and what is this wrong?
a 5/1 shot always gets it?
you mean like harry?
After six different favourites, Keegan gets the Newcastle job after being matched at 100
Betfacts / Tony Calvin / 16 January 2008 / Leave a comment
Punters finally "perm" the correct manager from six market-leaders
WITH six different favourites backed at 2.6 or less on Betfair, and after ?6.2m in matched bets on the exchange's market, [100] shot Kevin Keegan was sensationally appointed as the Newcastle manager this evening.
The Betfair market had seen gambles aplenty since opening their next Newcastle manager market at 6.30pm last Wednesday evening, and none more so than the near-?5m plunge on Harry Redknapp - at odds as low as 1.19 - last Friday afternoon.
But it is the backers of Keegan, supported at [100] on Betfair when the market first opened, who will now be eagerly waiting in the payout queue.
It was some betting heat on Betfair, who, unlike traditional bookmakers, never suspended their market at any stage in the last seven days - and the result was betting dynamite.
Alan Shearer was the original 2.5 favourite on the market, then Harry Redknapp was backed at 1.19. Mark Hughes was then supported at 2.6 to join from Blackburn, after Harry turned down the job on Saturday morning.
And then, in 30 minutes of betting chaos yesterday evening, Gerard Houllier was backed at 2.26, with his fellow countryman Didier Deschamps then heading the market at 2.5 soon after.
The day finished with Kevin Keegan as the 6.0 favourite on Betfair, and finally the market was proved right this evening.
Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin said: "To have six managers backed at 2.6 or shorter in seven days, and over ?6m matched, speaks volumes for punters' fascination and appetite for these types of markets.
"Excuse me but I have to do this - let's hope most punters finally "permed" the correct one from six though in the shape of Keegan."
Posted By: SCC 28 on January 8th 2010 at 09:22:51
Message Thread
- Don't want to sound like a merchant of doom but.... (NCFC) - Chopper, Jan 8, 09:07:26
- and what is this wrong? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:22:51
- all right, calm down... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 09:52:34
- bugs me (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:12:08
- I agree with that actually. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 10:17:35
- bugs me (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:12:08
- all right, calm down... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 09:52:34
- Well according to an Oinkun poster, the Burnley local rag ran through the favourites for (NCFC) - megson, Jan 8, 09:17:08
- what the fuck are you talking about (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:13:55
- didn't about coyle to bolton (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:19:07
- haha Hiddink 33/1 (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jan 8, 10:00:12
- didn't about coyle to bolton (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:19:07
- they dont tend to be that good at setting managers odds though (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Jan 8, 09:12:35
- Bookies often do get it wrong, especially when their odds (NCFC) - conker, Jan 8, 09:11:42
- So are you saying Brian Laws is 2nd favourite for the job then? (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Jan 8, 09:11:24
- Odds (NCFC) - wilkia4, Jan 8, 09:10:58
- and what is this wrong? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:22:51
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