June 2008 - Featured Articles

Euro 2008: Alsy hands out the awards for the outstanding performers

Alsy / 29 June 2008 / Leave a comment

On the eve of the final, Alister Morgan looks back at four weeks of great football in a memorable tournament but who do the Morgan awards go to?...Read more »

Euro 2008 Final Betting: The showdown of the men between the posts

Ben Lyttleton / 28 June 2008 / Leave a comment

In a game where there could be a lot of chances, the custodians of the nets could provide a crucial edge with some key saves. Ben Lyttleton has had plenty of opportunity to analyse the performance of both of the...Read more »

Euro 2008 Betting: Loew loving every minute of buld-up to final

maxliu / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment

The Germany manager believes the pressure is off now that his side have got over their semi-final block....Read more »

Euro 2008 Betting: Wenger tips his boy Fabregas to go on and win Euro 2008

Ben Lyttleton / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger did not look particularly twitchy when he was spotted deep in conversation with Zinedine Zidane during Spain's quarter-final win over Italy, but he admitted to some nerves when Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's 21-year-old midfielder, stepped up to...Read more »

Six players who could decide Euro 2008

Ben Lyttleton / 21 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Six teams remain in the hunt for the biggest prize in European football and Ben Lyttleton identifies the key players who could bring that trophy home...Read more »

Group winners be warned

Ben Lyttleton / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Momentum has been the buzzword for top teams this week but history does not favour group winners, says Ben Lyttleton...Read more »

Euro 2008 Betting: Injuries and their impact

Ben Lyttleton / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Ben Lyttleton reminds us that five teams have lost their captains to injury so far in the competition and looks at how their sides have coped without them....Read more »

Euro 2008 Betting: Striking while the iron is hot - how are the different tournament favourites lining up in attack?

Ben Lyttleton / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Ben Lyttleton looks at the merits of a 4-6-0 formation, asseses the chances of David Villa finishing as top scorer and tells us why he doesn't expect Cristiano Ronaldo to score as freely as he does for Man Utd....Read more »

Head replaces heart as UK and Ireland punters clean up at Euro 2008

Joe Dyer / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Home bettors £2m in black as Italians suffer double-whammy...Read more »

Remember the lonely old fella between the sticks...

Alsy / 07 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Alsy speaks up for the top-class keepers you're about to see at Euro 2008...Read more »

Betfair Big Interview: BBC commentator Jonathan Pearce speaks ahead of Euro 2008

Editor / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Okay, so England and none of the other home nations made it to Euro 2008 but we´ll all end up becoming experts on the rest of European football in the next fortnight. Betfair talked exclusively to BBC commentator Jonathan Pearce...Read more »

Euro 2008 Bets: Platini's heroics, Van Basten's goals and this year's contenders

Mike Norman / 03 June 2008 / Leave a comment

"Mystical" Mike Norman recalls Platini's legendary performances in 1984, Van Basten coming off the bench to lead Holland to Euro 88 glory and Shearer raising a whole nation's hopes before a missed penalty put an end to it all....Read more »