Soccer Speculating with the Football Pools
The british public have long since held an affectionate place in their hearts for the good old football pools. Long before the days of the lotto, the football pools as well as the premium bonds were seen as the dream ticket for most UK citizens.
In those days you could choose from Littlewods, Vernons and Zetters.
Today you have one choice or medium for trying your luck or skill, when it comes to predicting those games in the British football leagues which you think will end in a draw (three points for a score draw and two points for a no score draw).
That choice is www.footballpools.com still based in that hot bed of English football, Liverpool.
In simple terms you need eight score draws on your coupon containing around fifty matches, in order to scoop the jackpot, which can be a juicy £3,000,000! Waw! Just imagine, enough to pay Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard’s wages for 30 weeks of the season! Money well spent? Possibly not in this day of brooding, pampered primodonas.
What happened to the good old days when Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Bob Latchford, Kevin Ratcliffe and Alan Ball used to grace the Merseyside derby. Cast your minds back to 1977, Liverpool had just won the European Cup and Kevin Keegan was on his way to play for SV Hamburg. His replacement was signed from Celtic for the princely sum of £440,000. Who was he? Possibly the greatest player to wear the red shirt, in front of the passionate kop. King Kenny Dalglish.
Back to the football pools, after that bout of 1970’s nostalgia. For the modest sum of £1 you get ten selections. Obviously more than ten selections and the entry cost inflates like Rooney’s wage bill!
One option in order to increase your chances of winning by getting e.g. 15 selections, would be to form a syndicate, possibly including family, friends or work colleagues.
So how difficult is it to win at the football pools and is there anything you can do to increase your chances of success?
This question will be dealt with in my next post.
Speak to you soon.
Happy punting,
Aled Evans (The Optimistic Speculator)
