However our noses remain well ahead of the bookies once again and Mr Hill and co would require a bad run lasting for at least six weeks before getting a penny back from the more careful punters.
Hopefully this week’s bookie-bashing forecasts will create an even bigger gap between the punters and the Turf Accountants.
Stakes are given as £1 purely for simplicity.
The Fab Four:
PREM- Norwich v ASTON VILLA 6/4
CCL1- BRADFORD 13/8 v Bristol City
CCL1-Stockport v LUTON 11/10
CCL2-GRIMSBY 6/5 v Leyton Orient
Suggested bet: Perm all four trebles plus the foursome @ £1 per unit =£5.00 total stake.
Trebles return:
Villa/Bradford/Luton returns =£13.78
Villa/Bradford/Grimsby returns =£14.44
Villa/Luton/Grimsby returns =£11.55
Bradford/Luton/Grimsby returns =£12.13
Foursome returns £30.32 plus all four trebles @ £51.90 =£82.22 total returns.
Tenner Treble
PREM-West Brom v FULHAM 13/8
CHMP-Brighton v QPR 9/5
CHMP- WEST HAM 21/20 v Ipswich
Returns £15.07 to £1 stake
Dodgy Double
CHMP-Crewe v LEEDS UTD 6/4
CHMP-Plymouth v WOLVES 7/4
Returns £6.88 for £1 stake.
Super Singles
PREM- BLACKBURN 23/20 v Portsmouth
CCL1- Blackpool v SWINDON 11/8
CCL1-CHESTERFIELD 23/20 v Walsall
CCL2-Kidderminster v MACCLESFIELD 6/4
CCL2-RUSHDEN 5/4 v Cheltenham
SPL -KILMARNOCK 7/5 v Aberdeen
SPL -MOTHERWELL 23/20 v Dundee UTD