The Joker's Bet of the Day: Tuesday August 25

The Joker's bet of the day / The Joker / 25 August 2009 / Leave a Comment

A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way...

It is often said that you should never meet your heroes. The truth can be very disappointing. That's exactly what it was when a young Joker found out: Alloa not from Hawaii.

He had imagined the Harlem Globetrotters of Scottish football, taking the longboard to matches, winning with preposterous feats of skill, and all in hula skirts. A couple of truths follow below.

The greatest son of Alloa: Robert Bald, 'an unusually inventive local mining engineer'. The most capped player in Alloa Athletic's history: Jock Hepburn (one for Scotland).

Quite a comedown, but not quite as far for Dundee United to travel for tonight's game at Recreation Park. The visitors lost on penalties to Celtic in last season's Co-op Cup, but before that had hit nine goals in two previous road matches in the competition. Surf's up.

Recommendation: Back Over 2.5 Goals at [1.74] in Alloa v Dundee United