No doubt every football fan is feeling the low that comes with the end of the English football season, as soon as the last game is played and we all start counting down to August when everything goes back up. Those who enhance the excitement of each game with a bet on their team will suffer a double whammy: no football and no bets!
There are ways to fill the void. There are many other sports available to bet on; boxing, golf and snooker but tennis and cricket would be my options here. There’s plenty of cricket going on at national and county level, and Wimbledon offers an excellent two weeks of tennis betting. Plus, if you want to go abroad and try something new, there’s USA basketball and baseball, and don’t forget Major League Soccer.
If other sports aren’t enough, then there are international soccer matches to get you going, but these are few and far between. So the other way is to take advantage of Betfairs online offers and place some bets on the ‘special’ football markets.
Most people are aware of Betfair’s unique positioning, which means that you can bet that a particular outcome will NOT happen. For example, Villa is now without a coach and everyone is speculating who will take over. When betting with traditional online bookmakers such as William Hill and Ladbrokes you have to choose who you think will take over, this could be one of two or three people and you could end up losing. Using the lay bet with Betfair you can say; ‘could be Martin Jol or Mark Hughes, but definitely not Sam Allardyce’. You can make a bet against Alladyce taking over with the certainty that he won’t, and this way it doesn’t matter which of the other contenders gets the job.
If you are going to try this, make sure you make use of the free sports betting offer available. Betfair is currently offering a £30 free bet, so take advantage of this when placing your bet. In the unlikely event that your prediction doesn’t come through, then you won’t have lost, and if it does, you’ll get not only the winnings but also the bonus money credited as part of the free bet!
Other great soccer specials available right now include the old favorites that seem to be released every year, like Tevez staying or going, Drogba, Fabregas or Ashley Young leaving for the summer. Also added to the list this year is whether Gareth Bale will stay, and whether Berbatov, Arshavin, Defoe and Modric will leave their respective clubs. In addition, all vacancies in the managerial carousel will appear on the site.
So my advice is to go on the site and give it a try, and if you want some tips try going to the forum sites of the respective clubs. The unofficial forums tend to be full of people who live and breathe their local club and you can guarantee that there is always someone with a relative who works for the club and has a bit of inside information.