As many of you may have noticed, it’s been a bit quiet around here in Social Gambler towers. John has had a baby, The Doctor has a new job in DC, ICED has drunk himself into the ground, Greg and Trevor have just had their company – BETDAQ taken over by Ladbrokes and Roy The [...]
International Friendly France v Germany: Live on TV Wednesday 20.00pm. Keystone cops…. A raft of International friendly’s will be played out across Europe this Wednesday evening and in the wake of the recent Interpol press release on match-fixing I fear every referee will have second thoughts about blowing his whistle and linesman about raising [...]
Continue reading …La Liga Match Preview ESPANYOL v LEVANTE UD Live on Sky Sports Saturday 19:00 What Transfer window….? Week 22 in La Liga and after the very enjoyable Copa Del Rey action witnessed midweek it is a return to La Liga action. The midweek also saw the winter transfer deadline arrive however with the exception [...]
Continue reading …La Liga Match Preview Week 21 Athletic Bilboa v Atletico Madrid. Live on Sky Sports Sunday 20.00pm Why You little….! The strange and wonderful world of football hit the world’s headlines again this week and again for all the wrong reasons. Mario Balotelli’s tee shirt will no longer read ‘WHY ALWAYS ME” and will [...]
Continue reading …La Liga Match Preview Valencia v Real Madrid Live on Sky Sports Sunday 20.00pm. La Liga preview Week 20…. Valencia host Real Madrid at the Mestalla next Sunday night in what is one of the games of the weekend for vastly contrasting reasons. These teams met only last Tuesday night in the Copa del Rey [...]
Continue reading …African Cup of Nations 2013 Preview- 19 January-10 February. The 29th African Cup of Nations Championship is almost upon us and whilst overall it may lack in the high standards of football skills seen in World Cups and European Championships it is arguably marginally ahead in both passion and excitement. The sixteen team’s fans make [...]
Continue reading …Malaga v FC Barcelona Live on Sky Sports 20.00pm. And the winner is…. Spain’s La Liga dominated at last week’s FIFA awards in Zurich and it was no surprise to see Lionel Messi, the Argentinean and Barcelona wizard, walk away with a fourth consecutive Ballon D’or awarded to him in recognition of his current [...]
Continue reading …British bookmaker Ladbrokes in take-over talks with the Irish based betting exchange Betdaq. Betting firm Ladbrokes on Monday confirmed it was in discussions with Betdaq “regarding a potential future acquisition” after a speculative piece in Saturday’s Times newspaper. The statement released today ( Monday 7th Jan 2013 ) , the company said negotiations were ongoing, but there [...]
Continue reading …LA LIGA Match Preview: Deportivo La Coruna v Malaga CF. Saturday 19.00pm Live on Sky Sports. Winter Wonderland…. Spain’s La Liga returns for week Eighteen of it’s 2012/13 season after it’s short but sensible two week Christmas break. The Leagues of Spain, Italy, France and Germany(four weeks!) traditionally take this time off to give [...]
Continue reading …Atletico Madrid v Deportivo : Sunday 18.00pm Live on Sky Sports. La Liga Week 15…. FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are in action on Sunday and both will be expected to pick up maximum points in the week before they face each other in their top of the table clash at Camp Nou. Week [...]
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