If you haven't guessed by the first sentence of this post, I lost the accumulator this weekend from Coral. In fact, in my frustration I threw away the original betting slip and it is now lying somewhere in many pieces on Leek Road in Stoke-on-Trent. The picture to the left is a copy of the coupon I picked up afterwards and am using it to show you nice people what an idiot I am. Click on the image to enlarge it.
It was a day of unusual results all round, and the type of day that comes so rare in a season in that the script of many games were thrown out of the window. Manchester United lost at home to Aston Villa, although thankfully I didn't put that game down on my accumulator. I did however decide to put Spurs down to beat Wolves. Big mistake. I also put high flyers Bournemouth to beat 10th place Morecambe at Christie Park. Despite having Bournemouth with a very good away record this season, that was again a big mistake as the Lancashire team ran out 5-0 winners.
Anyway onto my idiotic reasons for choosing the winners and losers as I did.
Spurs V Wolves should have been a no ridiculously easy to predict. Wolves away from home shouldn't have got anywhere near Tottenham at White Hart Lane. They've only won three games in the league all season and lost four away. Spurs on the other hand, were third in the league before the weekend with a home record that saw the likes of Liverpool being defeated. A 2-2 slip up last week at Goodison Park should have been just that, a slip up. From all accounts Spurs were terrible and Kevin Doyle secured the win for Wolves with a fine goal in the first half.
Leicester City had been struggling of late. They were defeated 5-1 at Bramhall Lane last week and lost at home during midweek to Bristol City. But Sheffield Wednesday were no problem, and it seems Leicester took their attacking threat with a pinch of 'ready salted' and cut through their defence like a mouldy potato. Steve Howard's goal set the home team straight while Andy King scored two more to secure a 3-0 win which was very well predicted.
That bloke from the Aviva advert must be wondering why he got his car insurance at all this season. Plymouth have been just as bad at Home Park as they have been on the road. A round trip to Preston North End is approximately 604 miles for Argyle fans, and it was another trip wasted as they lost 2-0 at Deepdale. PNE were mid table beforehand, but Plymouth's poor season is making it clear they are a gold mine if you bet against them this season.
Leeds and Brentford drew in another game that should have seen the visitors extend their lead at the top of League One. Brentford had won the same number of games at home as they had drawn, so in that sense its not surprising that the scores ended 0-0. But for Leeds that is the third time all season they have dropped points away from Elland Road. I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get this score right, but I suppose very few teams have read the script today.
I've already mentioned the Morecambe V Bournemouth game, and I don't think I need to go over it again as this is one of two results that have really pissed me off today. Bournemouth lost 5-0 as you know thanks to goals from Stuart Drummond, Craig Stanley, Laurence Wilson, Phil Jevons from a penalty and Mark Duffy.
Finally Rangers did read the script in the Scottish Premier League. They defeated St Johnstone comfortably at Ibrox 3-0 and are only two points behind Celtic with a game in hand. Kris Boyd scored two goals in the first 27 minutes while Nacho Novo sealed an easy win after 51 minutes. Another correct prediction, but having already got three matches wrong I still win sweet FA.
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