic Football

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Brazil are the 15/8 favourites to win the men’s Olympic football although all eyes will be on Stuart Pearce’s men and William Hill make Team GB 5/1 for the gold medal. Spain are the 9/4 second favourites with Uruguay some way behind the three favourites at 9/1. In the women’s competition, Hills make USA the 11/4 favourites to win the gold medal with Brazil and current world champions, Japan, 3/1. Hope Powell’s ladies are 16/1 to win the gold medal. The double for both Team GB sides to grab gold pays 101/1 at Hills.

“Team GB are relative outsiders in both the men’s and women’s competition, but they do have experienced hands in charge and we are certainly expecting them to be well backed as the Olympics draw closer,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Men’s Olympic Football: 15/8 Brazil; 9/4 Spain; 5/1 Great Britain; 9/1 Uruguay; 10/1 Switzerland; 16/1 Mexico; 33/1 S. Korea; 33/1 Japan; 40/1 Morocco; 40/1 Egypt; 40/1 Senegal; 50/1 Belarus; 50/1 Gabon; 100/1 Honduras; 150/1 New Zealand; 500/1 Oman

Women’s Olympic football: 11/4 USA; 3/1 Brazil; 3/1 Japan; 11/2 France; 14/1 Sweden; 16/1 Great Britain; 20/1 N. Korea; 20/1 Canada; 50/1 New Zealand; 66/1 Colombia; 66/1 Cameroon; 66/1 South Africa

Team GB double: 101/1

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

T: 0208 918 3746
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E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

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You Bet Scotland Could Continue Fine Form Vs Slovenia

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Scotland face Slovenia for the third time and are yet to taste defeat against them but despite this, Craig Levein’s men are 11/5 outsiders to defeat the Even money hosts. Scotland have kept two clean sheets in their previous meetings with Slovenia and they are 5/1 to win to nil on Wednesday.

“Scotland have only lost one match in their last six and that was against Spain and we think that Wednesday’s game could be very close indeed,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Slovenia vs Scotland: 1/1 Slovenia; 11/5 Scotland; 11/5 Draw

Scotland have yet to concede a goal against Slovenia.
Scotland to win to nil: 5/1

Kenny Miller joins up with the Scotland squad after tasting defeat in the Carling Cup Final. Charlie Adam was a winner in the same game but both players missed penalties in the shootout. Cardiff’s Don Cowie scored in the shootout.
Kenny Miller to score a penalty: 5/1
Kenny Miller to miss a penalty: 20/1
Charlie Adam to score a penalty: 10/1
Charlie Adam to miss a penalty: 20/1
Don Cowie to score a penalty: 14/1
Don Cowie to miss a penalty: 20/1

Scotland have only lost one of their last six Internationals and that was in Spain.
Scotland draw no bet: 13/8
Scotland to score first goal: 29/20

Early goal:
Match goal – 1st – 15th minute: 12/5

Late goal:
Match goal 81st minute – full time: 7/4

Scotland to come from behind and win: 14/1

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

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You Bet Craig Bellamy Will Be Carling Cup Sideshow

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Cardiff are massive outsiders to defeat Liverpool in the Carling Cup Final with William Hill making the Blue Birds 7/1 to win in 90 minutes and 4/1 to lift the trophy. Liverpool are 4/9 to win in 90 minutes and 1/7 to lift the trophy. Craig Bellamy will be the focus of most of the attention on Sunday afternoon and William Hill are offering 2/1 that he scores and Liverpool lift the trophy, 1/2 that he actually starts the match and 7/4 that he completes the match.

“Cup competitions often throw together interesting subplots like this and almost every set of eyes in Wembley will be on Bellamy on Sunday,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

7/1 Cardiff; 4/9 Liverpool; 3/1 Draw

2/1 Craig Bellamy to score anytime and Liverpool to lift the trophy

What will Bellamy do first: 6/4 subbed; 7/4 score; 4/1 complete match; 10/3 yellow card; 25/1 red card

Will Bellamy start vs Cardiff: 1/2 yes; 6/4 no

Complete match if starting: 2/5 no; 7/4 yes

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

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Liverpool Red Hot For Carling Cup Glory

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Liverpool squeaked through into the final of the Carling Cup and unsurprisingly, the Reds are hot favourites to bring the trophy back to Anfield. William Hill make Kenny Dalglish’s men 1/7 to lift the trophy and 2/5 to win the final in 90 minutes. Cardiff are the outsiders and they are 4/1 to lift the trophy and 13/2 to win in 90 minutes. Hills think that Liverpool are such favourites that they have already started taking bets on how many goals Liverpool score on the day and make one the 15/8 favourite although they are 5/2 to score three or more on the day while Cardiff are 4/6 to score no goals.

“Whoever won between Liverpool and Manchester City were always going to be favourites to lift the Cup and we think the cup engraver may as well start practicing writing Liverpool now,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Andy Carroll found himself on the bench against City tonight and William Hill make him 5/6 to fail to start against Manchester United at the weekend.

Carling Cup Outright: 1/7 Liverpool; 4/1 Cardiff

2/5 Liverpool; 13/2 Cardiff; 13/5 draw

Total Liverpool Final Goals
None – 3/1
One – 15/8
Two – 2/1
Three or more – 5/2

Cardiff City to score – 11/10 yes; 4/6 no

Carroll to start vs Man Utd on Saturday 28th January FA Cup
Yes – 5/6
No – 5/6

Joe Crilly
Press Officer
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Wigan Man Lands The ‘impossible’ Treble!

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You would have thought that an Everton fan based in Wigan would be used to supporting the underdogs and his penchant for the plucky outsiders has earned him a share of William Hill’s longest odds football treble. The man, in his mid 40s, who wishes to remain anonymous placed £5.00 on Blackburn beating Manchester United, Aston Villa beating Chelsea and when Ji Dong-Won scored the 93rd minute winner for Sunderland against Manchester City landing a 1517/1 hat-trick of results worth £7590.

“To find three of the least predictable of the season and put them in a virtually impossible treble leaves us very relieved he was only prepared to risk a fiver on the outcome,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly. “The Blackburn game saw the biggest winning Premier League odds we have ever offered, 22/1 for them to win at Old Trafford and by adding Sunderland and Villa to the mix, the lucky punter beat odds of 1517/1. It is a little surprising he didn’t add Everton to win at West Brom, which would have boosted his winnings to nearly £20,000.”

The winning selections:

£5 stake scooped £7590

Blackburn to beat Manchester United: 22/1
Aston Villa to beat Chelsea: 10/1
Sunderland to beat Manchester City: 5/1

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

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E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

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Didier No Longer Top Drog But You Bet He Will Stay In January

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With uncertainty surrounding the Chelsea future of Didier Drogba, William Hill think that he will stay at the club during the January transfer window offering 2/5 that he is still there on the 1st February 2012 (7/4 that he moves during that period).

“Drogba has long been the main targetman for Chelsea, however his position as top dog is under threat from some of the younger pups,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly. “Saying that, however, we do not think that he will bolt for the exit in January.”

Palace Travel To Old Trafford And Wednesday Europa Prices

Crystal Palace head to Old Trafford on Wednesday with the hosts 1/4 favourites with William Hill to secure a victory and the Eagles a massive 12/1 to spring an upset. With the hosts such firm favourites, Hills are offering a market on how many goals the home side will score and make two the 11/4 favourite followed by three at 3/1 but should the flood gates open, Hills make seven or more goals 33/1. Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has drawn comparisons to Lionel Messi but Hills think he has a long way to go before realising that potential and he is 4/1 to play for England before the 2014 World Cup. Zaha is 6/1 to score anytime and 16/1 to open the scoring at Old Trafford.

“Zaha will have the ultimate platform to showcase his talents although, we ultimately think that he (and his team) will struggle to score, let alone win,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Birmingham and Spurs are both taking part in the Europa League on Wednesday and while Birmingham are outsiders to win away in Braga (at 5/1) but Spurs are 2/5 to defeat PAOK Salonika at White Hart Lane. Spurs still represent England’s best prospect in this tournament and are 9/1 favourites to win the tournament.

Carling Cup:

1/4 Manchester United; 12/1 Crystal Palace; 9/2 Draw

To Qualify: 1/16 Manchester United; 7/1 Crystal Palace

How many goals will Manchester United Score: 15/2 none; 7/2 one; 11/4 two; 3/1 three; 6/1 four; 10/1 five; 20/1 six; 33/1 seven or more

Wilfried Zaha to play for England before the start of the 2014 World Cup: 4/1 yes; 1/7 no

Europa League:

Spurs Stage of Elimination: 7/2 group stage; 7/2 last 32; 4/1 last 16; 5/1 quarter final; 13/2 semi final; 9/1 runner up; 9/1 winner

Birmingham Stage of Elimination: 11/10 group stage; 2/1 last 32; 4/1 last 16; 10/1 quarter final; 25/1 semi final; 33/1 runner up; 50/1 winner

2/5 Spurs; 7/1 PAOK Salonika; 10/3 Draw
11/20 Braga; 5/1 Birmingham; 3/1 Draw

Europa League Outright: 9/1 Tottenham; 10/1 PSG; 10/1 Atletico; 14/1 Schalke; 14/1 PSV; 14/1 Stoke; 20/1 Lazio; 20/1 Udinese; 25/1 Braga; 25/1 Twente; 28/1 Fulham; 33/1 BAR

Other Brit sides: 50/1 Birmingham; 100/1 Celtic

Furthest progressing Brit side: 15/8 Tottenham; 2/1 Stoke; 9/4 Fulham; 9/1 Celtic; 10/1 Birmingham

Joe Crilly
Press Officer

Twitter: @footy_joe

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M: 07850 518 164
E: jcrilly@williamhill.co.uk

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Will John Be Terry-fic Or Terry-ble Against Sweden?

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John Terry sat out England’s victory against Spain and William Hill make are offering a market on what he will do first should he start versus Sweden. The 5/6 favourite is that England concede a goal while he is on the pitch while it is 12/1 he scores a goal and 40/1 he gets sent off. Having been very much the outsiders against Spain, England return to favouritism against Sweden at 4/6 with the visitors 7/2 and the draw 23/10.

“John Terry returns to the International fold after sitting out the Spain game and it will be interesting to see if he returns with a bang or a whimper,” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Capello has received a fair amount of praise following his side’s battling victory and Hills now offer 8/1 that he remains as the England manager after the Euro 2012 Championships. Harry Redknapp is the 7/4 favourite to become England’s next manager with Martin O’Neill and Arsene Wenger 8/1.

What will John Terry do first vs Sweden: 5/6 Complete game; 5/2 complete the match; 9/2 be substituted; 7/1 yellow card; 12/1 score; 40/1 get sent off

Capello to remain as England manager after the Euro 2012 Championships: 8/1 yes; 1/20 no

England vs Sweden: 4/6 England; 7/2 Sweden; 23/10 draw

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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