Football Handicap Betting

At the start of the season, I put my usual yearly bet on the Football Handicap with Ladbrokes.....

for those who dont know, basically all the teams in all 4 divisions are given a score which gets added on to their actual points total and the leagues are worked out again with the score added on (i.e. Chelsea had +7 this year)

I have just worked out things as they stand after todays games (to see if I was in with a chance of winning - which I aren't BTW) and the results are pretty suprising......

premier league

charlton 88
fulham 88
bolton 87
arsenal 86
birmingham 85
southampton 81
aston villa 80
portsmouth 80
chelsea 79
leicester 77
boro 75
man utd 71
wolves 69
tottenham 67
blackburn 66
everton 64
newcastle 63
man city 63
liverpool 60
leeds 58

1st division

norwich 104
west brom 90
stoke 89
palace 88
crewe 88
coventry 85
wigan 84
millwall 84
burnley 83
rotherham 83
gillingham 82
walsall 82
cardiff 81
sunderland 80
ipswich 79
reading 79
sheff utd 76
preston 76
watford 74
derby 71
west ham 70
bradford 68
nottm forest 63
wimbledon 57

2nd division

plymouth 100
hartlepool 96
port vale 93
swindon 90
bournemouth 89
colchester 83
barnsley 81
blackpool 81
bristol c 79
wrexham 79
chesterfield 78
qpr 77
brighton 77
luton 77
oldham 77
brentford 76
peterborough 72
tranmere 71
stockport 71
notts county 65
grimsby 61
rushden 60
wycombe 59
sheff weds 55

3rd division

doncaster 108
torquay 103
lincoln 88
mansfield 88
huddersfield 87
hull 82
boston 82
swansea 79
yeovil 77
oxford 75
southend 75
kidderminster 75
northampton 73
bury 73
rochdale 73
macclesfield 71
york 71
cambridge 70
darlington 70
leyton orient 70
cheltenham 68
bristol rovers 68
carlisle 68
scunthorpe 59


I think you'll agree, this doesnt make good reading for any Liverpool fans out there!!!