Football Betting

andy · August 2006

Swindon are 8-1 favourites to win League Two Arsenal are 9-1 second favourites to win the Premiership (Chels are 2-1) Don't bet on Swindon.

David · August 2006

Is it strictly known as betting when putting money down in favour of Swindon, or is the term more _burning_ ?

andy · August 2006

you've missed your chance. after saturday's display, they are 4-1

David · August 2006

3 games, 9 points. An impressive start albeit via a solitary own goal this weekend. I'm still in the mind you'll fail to get back upstairs.

andy · August 2006

3 games won, in the following circumstances

1. the opposition had two penalties saved
2. a 90th minute winner
3. a bizarre own goal

either we're 'making our own luck' or we're going to start losing soon.

andy · August 2006

garry birtles tipped swindon for the league today.
A brave man who makes his predictions 3 games in.

David · August 2006

Hmm, I can't help thinking you'll soon lose three in the exact same way as listed above.

Liz · August 2006

Should we have a poll on this? I'm missing the excitement of live voting now that the waffles poll is closed.

andy · August 2006

I think it's perhaps a bit niche. We do need another poll though. Any more ideas?

andy · August 2006

Swindon now 4 out of 4. Dennis Wise's Barmy Army

David · August 2006

But do you have the consistency? Or does that not even matter you're so above this league? I can't help feeling you're the little kid that's beating up the even tinier kids in the playground.

andy · August 2006

*"I can't help feeling you're the little kid that's beating up the even tinier kids in the playground."* said A.N. Other-Arsenal-Fan, from his lofty perch in the 60,000 seater stadium, yesterday. *"I hate the way football has become so unbalanced"*, he continued. *"Soulless multi-millionaire clubs like Swindon are ruining the game, leaving the Darlington's and Hartlepools of the world with little chance to compete. It's all about the money with them. It's hardly football at all."* He compared the moneybags town with his own club. *"Here at Arsenal, we're a family club, as I was saying only yesterday to Gerhard, who I sit next to in the Emirates. He's a Belgian credit derivatives analyst from UBS. He thinks £2,500 for a season ticket is a bargain in today's world. Why, that's barely the cost of a decent bottle of Petrus. How is that going to fund poaching every half-decent 16 year old in Europe? At half-time, we were reading the latest Standard and Poors report on Arsenal's £450m debenture to fund the stadium, we remarked how glad we were that our club wasn't just a corporate franchise run to satisfy multinational lending institutions, but a real family club. We shuddered at the thought of turning into a behemoth like Swindon."*

David · August 2006

I was merely referring to the fact its probably been 7,500 years since Swindon won four on the trot, which is possibly down to playing in a league that until recently even Oxford managed to survive in. Deflecting attention to other clubs is a tad Mourinhoesque I think.

andy · August 2006

2 years since 4 in a row.

Swindon 2-1 Milton Keynes 14-08-2004
Bristol C 1-2 Swindon 21-08-2004
Rushden 0-1 Swindon 24-08-2004
Swindon 3-0 Hartlepool 28-08-2004

2 1/2 years since 5 wins in a row (would have been 8 but for a controversial draw in the middle)

Swindon 2-0 Colchester 17-01-2004
Notts Co 1-2 Swindon 24-01-2004
Blackpool 2-2 Swindon 31-01-2004
Swindon 4-2 Rushden 07-02-2004
Stockport 2-4 Swindon 14-02-2004
Swindon 2-0 Chesterfield 21-02-2004
Swindon 2-0 Tranmere 03-03-2004
Swindon 2-1 Brentford 06-03-2004

andy · August 2006

All this pales into insignficance when compared to the glorious 85/86 season

Swindon 0-1 Wrexham 17-08-1985
Hereford 4-1 Swindon 24-08-1985
Swindon 2-1 Torquay 26-08-1985
Southend 0-0 Swindon 30-08-1985
Swindon 3-2 Northampton 06-09-1985
Peterborough 3-0 Swindon 14-09-1985
Crewe 2-0 Swindon 17-09-1985
Hartlepool 1-0 Swindon 28-09-1985
Swindon 2-1 Exeter 01-10-1985
Swindon 4-0 Rochdale 05-10-1985
Burnley 0-2 Swindon 12-10-1985
Chester 0-1 Swindon 19-10-1985
Swindon 1-0 Stockport 22-10-1985
Port Vale 3-0 Swindon 26-10-1985
Swindon 2-1 Tranmere 02-11-1985
Swindon 1-0 Cambridge 06-11-1985
Scunthorpe 0-2 Swindon 09-11-1985
Swindon 2-1 Mansfield 23-11-1985
Leyton Orient 1-0 Swindon 30-11-1985
Swindon 4-1 Preston 07-12-1985
Swindon 3-2 Halifax 14-12-1985
Swindon 1-0 Hereford 22-12-1985
Torquay 0-1 Swindon 28-12-1985
Swindon 2-1 Colchester 01-01-1986
Tranmere 3-1 Swindon 04-01-1986
Swindon 2-1 Southend 12-01-1986
Wrexham 0-1 Swindon 18-01-1986
Northampton 0-1 Swindon 01-02-1986
Stockport 0-2 Swindon 03-02-1986
Preston 0-3 Swindon 22-02-1986
Exeter 0-3 Swindon 04-03-1986
Rochdale 1-2 Swindon 08-03-1986
Swindon 3-1 Burnley 15-03-1986
Swindon 0-0 Port Vale 23-03-1986
Swindon 3-1 Hartlepool 25-03-1986
Colchester 1-1 Swindon 28-03-1986
Swindon 4-1 Aldershot 31-03-1986
Cambridge 1-1 Swindon 05-04-1986
Swindon 4-2 Chester 08-04-1986
Swindon 1-1 Scunthorpe 12-04-1986
Swindon 3-0 Peterborough 15-04-1986
Mansfield 1-1 Swindon 19-04-1986
Aldershot 2-4 Swindon 22-04-1986
Swindon 4-1 Leyton Orient 27-04-1986
Halifax 1-3 Swindon 02-05-1986
Swindon 1-0 Crewe 05-05-1986

andy · August 2006

<http://www.soccerbase.com/head2.sd?team2id=2519&team1id=142>; this is interesting

andy · August 2006

GET IN - 5 out of 5. Only Swindon and Man Utd have 100% records.

Liz · August 2006

Have finally given in and voted as the poll notification at the top of the page was driving me mental. Although I did work out that you could turn it off, I didn't want to risk missing out on future exciting poll notifications. So, sorry Andy.

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