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flash gunner wrote: I agree.... Have you ever wondered why you never see a poor bookie?
john mccririck

see his ugly mug most weekend's on the box
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Highbury1965 wrote:
flash gunner wrote: I agree.... Have you ever wondered why you never see a poor bookie?
john mccririck

see his ugly mug most weekend's on the box
Not a bookie. At one point that dude owed huge sums to both Ladbrokes and Willy Hills.
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he was a bookie, but watever.
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Highbury1965 wrote:he was a bookie, but watever.
Correct and right.......
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RossieGooner wrote:
demzy wrote:I won £600 on saturday, and another £400 tonight. I think i might quit my day job :D :D
Feckin hell Demzy. Mind me asking how?
Basically, i look at whos playing who on match day, then i compare the home teams form at home, and the away teams form when they play away and make my judgement at whos gonna win or if it will be a draw.
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RossieGooner wrote:
Highbury1965 wrote:he was a bookie, but watever.
Correct and right.......
When was this? 100 years ago in the days of blacked out windows and sawdust floors?

I worked in a bookies for 5 years and heard a lot of tales about his failed career as a punter but zero about him running his own book. :?
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Number 5 wrote:
RossieGooner wrote:
Highbury1965 wrote:he was a bookie, but watever.
Correct and right.......
When was this? 100 years ago in the days of blacked out windows and sawdust floors?

I worked in a bookies for 5 years and heard a lot of tales about his failed career as a punter but zero about him running his own book. :?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 02763.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhv-6ZeRxvQ

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,36 ... 28,00.html

Did a google on it and 3 acticles / video make reference to him being a failed bookie.
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A bet on George Groves to be a world boxing champion by december 31st 2011.

Dont know odds but would be high.

A good bet.
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I tend to stick a fiver or a tenner into my ladbrooks account. But only do this when the funds empty. Infact when it's so low I tend not to bother.

I stuck a fiver on the other day and lost some small bets.
Was going to bet on 2-0 England and was thinking about making it a scorecast. Gladly, I wasn't online in time by which time we were losing.

However, I heard on the tele Couch was coming on at thought that was worth a punt as next scorer. I got decent odds on the live bets. Got a return of £12!!
Not massives of amounts I'm up in my account.
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Post by Gunner4LiF3 »

Shame u guys misses the Betfair offer I told you about last week. You could have pocketed yourself 50 quid



:? :? :?

Offer ended in Feb 28th.
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Lend me a tenner..... :-P
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demzy wrote:
RossieGooner wrote:
demzy wrote:I won £600 on saturday, and another £400 tonight. I think i might quit my day job :D :D
Feckin hell Demzy. Mind me asking how?
Basically, i look at whos playing who on match day, then i compare the home teams form at home, and the away teams form when they play away and make my judgement at whos gonna win or if it will be a draw.
:coffeespit: :coffeespit: :coffeespit:

I really hope that was a deliberate display of humour/sarcasm and not an unintentional joke. 8) :lol: :wink:
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I Hate Hleb wrote:
demzy wrote:
RossieGooner wrote:
demzy wrote:I won £600 on saturday, and another £400 tonight. I think i might quit my day job :D :D
Feckin hell Demzy. Mind me asking how?
Basically, i look at whos playing who on match day, then i compare the home teams form at home, and the away teams form when they play away and make my judgement at whos gonna win or if it will be a draw.
:coffeespit: :coffeespit: :coffeespit:

I really hope that was a deliberate display of humour/sarcasm and not an unintentional joke. 8) :lol: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

It does sound funny :)
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Post by I Hate Hleb »

Welcome back matey. 8) Where have you been? :? :lol: :wink:
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I Hate Hleb wrote:Welcome back matey. 8) Where have you been? :? :lol: :wink:
Smoothy seduced me and lead me away from the forum with promises of love, devotion and sausage sandwiches.

Other than my appetite being satisfied, it was a real let down.

:oops: :idea: :D
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