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BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.In the years leading up to the millennium, New Year's eve wasextreme on the pub and club circuit, with national chains and thelocals doing an absolute storm of trade, with the year 2000approaching all the talk was

ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.With the Christmas period now drawing to a close, the sales are nowin full swing with people knocking each other over to get theirhands on a massively reduced kettle. I was fortunate enough to bereading an article this

My football writing has been thin on the groundrecently, mostly because I have been devoting a lot of time tohorse racing; but I am hoping to step up my football blogs over thenext couple of weeks, with a bit of

Many would argue that goal difference (GD) is just a statistic andat the end of the day the position in the league table is all thatmatters. A lot of emphasis is put on the wins and losses of recentform but

We're now almost two months into the NHL season and it's time totake a first look at one of the trends I want to explore during theseason which is the impact of back to back games on teams.Back to back

What is now known in the West as Asian HandicapBetting was originally called Hang Chen betting has been popular inIndonesia for a long time but is said only to have gotten itsEnglish name as late as 1998. The story goes

Horses with multiple entries can indicate that a trainer has his horse cherry-ripe and is looking for the perfect opportunity, which may come away from a Grade 1 course at a minor meeting.

Historical results in different sports have different value.In tennis or snooker for example, where there is just one playeragainst another then yes history is very important (but even thenthere are other factors to consider). But in team sports there areso

National Hunt Racing now takes place all year, but the Jumps Jockey Championship starts early July and finishes towards the end of April. The final day is held at Sandown Park.

"THE FACT THAT AN OPINION HAS BEEN WIDELY HELD IS NO EVIDENCEWHATEVER THAT IT IS NOT UTTERLY ABSURD." Bertrand RussellPhilosopher and Mathematician.I sat at the bar next to Andy one of my oldest friends , I hadplayed a blinder I