Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted May 3, 2016 Bookies to pay out £15m after Leicester City win the Premier League. Betfred said they offered a 22,000-1 bet in August for the Foxes to win the league and Mark Selby to win snooker's World Championship. Nobody placed a bet on that double. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted May 3, 2016 Bookies to pay out £15m after Leicester City win the Premier League. Betfred said they offered a 22,000-1 bet in August for the Foxes to win the league and Mark Selby to win snooker's World Championship. Nobody placed a bet on that double. Oh that's the double that I overheard someone talking about. I thought they meant the league and cup double. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted May 3, 2016 Well, time to reflect. I and, I have to say, more than a few fellow Yids have a bit of a bad taste in our mouths. No, its not because we only drew ( well done Leicester, totally deserved) but because some of our players behaved like fucking morons. Keep you head while all around are losing theirs isn't something that some of our players understand. Luckily for us the ref was quite 'generous' or we would have finished the game with less than 10 men. Ok, we have had the youngest teams out there playing this season and some of them are still kids really but, well fuck, a bit of class and dignity would have gone a long way. If we had have won it would have been 'Those dirty c***s don't deserve to win the title' They would have had a point. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 3, 2016 Into 25/1 for them to be relegated next year.....just a sayin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted May 3, 2016 Leicester..... @ $1,000,000 in wages for every point gained. The baws burst. Can someone translate that to Scottish English? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted May 3, 2016 Anyone got a famous book maker in a dead pool? PR release I saw said only two 1,000/1+ singles have ever come in as a bet in history before this Leicester thing (some guy in the 60s got a 1,000/1 on man walking on the moon before 1970 and a 2,500/1 "my son will play international football" bet for some guy). Can this be true? Is this the famous Chris Kirkland bet? And wasn't it a friend of his father's rather than his father himself? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 3, 2016 Into 25/1 for them to be relegated next year.....just a sayin. What about them being relegated and winning the champions league? Anyone got a famous book maker in a dead pool? PR release I saw said only two 1,000/1+ singles have ever come in as a bet in history before this Leicester thing (some guy in the 60s got a 1,000/1 on man walking on the moon before 1970 and a 2,500/1 "my son will play international football" bet for some guy). Can this be true? Is this the famous Chris Kirkland bet? And wasn't it a friend of his father's rather than his father himself? That was only 100/1 going by this article. Harry Wilson's grandad however got 2,500/1 for his son playing for Wales by betting on him when he was an infant. This will be the one. (£125,000 from a £50 bet) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted May 3, 2016 Into 25/1 for them to be relegated next year.....just a sayin. What are the odds for them winning the Champions League? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted May 3, 2016 FUCK THE DEE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 7, 2016 Oh shit. Newcastle real are useless. Only team beaten by Derby in their shit season and now only team not to beat Villa in theirs. If Sunderland beat Everton or Watford were in the Championship. Even beating Spurs wouldn't be enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 7, 2016 I must say, Leicester have been pukka champions! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted May 8, 2016 Another Newcastle/Sunderland stylee nail-biter now resolved. Mighty Blackpool face temping trips to Carlisle, Crawley and Hartlepool next season whilst their upwardly mobile neighbours Fleetwood escape relegation and live to fight on in League One. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 8, 2016 Another Newcastle/Sunderland stylee nail-biter now resolved. Mighty Blackpool face temping trips to Carlisle, Crawley and Hartlepool next season whilst their upwardly mobile neighbours Fleetwood escape relegation and live to fight on in League One. Also resulting from this afternoons League One matches. Burton Albion will be in the Championship mixing it with the likes of Aston Villa, Newcastle, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers and Fulham. They've only been a Football League team since 2009. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 8, 2016 Man City's season could end up as spectacularly bad as Leicester's was good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. The thing that pisses me off is the notion that Football simply did not exist before the formation of the Premier League. ''.....and on the 8th day Sky created football....' Bollocks did it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. If you think that's confusing here's the entire pyramid - all the way down to Mid-Sussex Football League - Division Ten. (Level 23, i.e it would take a team in this division 22 promotions to reach the Premier League but they can do it.) Basically once you get to the national league it's just ever decreasing geographical areas with some of the larger ones having several divisions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. If you think that's confusing here's the entire pyramid - all the way down to Mid-Sussex Football League - Division Ten. (Level 23, i.e it would take a team in this division 22 promotions to reach the Premier League but they can do it.) Basically once you get to the national league it's just ever decreasing geographical areas with some of the larger ones having several divisions. Yes, that's all fine. What I object to is the top divisions being given fancy names as though they are separate from the system. The so-called Premiership is the League Division One, and the so-called Championship is League Division Two. < wanders away muttering about how it were when I were a nipper > Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 8, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. If you think that's confusing here's the entire pyramid - all the way down to Mid-Sussex Football League - Division Ten. (Level 23, i.e it would take a team in this division 22 promotions to reach the Premier League but they can do it.) Basically once you get to the national league it's just ever decreasing geographical areas with some of the larger ones having several divisions. Yes, that's all fine. What I object to is the top divisions being given fancy names as though they are separate from the system. The so-called Premiership is the League Division One, and the so-called Championship is League Division Two. < wanders away muttering about how it were when I were a nipper > Look if we went back to how it was when you were a nipper I'd have been a coal miner for about ten years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted May 9, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. If you think that's confusing here's the entire pyramid - all the way down to Mid-Sussex Football League - Division Ten. (Level 23, i.e it would take a team in this division 22 promotions to reach the Premier League but they can do it.) Basically once you get to the national league it's just ever decreasing geographical areas with some of the larger ones having several divisions. Yes, that's all fine. What I object to is the top divisions being given fancy names as though they are separate from the system. The so-called Premiership is the League Division One, and the so-called Championship is League Division Two. < wanders away muttering about how it were when I were a nipper > Look if we went back to how it was when you were a nipper I'd have been a coal miner for about ten years. You say that like it's a bad thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted May 9, 2016 Why is it all so confusing now? I wish they would go back to calling them Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. Because that's still what it is. It's different numbers of teams in the divisions though. It's not that confusing with regards to the tiers that marginally matter. Premier League Championship League One League Two National League National League North + National League South Isthmian League + Northern Premier League + Southern Premier League I think that list speaks for itself. If you think that's confusing here's the entire pyramid - all the way down to Mid-Sussex Football League - Division Ten. (Level 23, i.e it would take a team in this division 22 promotions to reach the Premier League but they can do it.) Basically once you get to the national league it's just ever decreasing geographical areas with some of the larger ones having several divisions. Yes, that's all fine. What I object to is the top divisions being given fancy names as though they are separate from the system. The so-called Premiership is the League Division One, and the so-called Championship is League Division Two. < wanders away muttering about how it were when I were a nipper > Technically the Premier League isn't League Division 1. That's how this all started: the 'best' clubs broke away and formed their own "Premier" league and the Football League was reduced to three divisions named, accordingly, Divisions 1, 2 and 3. I can't explain the "Championship" rebrand, except that I assume the feeling was 'Championship' was sexier than 'Division 1'. I believe I'm right in saying the Championship teams still play for the same Division 1 trophy Liverpool had a monopoly on in the 80s, though I'm sure someone will put me straight if that's not the case. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 9, 2016 I think the reason it's called the championship is because of the breakaway the winner of the championship is champion of the entire football league in that year (which extends down to League Two, incorporating 72 teams.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted May 9, 2016 I think the reason it's called the championship is because of the breakaway the winner of the championship is champion of the entire football league in that year (which extends down to League Two, incorporating 72 teams.) So, the premiership isn't in the football league? It's some sort of separate entity? Which you get into by winning the league below*, which is in fact the top of the entire football league.... ok. *though it isn't 'below' is it? It can't be since it's the top of the entire football league, it must be a sort of sideways move. 1,2,3,4 never seemed so appealingly simple before now . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites