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The The Championship, Div 1 and Div 2 as they are now known - offer a whole host of Spread Betting opportunities.
The beauty of Spread betting is that your selection doesn't have to win the division for you to win - they just have to do better than expected! Below are the 'spreads' for The Championship. If you fancy a bet, open an account by following the Sporting Index link and you will qualify for a £150 free bet after 5 bets.
Championship Points Index (30/09/2005)
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Team
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Points So Far
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Current Spread
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Sheff Utd
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30
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84.5-86.5
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Reading
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24
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77-79
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Wolves
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19
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77-79
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Leeds
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17
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72-74
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Palace
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14
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71.5-73.5
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Soton
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16
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71-73
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Luton
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21
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68.5-70.5
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Norwich
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12
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67.5-69.5
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Watford
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18
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63.5-65.5
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QPR
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16
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63-65
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Stoke
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16
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61-63
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Preston
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13
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60.5-62.5
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Ipswich
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14
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60.5-62.5
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Cardiff
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15
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60.5-62.5
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Derby
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12
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57-59
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Coventry
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12
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56.5-58.5
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Leicester
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11
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55.5-57.5
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Hull
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12
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55.5-57.5
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Burnley
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10
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52-54
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Plymouth
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9
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50-52
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Brighton
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10
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48-50
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Millwall
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9
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48-50
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Sheff Wed
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7
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46.5-48.5
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Crewe
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9
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45.5-47.5
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OurTips: We really fancy Wolves to be win the Championship (even though we are Sheff Utd season ticket holders). Buy Wolves at 79 for £10 per point. We also fancy Derby and Plymouth to turn their seasons around - buy each at £5 per point - 59 and 52 respectively.
Click here to see the most up to date price on the sporting index website - look under 'UK Season'. |
One of the big benefits of long term football spread bets is that unlike fixed odds betting, you do not have to lay your money out up front. Bets are settled at the end of the season or after you have 'closed' your bet at any time during the season.
With fixed odds betting, if you backed Man Utd to win the Premiership at the start of the season for £100, you pay the bookmaker at the time that the bet is made. This has always been off putting for us as it may be 10 months before you get your money back if you win.
| The total points index (above) is definitely the most popular of all of these bets. The spread betting firm will offer a points total for each team in each division and depending on how well you think a team will do, you can either SELL their total number of points (if you think they will do badly) or BUY (if you think they will do well). It's all about judgement. |
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