Liverpool FC vs Chelsea FC (A) - post-match thread

[danperkins]

Premier League - Gambler scoops £585k from late winner.

Mon, 21 Nov 12:27:00 2011

A lucky punter landed £585,143.24 from an 85p bet thanks to Glen Johnson's 87th-minute winner for Liverpool at Chelsea on Sunday.

The 41-year-old gambler - who has chosen to remained anonymous - bet just one euro on his 19-match accumulator, and watched Saturday's football results come in with an increasing state of excitement as the first 18 matches all went his way.

That left the Sunday afternoon match between the Reds and the Blues to decide whether his 683,738-1 gamble would come in.

Liverpool were 7/2 underdogs for the match at Stamford Bridge, but former Chelsea player Glen Johnson did the Maltese gambler proud with his beautiful late goal to secure all three points for Kenny Dalglish's men.

And unsurprisingly, Liverpool have gained a lifelong fan thanks to the win: "He wasn't a Liverpool fan before, he tells us he is now!" said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe, adding that the amazing punt was a new record at the end of a great weekend for gamblers.

"We cannot recall any punter winning either this much on an accumulator, or landing such stratospheric odds," Sharpe added.

"Football punters were already celebrating the biggest winning weekend in living memory as all the best fancied teams in the Premier League, Championship, Leagues One & Two, Blue Square, SPL and William Hill Scottish Cup turned out be winners," said Sharpe.

"This late winner in the final game of the weekend left us feeling about as cheerful as under-pressure Chelsea boss Andre Villas Boas. The weekend as a whole was football betting's equivalent of racing's Dettori day in 1996, when Frankie rode all seven winners at Ascot, costing the industry almost £50 million."

The winning selections:

Norwich v Arsenal - 7/10 away win
Everton v Wolves - 6/10 home win
Man City v Newcastle - 1/3 home win
Swansea v Man Utd - 4/9 away win
Chelsea v Liverpool - 7/2 away win
West Brom v Bolton - 11/10 home win
Inverness v Celtic - 4/9 away win
Southampton v Brighton - 8/15 home win
Coventry v West Ham - 4/5 away win
Reading v Cardiff - 11/5 away win
Brentford v Charlton - 7/5 away win
Huddersfield v Notts County - 4/5 home win
Sheff Utd v Carlisle - 19/20 home win
Colchester v MK Dons - 6/4 away win
Tranmere v Sheff Wed - 9/5 away win
Crawley v Oxford - 5/6 home win
Dagenham v Southend - 5/6 away win
Cheltenham v Port Vale - 13/10 home win
Northampton v Shrewsbury - 11/8 away win

Awesome stuff, jaysis and here was me thinking i was great winning 243 quid with my 8 team accumulator. Lucky *******!!!

[cream]

I pity whoever we're playing against when we do manage to play well for 90 minutes.

That'll be City next weekend then

[kris90210]

Hey guys, Ive just come back from holiday and gutted to have missed the match! Anyone have any links to downloads?

[Craig_H]

When you say 'anyone', you mean Mostar dont you?

[Exiled_red]

Mostar has posted a link to the match somewhere (in this thread I think)

Edit: Here it is:
http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/show...&postcount=217

[Arn]

683,738-1

He must simply love Johnson to bits. He will probably forever celebrate the 20th November as the Glen Johnson day.

[Shaggy]

I shouldn't, but this really made me laugh

@LiterallyJamie
Not Jamie Redknapp
To celebrate Liverpool's victory, I've compiled Andy Carroll's match highlights. http://oi41.tinypic.com/2uo1jly.jpg

[Roboklopp]

I shouldn't, but this really made me laugh

Neigh.

[Daniel 7]

Haha!

Carroll reminds me of that time David James went up front for Man City sometimes....

[BringbackBiscan]

It reminds me of Roy Hodgson. They've got about the same amount of support from day one.

One of them should never have been at the club right enough.

[lickedlollipop]

Premier League - Gambler scoops £585k from late winner.

[Gibbo]

I shouldn't, but this really made me laugh

[Oberon]

Thought it was Adam's best performance for us too. He seemed to benefit from having quality players in front of him like Maxi and Bellamy as opposed to the likes of Downing and Carroll. Also he kept his passing short and simple most of the game, can't remember him losing the ball much which was a nice change.
Still questions about his stamina though as he did fade in the second hallf.

Who passed the ball to Glen for his goal in the 87th minute?

[Buzzo]

I shouldn't, but this really made me laugh

Pelanty!!!

[Mostar]

My favorite "Uruguayan Werewolf" pic