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Bookies Brace For Barca Bashing, United In Support For The Reds

June 1, 2011 Football Betting News From William Hill Bookmaker 0 Comments 10 Million, 163, Bets, Bookies, Champions League, Extra Time, Joe Crilly, Lionel Messi, Manchester United, Outsider, Patrice Evra, Reds, Saturday Night, Spokesman, Time In History, Turnover, Wagers, Wayne Rooney, William Hill, World Cup

Despite being at Wembley, Manchester United find themselves the biggest outsider for the Champions League Final for over a decade, with no other finalist in the past 10 years priced at more than 2/1. United are offered at 3/1 with Hills, but not even that price can tempt punters, with over 80% of bets placed on a Barcelona victory at 21/20. Hills are also offering over 100 in play markets and think that it could be the first time in history that in-play bets exceed pre-match wagers.

Over the years Manchester United have caused us a fair amount of pain, but they will save us millions if they manage to beat Barcelona on Saturday night, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly.

Hills are expecting a £10 million industry wide turnover making this the biggest game since the World Cup Final last year.

Lionel Messi is the 5/1 favourite to score the first goal of the match, while David Villa is 7/1. Wayne Rooney is 8/1 with Pedro and Hernandez both 9/1.

William Hill have a number of specials available for this weekends match and offer 25/1 that Patrice Evra will score and Manchester United lift the trophy (Happy Evra After) and 22/1 that Gerard Pique scores from outside the area (Pique That One Out).

Manchester United / Barcelona Odds:

90 Minutes: 21/20 Barcelona; 3/1 Manchester United; 21/10 Draw

To Win In Extra Time: 9/1 Barcelona; 16/1 Manchester United

To Win On Penalties: 11/1 Manchester United; 11/1 Barcelona

To Lift The Trophy: 1/2 Barcelona; 13/8 Manchester United

5/1 Match to be decided on penalties

Barcelona to Dominate Champions League:
5/1 To win Champions League this year and next
16/1 To win Champions League this year, next year AND the season after that

Match Winner Offers:
6/1 Rooney to score & Manchester United to win in 90 minutes
6/1 Match to be decided on penalties
4/1 Villa to score and Barcelona to win in 90 minutes
9/2 Match to be decided in Extra Time

First Goalscorer: 5/1 Lionel Messi; 7/1 David Villa; 8/1 Wayne Rooney; 9/1 Javier Hernandez; 9/1 Pedro; 12/1 Bojan; 12/1 Michael Owen; 12/1 Dimitar Berbatov; 14/1 BAR

Patriotic Punt*: 10/1 Lewis Hamilton OR Jenson Button to win Monaco Grand Prix and Manchester United to lift the Champions League Trophy
*Available until 1300h Saturday 28th May 2011.

Joe Crilly
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Rob Benefits From Green Blunder!

June 17, 2010 Football Betting News From William Hill Bookmaker 0 Comments 163, Bank Balance, Bet, Blunder, Culmination, England, Fingers, Glasgow, Joe Crilly, Namesake, Rangers Fan, Saturday Evening, Saturday Night, Scotland, South Africa, Sp-fb, Spokesman, William Hill

A middle aged Rangers fan was smiling ear to ear following Rob Greens blunder on Saturday night and not just because he was Scottish. Whilst Rob Green was left red faced on Saturday evening, his namesake Rob, from Glasgow, was given a £15,000 boost to his bank balance! Englands draw against the States was the culmination of a £130 bet, placed at a William Hill betting office in Glasgow that also included South Africa to draw 1-1 and France to draw 0-0.

Rob, like the rest of Scotland, probably had his fingers crossed for an England win, and we can only hope that this win consoles him somewhat, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly.

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