No doubt all football fans are feeling the low that comes with the end of the English football season, as soon as the last game is played and we all start the countdown to August when it all goes back up. Those who enhance the excitement of each game with a bet on their team will get a double whammy: no football and no gambling!
There are ways to fill the void. There are many other sports available to bet on; boxing, golf and billiards, but tennis and cricket would be my options here. There’s plenty of cricket at national and county level, and Wimbledon offers two excellent weeks of tennis betting. Plus, if you want to go abroad and try something new, there’s US basketball and baseball, and don’t forget Major League Soccer.
If other sports aren’t enough, then there are international soccer matches to keep you going, but these are few and far between. So the other way is to take advantage of Betfairs online offers and place some bets on the ‘special’ football markets.
Most people are aware of Betfair’s unique positioning, which means that you can bet that a particular result will NOT happen. For example, Villa is now without a coach and everyone is speculating who will take over. When betting with traditional online bookmakers such as William Hill and Ladbrokes you need to choose who you think will take over, this could be one of two or three people and you could end up losing. Using the lay bet with Betfair you can say; “It could be Martin Jol or Mark Hughes, but it definitely won’t be Sam Allardyce.” You can place a bet against Alladyce taking over safe in the knowledge that he won’t, and this way it doesn’t matter which of the other contenders gets the job.
If you are going to try this out, make sure you make use of the free sports betting offer available. Betfair is currently offering a £30 free bet, so take advantage of this when you place your bet. In the unlikely event that your prediction doesn’t come through, then you haven’t lost, and if it does, you’ll not only get the winnings but also the bonus money credited as part of the free bet!
Other great soccer specials available right now include old favorites that seem to be released every year, like whether Tevez will stay or go, Drogba, Fabregas or Ashley Young will leave for the summer. Also added to the list this year is whether Gareth Bale will stay on, and whether Berbatov, Arshavin, Defoe and Modric will leave their respective clubs. In addition, all vacancies on the managerial merry-go-round will appear on the site.
So my advice is to go on the site and give it a try, and if you want some advice try going to the respective clubs’ forum sites. Unofficial forums tend to be filled with people who live and breathe their local club and you can guarantee that there is always someone with a relative who works for the club who has a bit of inside information.
