How weird is that - we had a bloke near us who had £10 on Beckford and 4-0 at 66-1 who was shitting himsen when Becchio stepped up to take the pen.
--- On Wed, 11/3/09, DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> wrote: > From: DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> > Subject: [LU] Yeovil & betting > To: "list leedslist" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 1:35 PM > I know we had a bit of a debate on > here a while back about betting on Leeds games, well for > Scunthorpe the lad next to me had decent money on Beckford > to score first and win 3 -2 , which of course was a winner. > > As a result of this both he and another lad who sits in > front of us ( all very friendly in my section) announced > last night that one had put £10 on Beckford & 4 - 0 and > the other £5 on Beckford and both 4-0 and 4 -1 ! > > I said I did not expect us to win by that much but > obvioulsy that changed as the game wore on. At 4 - 0 they > were both panicing and I said jokingly that I bet we get a > pen and they won't know whether they will be shouting for a > goal or a miss. Well we all know what happened. They both > sort of agreed that if we won 7 or 8 nil they would be happy > but would be gutted if we only got one more (ie 5 -0) > From the penalty miss onwards all about 20 fans round about > us were bothered about was the bet - we even started singing > "we want five" just to wind them both up and kept going - > "this one is going in etc" as the ball whizzed past the post > and we created chances and half chances. > Whilst it was great entertainment for us all it did confirm > my view that betting on Leeds games is just wrong !! > Dave > PS I see that the waste of space \ big dissappointment > Trundle has gone but we have got Darren Powell (33yr old ex > Palace, West Ham, Southampton etc) is training with us and > will play in the reserves > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators accept no liability for the personal views > and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > Sorry Macca - it's the curse of Bates old lad _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Sorry Macca - it's the curse of Bates old lad
