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After a couple of weeks off due to a trip to America, the By Far The Greatest Team rundown of the Scottish Championship is back. I do apologise, as in my absence, Brechin City were relegated. The team defied expectation in gaining promotion under the guidance of Darren Dods last season, while gained many plaudits […]
After a couple of weeks absence due to a vacation, I can confirm that Betting Bad is back, and hopefully better than before! Before my little mid season jaunt to America, I had written ten instalments of this soon-to-be world famous series. Of these ten instalments, only one provided a winner, way back on episode […]
I love international football. The World Cup is my one true love in life, and when the football calendar is broken up due to qualification processes, I have no issue at all. What really grinds my gears is this international break. Friendlies are a waste of time. They are full of top players conveniently picking […]
“Got. Got. Need” These three words have become synonymous with the cult classic which is Panini World Cup football stickers. These words are being said with more and more frequency in the past days due to today’s release of their new World Cup sticker book. The company was set up in Modena, Italy, 1961, coming […]
I am not going to sugarcoat this one, valued readers. This weekend in the Scottish Championship was a little bit shit. Two 0-0 scores, the bottom side losing to the second bottom for the second time in a week, two under-performing teams dropping points and the league leaders doing what league leaders do best. Winning. […]
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, to another edition of Betting Bad, the world renowned (maybe) series where the premise is simple – you don’t follow my Betting tips, you use them to work out who you are going to avoid betting on! I have written eight instalments of this series since the turn of the […]
You’re probably noticing a theme with these Scottish Championship round ups this season, and that is that there is an inordinate amount of games being postponed because of the weather. Dundee United saw their match away to Brechin postponed, a shame for the side as they so desperately needed the win. Livingston also saw their […]
Last week hurt me. If I was just a casual punter I would not have bet at all, but I made a commitment to you, valued reader, to continue my betting series in a bid to help you know who to avoid in your own accumulation selections. But why did I wish I hadn’t bet? […]
Gennaro Gattuso was one of the last great central midfielders to play at the top flight. Nowadays you cannot be a just a central midfielder; you are a playmaker, a defensive midfielder, or, if you are truly immersed in the world of Football Manager, you can play the regista role. But Gattuso had the rare […]
In case you have been unaware, there has been a little bit of bad weather swirling about in Scotland recently. The Beast From The East is what they are calling it. Snow and wind and ice being blown from Russia. Whatever the name, whatever the conditions, it does not matter, all that matters is that […]
One of my cardinal rules of this betting series is that we absolutely do not cash out. It doesn’t reflect the purity of a good bet and leads to indecision and stress. That being said, if I had cashed out last weekend on the 80th minute mark, I’d have turned my £5 bet into round […]
One week ago, on a bright and chilly morning in Manchester, I found myself walking through the city centre. I didn’t know where to go or what to see, my usual overloading of Trip Advisor and Lonely Planet having evaded me on this trip. I had no time to do a stadium tour of Old […]
A number of weeks ago I wrote that the title race was over, that St Mirren were simply too far ahead of Dundee United for the Tannadice team to be caught. Since then, the Arabs form has nosedived, and a defeat on Friday night to Livingston, coupled with a Morton win, saw United slip to […]
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Five attempts and a stupid chunk of money have been wasted through weeks 1-4, but the taste of sweet vindication was enjoyed by myself with last week’s victory. I will be honest, I so nearly cashed out, accepting a couple of pound loss, but I withheld, mainly because […]
The World Cup has graced a plethora of remarkable strikers since its creation in 1930, from every corner of the globe. Some of these strikers went on to lift the trophy, such as the iconic Pelé. Others, such as Cameroon’s Roger Milla, never even advanced as far as the semi finals, yet still managed to […]
Welcome back to this week’s round up of the Scottish Championship. After the break last week due to the Scottish Cup, three fixtures were played out. This week saw the champions toppled, the bottom club’s spirit broken and two similar sides inseparable. Two fixtures weren’t played, but for once it isn’t the weather that separates […]
Good morning, afternoon and evening to you all, and welcome to another addition of my substandard series – Betting Bad. To all you regular readers, I’m sure you know the drill. To all the newbies, here’s a quick refresher. Basically, I am cursed. I have a betting curse. The last accumulator that I won which […]
Well, here we go again. Lord knows I could do with a win this week. It’s been three weeks that I have been writing this series and I am yet to win. On one hand, I am happy, because it would be fairly bizarre to run an ironic betting account giving tips that I am […]
Imagine this: you surround yourself with your loving family, you achieved your dream job of playing for your boyhood team, with a city of adoring fans who will sing your name week in week out; your life is going great. Out of nowhere your world is rocked upside down. Your private life, violated. You receive […]
The weather dealt a blow to the fixtures this weekend, with the rain waterlogging two pitches. Up north, Inverness had their match against Dundee United called off, while in the centre belt Dumarton’s cancellation means that Brechin City fans manage to not lose! Of the three matches that dig take place, St Mirren continued their […]
