FA Cup / Joe Dyer / 16 February 2008 /

Joe Dyer keeps rounds up the highlights from Betfair on FA Cup weekend

Barnsley wrote their names into FA Cup betting folklore with an amazing [180.0] victory at Anfield today.

A goal at the death away to Liverpool brought the Tykes back from 1-0 down to embarrass their Premier League opponents.

And that strike ensured the Barnsley backers who took the odds of [180.0] for a victory would be counting their big winnings on Saturday night.

Having gone down to a Dirk Kuyt strike in the first half Barnsley fought back with an equaliser after the break. But they saved the drama until the very last minute and Brian Howard's famous strike landed another big win for long-shot backers - the 2-1 scoreline was backed at [100.0].

Earlier on Bristol Rovers struck a blow for the minnows with a defeat of Championship side and former Premier League mainstays, Southampton.

League One Rovers left it late to maximise the drama for their backers and the fans at the Memorial Stadium. The home team hit [9.0] on Betfair before hitting an 84th minute winner to beat Southampton in the FA Cup this afterrnoon.

The subject of a pre-game gamble, The Gas are now into the last eight but given their lowly status can be backed at [180.0] for Cup glory

The 0-0 scoreline had been backed into [1.4] on the exchange before the goal in the dying minutes.

In the other matches more than £5,000 was traded on Chelsea at [1.01] to be winning at halftime at home to Huddersfield. But a Michael Collins goal for the Yorkshiremen denied those short-price backers. The halftime draw was backed to small money at [50.0].

It was all Chelsea after the break and the final scoreline of 3-1 was backed at [17.5].

Wayne Rooney to score first coupled with a final score of 4-0 to Manchester United was matched at [70.0] on Betfair's scorecast feature

The any unquoted scoreline at halftime was matched at 75 while a win by by four goals or more for the home team over Arsenal was backed at [30.0].

Over 4.5 goals was matched 15.5 in West Brom's 5-0 hammering of Coventry.

In Sunday's early kick-off, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough ground out a 0-0 draw at Bramall Lane.

More the one goal in the match was backed at [1.1] while the correct score of 0-0 was taken at a high of [11.0].

The Cup action was rounded off with a dramatic game at Deepdale where Preston were defeated by a last minute Portsmouth goal.

So last minute was that strike that Pompey were backed at a high of [55.0] on Betfair before scoring.

The late show denied punters backing the correct score of 0-0 at [1.05] while the final score of 1-0 was taken (to small sums) at [95.0].

Over 1.5 goals in the match traded as low as [1.37].

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