http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...nto-thousands-for-lucky-gambler-6284382.html? A fan who staked just £5 on three of the most unlikely Premier League results of the season last weekend won £7,590 when they all proved correct. The Everton fan successfully predicted that strugglers Blackburn Rovers would win at Manchester United, midtable Aston Villa would win at Chelsea and Sunderland would beat Premier League leaders Manchester City. Rovers stunned United 3-2 and Villa won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, while a last-gasp goal earned Sunderland a 1-0 home win over City on Sunday. The odds on the punter being successful were 1517-1. A spokesman for bookmakers William Hill said: "To find three of the least predictable results of the season and put them in a virtually impossible treble leaves us very relieved he was only prepared to risk a fiver on the outcome. "The Blackburn game saw the biggest winning Premier League odds we have ever offered, 22-1 for them to win at Old Trafford and by adding Sunderland and Villa to the mix, the lucky punter beat odds of 1517-1. It is a little surprising he didn't add Everton to win at West Brom, which would have boosted his winnings to nearly 20,000 pounds."
I honestly think the goal was to close to call offside with the naked eye, and even with the replays it is just a fanny's hair if at all.
http://www.sportingpreview.com/columns2012/111205142.php It wasn't you Wigan was it? (Masquerading as an Everton fan!!!)???? Buy us a pint if it was!!: You would have thought that an Everton fan based in Wigan would be used to supporting the underdogs and his penchant for the plucky outsiders has earned him a share of William Hill's longest odds football treble. The man, in his mid 40s, who wishes to remain anonymous placed £5.00 on Blackburn beating Manchester United, Aston Villa beating Chelsea and when Ji Dong-Won scored the 93rd minute winner for Sunderland against Manchester City landing a 1517/1 hat-trick of results worth £7590. You would have thought that an Everton fan based in Wigan would be used to supporting the underdogs and his penchant for the plucky outsiders has earned him a share of William Hill's longest odds football treble. The man, in his mid 40s, who wishes to remain anonymous placed £5.00 on Blackburn beating Manchester United, Aston Villa beating Chelsea and when Ji Dong-Won scored the 93rd minute winner for Sunderland against Manchester City landing a 1517/1 hat-trick of results worth £7590. "To find three of the least predictable of the season and put them in a virtually impossible treble leaves us very relieved he was only prepared to risk a fiver on the outcome," said Hill's spokesman Joe Crilly. "The Blackburn game saw the biggest winning Premier League odds we have ever offered, 22/1 for them to win at Old Trafford and by adding Sunderland and Villa to the mix, the lucky punter beat odds of 1517/1. It is a little surprising he didn't add Everton to win at West Brom, which would have boosted his winnings to nearly £20,000." The winning selections: £5 stake scooped £7590 Blackburn to beat Manchester United: 22/1 Aston Villa to beat Chelsea: 10/1 Sunderland to beat Manchester City: 5/1 "To find three of the least predictable of the season and put them in a virtually impossible treble leaves us very relieved he was only prepared to risk a fiver on the outcome," said Hill's spokesman Joe Crilly. "The Blackburn game saw the biggest winning Premier League odds we have ever offered, 22/1 for them to win at Old Trafford and by adding Sunderland and Villa to the mix, the lucky punter beat odds of 1517/1. It is a little surprising he didn't add Everton to win at West Brom, which would have boosted his winnings to nearly £20,000." The winning selections: £5 stake scooped £7590 Blackburn to beat Manchester United: 22/1 Aston Villa to beat Chelsea: 10/1 Sunderland to beat Manchester City: 5/1
Well I had a tenner on Man Utd, Chelski and us to win, only added the other two to make up the numbers. Shambles.
