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There is no bigger trophy that your football club can win than the Champions League so I was understandably emotional going into the final as I was desperate for Man Utd to win.
Back in November I bet £30 against United winning the Champions League. As it’s a tricky trophy to win and we have failed to lift the trophy since 1999 the odds were quite long so I only stood to win £5 if we got knocked out.
In the build up to the big game I became more nervous about my teams chances and bet another £20 against United winning. Man Utd and Chelsea were so evenly matched prior to the game that the odds were close to even.
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I never thought I would see Portsmouth win the FA cup as it was only a couple of years ago that I was at Fratton Park watching them fighting to stay in the Championship.
Earlier on in the season they knocked my team out of the qtr finals which won me £23.75 and I staked a free £5 bet against Pompey going on to win the cup which I have now lost.
I guess I’ll now have to accept that my Dads team are no longer the little team down by the coast that they once were.
Whilst I was away Man Utd won the Premier League for the 2nd year running and both times they have lifted the trophy just as I board a long-haul flight!
There success cost me £22.76 in losing bets which I have staked throughout the season against Man Utd winning the league.
But who cares, we are the champions!
After my disappointing selections in last years Grand National I had low expectations of receiving any returns on this years bets. However you have to speculate to accumulate so wasting no time studying the form like last year I instead picked Comply or Die and Slim Pickings purely based on the fact I liked their names and backed each with a £2 bet.
Slim Pickings at odds of 13 came in a respectable fourth but Comply or Die that I backed at odds of 11.5 was heavily backed in the hours prior to the race to joint favourite. All this money going in Comply or Die’s direction proved a shrewd investment for punters as he was able to hold off a strong challenge by King Johns Castle to win the Grand National by four lengths. Finally I had picked the right horse and my ‘luck’ was rewarded with an £18.25 profit.
I received an email from PaddyPower last week offering me a free £10 to play with on their games site simply for clicking a link in there email. Seemed too good an opportunity to turn down so I gave Blackjack a go.
In total I played 11 games at a £1 a go, winning 4 and losing 7 (I’m clearly not that good at the game!). This left me with £6.40 in my account which I tried to withdraw as a little bonus for my MillionaireAdventure pot. Unfortunately this is where the real games begun…
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