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...

"The Joker's Bet of the Day: Back Over 2.5 Goals at [1.74] in Alloa v Dundee United"

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

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