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Beat the Bookies

Beat the Bookies: Week 23

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 15/01/2009

LAST week's postponements meant that only one of our tipped games was able to take place, but Notts County sprung a surprise to beat Exeter and continued our losing streak!

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+With so many postponed games recently and a lot of new signings dotted around the League Two clubs it is not time to be backing favourites as surprises may be the order of the day. It's just finding them!

Wycombe v Grimsby The ultimate surprise would of course be our own Mariners to win at run away leaders Wycombe - the longest price on this week's coupon. However with half a new team waiting to make their debuts of one sort or another for the Mariners expect the unexpected. Town are available at 7/1 with Sky Bet. The spread price is not yet available at the time of writing, but Wycombe concede very few goals so Grimsby's mini performance quote is likely to be ultra low, and a potential source of profit should the Mariners net a couple whatever the final result. Alternatively you could go with The Monkey and select a 3-1 win at a mouth watering 66/1! Selection: Grimsby

Darlington v Luton. Darlington might be near the top of the table and Luton at the bottom but it's the away side who have the best recent form. Luton are unbeaten in six, whereas the Quakers have won just one of their last half dozen games. With those stats Luton have to be the pick at 7/2. Selection: Luton

Rotherham v Bournemouth On paper you would expect this to be a home win but after three defeats it could well be the Cherries who want to win this game more, and they certainly need the points. Rotherham have come out of a sticky patch with a few wins recently, but Bournemouth have a lot of fight in them yet and will be desperate for a win. Selection: Bournemouth

Rochdale v Lincoln Another fixture with not much to choose between the teams so why are Lincoln 10/3. Only one way to find out! Selection: Lincoln

Bradford v Accrington Stanley Despite the comment about going for the outsiders this is a home banker if ever there was one purely because Stanley's form has been so terrible of late - other than a win over us! Bradford (8/13) don't lose much but have drawn a lot of games recently which they would normally have expected to win. Selection: Bradford

Exeter v Bury This match could go either way with both sides doing well. However City's home form has always been good especially from teams at the other end of the country, and they should see off the challenge of the Shakers. 7/5 looks a good price for a home win. Selection: Exeter

This season we will be trying out three different betting strategies:

Fixed Odds - as per last year
Spread Betting on the Mini Performance Index with IG Index (25 points for a win, 10 for a draw, 10 for a goal)
The Monkey (betting on Town to win each game 3-1, i.e. the complete absence of any betting strategy).

Recommended Fixed Odds Bets

1. Lincoln to beat Rochdale . (10/3 Bet365),

2. Luton to beat Darlington. (7/2 Bet365),

Recommended Spread Bet

Wycombe v Grimsby - buy Grimsby Mini Performance (14) at www.igsport.com

The Monkey's Bet

Grimsby to win 3-1, 66/1 Bet365

Previous Fixed Odds Bets (1 or 2 bets, around £10 per week each of Rob's own money)

Date	Bet	Odds	Profit/Loss
06/01	Exeter to beat Notts County	6/4	-£10.00
31/12	Accrington to beat Rochdale	5/1	-£10.00
31/12	Bournemouth to beat Darlington	4/1	-£10.00
23/12	Luton to beat Chesterfield	14/5	-£10.00
23/12	Port Vale to beat Rotherham	4/1	-£10.00
23/12	Bournemouth to beat Brentford	9/2	-£10.00
23/12	Shrewsbury to beat Rochdale	9/4	-£10.00
16/12	Grimsby to beat Aldershot	9/2	-£10.00
16/12	Lincoln to beat Notts County	7/4	+£17.50
11/12	Port Vale to beat Bury	10/3	-£10.00
11/12	Macclesfield to beat Chesterfield	10/3	+£33.33
11/12	Bournemouth to beat Rochdale	4/1	-£10.00
04/12	Bournemouth to beat Chester	Evens	+£10.00
04/12	Bradford to beat Dagenham	10/11	-£10.00
28/11	Aldershot beat Millwall	13/2	-£10.00
28/11	Alferton beat Scunthorpe	17/2	-£10.00
19/11	Notts Co to beat Dagenham	12/5	-£10.00
19/11	Gillingham to beat Bury	19/10	-£10.00
11/11	Grimsby to beat Bury	9/2	+£45.00
11/11	Gillingham to beat Rotherham	5/4	+£12.50
06/11	Northampton to beat Leeds	13/2	-£10.00
06/11	Grimsby to beat Morecambe	11/4	-£10.00
06/11	Bradford to beat MK Dons	11/2	+£55.00
31/10	Dagenham to beat Accrington	5/6	-£10.00
31/10	Luton to beat Shrewsbury	4/1	-£10.00
27/10	Grimsby to beat Dagenham	4/1	-£10.00
27/10	Port Vale to beat Aldershot	12/5	-£10.00
22/10	Rotherham to beat Macclesfield	8/5	+£16.00
22/10	Luton to beat Bury	10/3	+£33.33
14/10	Brentford to beat Aldershot	19/10	-£10.00
14/10	Port Vale to beat Chester	2/1	+£20.00
09/10	Grimsby to beat Wycombe	11/4	-£10.00
09/10	Barnet to beat Dagenham	9/2	-£10.00
06/10	Grimsby to beat Scunthorpe	6/1	-£10.00
06/10	Dagenham to beat Peterborough	5/1	+£50.00
30/09	Shrewsbury beat Darlington	2/1	-£10.00
30/09	Brentford to beat Macclesfield	8/11	+£7.27
24/09	Bradford to beat Shrewsbury	3/1	-£10.00
24/09	Rotherham to beat Dag & Red	3/1	-£10.00
17/09	Dagenham to beat Wycombe	3/1	-£10.00
17/09	Macclesfield to beat Port Vale	7/2	+£35.00
09/09	Rotherham to beat Rochdale	11/10	-£10.00
09/09	Port Vale to beat Darlington	11/4	-£10.00
04/09	Dag & Red to beat Brentford	12/5	-£10.00
04/09	Rotherham to beat Chesterfield	21/10	-£10.00
28/08	Chester to beat Barnet	17/10	+£17.00
28/08	Rotherham to beat Brentford	21/10	-£10.00
19/08	Lincoln to win at Wycombe	15/4	-£10.00
19/08	Port Vale to beat Dag & Red	21/10	-£10.00
15/08	Bradford to win at Macclesfield	13/10	+£13.00
15/08	Rotherham to win at Morecambe	21/10	+£21.00
06/08	Rochdale to beat Grimsby	17/10	-£10.00
06/08	Macclesfield to beat Shrewsbury	4/1	-£10.00
Total			+£4.93

Previous Spread Bets (Around 1 bet per week each of Rob's own money)

Date	Bet	Price	Buy/Sell	Actual	Profit/Loss
04/12	Luton v Wycombe - buy Luton Mini Performance	21	10	B	-£6.00
04/12	Aldershot v Wycombe - sell Aldershot Mini Performance	21	55	S	-£34.00
19/11	Rotherham v Bradford - buy Bradford Mini Performance	25	45	S	+£20.00
31/10	Notts County v Bury - Buy Notts County Mini Performance	26	0	S	-£26.00
22/10	Port Vale v Morecambe - Sell Morecambe mini-performance	19	10	S	+£9.00
14/10	Rotherham v Barnet - Sell Barnet mini-performance	14	65	S	-£51.00
09/10	Accrington v Bradford - Sell Accrington mini-performance	19	20	S	-£1.00
24/09	Accrington v Rochdale - Sell Accrington mini-performance	21	10	S	+£11.00
17/09	Chester v Shrewsbury - Buy Shrewsbury mini-performance	30	20	S	-£10.00
09/09	Grimsby v Chester - Buy Chester mini-performance	21	B	55	+£34.00
04/09	Chesterfield v Rotherham: Buy Rotherham mini performance	23	S	0	-£23.00
28/08	Rochdale v Bury: Sell Rochdale mini-performance	38	B	20	+£8.00
19/08	Rotherham v Chester: Buy Rotherham mini-performance	38	B	55	+£17.00
15/08	Rochdale v Barnet: Sell Rochdale mini-performance	31	S	55	-£24.00
06/08	Bury v Brentford: Sell Brentford mini performance	20	S	0	+£20.00
Total					-£56.00

Previous Monkey Bets (£10 per week of the Monkey's pretend money)

Date	Bet	Odds	Profit/Loss
31/12	Grimsby to win 3-1	28/1	-£10.00
23/12	Grimsby to win 3-1	16/1	-£10.00
17/12	Grimsby to win 3-1	40/1	-£10.00
11/12	Grimsby to win 3-1	28/1	-£10.00
04/12	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
19/11	Grimsby to win 3-1	25/1	-£10.00
11/11	Grimsby to win 3-1	50/1	-£10.00
06/11	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
31/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
27/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	40/1	-£10.00
22/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	25/1	-£10.00
14/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	40/1	-£10.00
09/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
06/10	Grimsby to win 3-1	80/1	-£10.00
30/09	Grimsby to win 3-1	40/1	-£10.00
24/09	Grimsby to win 3-1	16/1	-£10.00
17/09	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
09/09	Grimsby to win 3-1	28/1	-£10.00
04/09	Grimsby to win 3-1	40/1	-£10.00
28/08	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
19/08	Grimsby to win 3-1	22/1	-£10.00
15/08	Grimsby to win 3-1	33/1	-£10.00
06/08	Grimsby to win 3-1	18/1	-£10.00
Total			-£230.00

Every month I try and beat the bookies but now you can try and beat me - with pretend money. Just sign up and join the Grimsby Town team at OLBG.

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