It wont be long until someone does another 'Leicester'

Alan Harper's Tash said:
The bookies took a hit. They’ll never offer the same odds.

Odds on football in general are really conservative these days.
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I wonder how big a hit they actually took, though. How many non Foxes fans would have stuck a tenner on them that August? Or even Leicester fans, if they're honest. Yes; the returns were huge for the outlay. But I'm guessing that PP would take a bigger overall hit if/when the favourite wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Agreed, though; they'll never offer 5k/1 again. Once bitten etc etc.
 
jimharri said:
I wonder how big a hit they actually took, though. How many non Foxes fans would have stuck a tenner on them that August? Or even Leicester fans, if they're honest. Yes; the returns were huge for the outlay. But I'm guessing that PP would take a bigger overall hit if/when the favourite wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Agreed, though; they'll never offer 5k/1 again. Once bitten etc etc.
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People bet on loads of silly stuff. I think i read the longest odds ever were for Haley’s Comet landing on the Loch Ness Monster.

A funny little bet. One that’d never be recouped as we’d all be dead.
 
RadcliffeRick said:
What was strange for me was how much energy every one ogmf their players had that season. The next season when they all stopped wearing those white bandages, they all returned to being Plodder. Strange that!!
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Alan Harper's Tash said:
People bet on loads of silly stuff. I think i read the longest odds ever were for Haley’s Comet landing on the Loch Ness Monster.

A funny little bet. One that’d never be recouped as we’d all be dead.
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I heard Simon Clare from Corals doing a little piece on novelty bets once and he said they take multiple bets every year on the world ending before a specified date.
 
Only 2 clubs have won the Premier League and got relegated and that was Blackburn and Leicester.

Leicester are unique that they won League 1, Championship and Premier League all within 7 years. They just now need to win League 2 to complete the full English quadruple.
 
Girona in La Liga also another 'smaller' team having a super successful year so far.

Great transfer window for any middle of the pack team and it can happen.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
The bookies took a hit. They’ll never offer the same odds.

Odds on football in general are really conservative these days.
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As a group on here, we won around £100k combined in the 100 points season when we wagered on goals scored
The longest odds of 35/1 have never been close to offered again
 
M16 citeh said:
5000/1 tells you everything you need to know... Massive inside trading making a lot of doe for certain people in Thailand and elsewhere. Peds for the players, other teams players underperforming and a bit of help from the refs. Won't be long until it happens again I'm sure. Maybe be united next. But in all seriousness maybe Brighton or Brentford with their squeaky clean owners
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Nailed it.
 
RadcliffeRick said:
What was strange for me was how much energy every one ogmf their players had that season. The next season when they all stopped wearing those white bandages, they all returned to being Plodder. Strange that!!
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When you’re winning and the feel good factor is there then the energy stays, they maintained it and gave absolutely everything the final stages of that season. No chance they could carry that over again the following season.
 
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