June 2009 - Football Food For Thought
Football Food For Thought. Opinions and thoughts from the betting.betfair team from the Premier League to the Champions League to the World Cup. This is where opinions come to live and whatever your football PoV it is sure to disagree with someone here!
Football Bets: Pearce keen to not pay the penalty for poor preparation
As England's Under 21 team prepare for their semi-final showdown against Sweden, Ralph Ellis looks at Stuart Pearce's scientific approach to the distinct possibility of having to settle the issue via spot-kicks....
Premier League Relegation Betting: Yes he's a Geordie but primarily he's a very good manager
Frank Gregan knows better than most who is or isn't a Geordie and has no doubts about which category Steve Bruce comes under. More importantly he's the right man to take Sunderland to the next...
Football Betting: A few of the world's greats bow out
Pavel Nedved, Paolo Maldini and Luis Figo have all decided to call it a day after long and illustrious careers spent winning trophies and entertaining fans. Alister Morgan looks at their reasons and rounds up...
Next Manager Betting: Not all ex-Man Utd number 7s are in seventh heaven
Gordon Strachan, Eric Cantona and Steve Coppell all once wore the famous Man Utd number 7 jersey as well as making the headlines in the last week, albeit for very different reasons. Frank Gregan investigates....