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Odds On Goal-line Technology Cut As Spurs Drift In Top London Club Market!

March 14, 2012 Football Betting News From William Hill Bookmaker 0 Comments Chelsea, Club 8, Drift, Footy, Goal Line, Greenside, Joe Crilly, Ligue 1, Line Technology, London Club, Mark Hughes, Premier League, Qpr, Relegation Battle, Spurs, Stati, Vital Goal, William Hill, Williamhill, Wolves

QPR were denied a vital goal in their relegation battle against Bolton and are now 1/3 with William Hill to be relegated at the end of the season. Mark Hughes’ reign has got off to a less than auspicious start to say the least and Hills are offering 11/10 that he is no longer QPR boss come the first day of their 2012/13 season(4/6 that he is still there).

Hughes’ odds of departure have changed drastically since yesterday’s defeat and should QPR be relegated, it could well be traced back to that phantom goal. Hills have cut their odds of goal-line technology being introduced following solid punter support and offer 11/4 that the Premier League sees goal-line technology next season.

“After such a vital ‘goal’ was chalked off yesterday, the goal-line technology argument has once again reared its head and it looks as though a resolution may finally be around the corner, but all maybe too little too late for Hughes and QPR” said Hill’s spokesman Joe Crilly.

Spurs have now lost two matches on the spin and with Arsenal starting to fire on all cylinders, Hills only make Tottenham slight favourites at 8/13 to be the top London club at the end of the season with Arsenal 9/4 and Chelsea 7/2.

William Hill Odds:

Goal-Line Technology to be introduced by the start of the 2012/13 season: 11/4 yes; 1/4 no

Which league will be the first to introduce goal-line technology: 13/8 SPL; 11/4 EPL; 4/1 Bundesliga; 11/2 La Liga; 7/1 Ligue 1; 8/1 Serie A; 10/1 Eredivisie

Hughes to be manager of QPR on the first day of next season: 4/6 yes; 11/10 no

Premier League relegation: 2/9 Wigan; 3/10 Wolves; 1/3 QPR; 11/8 Bolton; 13/8 Blackburn; 25/1 BAR

Premier League to stay up: 4/9 Blackburn; 8/15 Bolton; 9/4 QPR; 12/5 Wolves; 3/1 Wigan

Top London Club: 8/13 Tottenham; 9/4 Arsenal; 7/2 Chelsea

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67 Year Old Scores £500 Winner

December 19, 2009 Football Betting News From William Hill Bookmaker 0 Comments 163, Book Of World Records, Bookies, City Trader, Consecutive Decades, Ewell, Fb, Football Bets, Football Record, Goalscoring Opportunity, Graham Sharpe, Guinness Book Of World, Guinness Book Of World Records, John O Brien, National Physical Laboratories, Old Scores, Scored Goals, Sixth Decade, Time Football, Vital Goal, William Hill

67 YEAR OLD FOOTBALLER SCORES £500 WINNER
AMATEUR FOOTBALLER John O’Brien had always been proud of his record of having scored goals for his club in five consecutive decades up to and including the 1990s, but it looked as though the ‘noughties’ would end without John adding that vital sixth decade goal to his record – until he set up a bet that he could do it.
At the start of the 2009/10 season, John, a retired city trader, from Ewell in Surrey, by now 67 years old, contacted bookies William Hill to ask them to accept a bet of £20 at odds of 25/1 on his behalf, that he would manage to grab the vital goal before the end of the calendar year 2009, but he had failed to do so until he lined up on Sunday, December 13, for Old Salesians Veterans against National Physical Laboratories.
Playing in the back four, John suddenly spotted a goalscoring opportunity during the second half as the opposition keeper missed a cross from the wing, which dropped over his head, and at John’s feet – enabling him to crash the ball home from barely a yard out – winning him £500 and setting a possible all-time football record of scoring in six consecutive decades for the same club. To add to John’s delight, Old Salesians went on to win the match 5-3.
‘We take thousands of off-beat football bets every season but I believe this is a unique achievement by John, who fully deserves his £500 winnings, which, incredibly, he is donating to club funds – apart from enough to take his wife (who actually placed the bet for him to avoid John contravening FA rules on betting) out for a slap-up meal. I expect he’ll also want to arrange another bet that he can score in the next decade, too, but we might not be so generous this time. I suspect he might end up in the Guinness Book of World Records as a result of this feat!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Further information…..graham sharpe……..0208 918 3731
(Contact details for John available on request).