I’m still recovering really from the trip to Chelsea and Cheltenham where I saw the Londoners well beaten by a well organised and fairly ruthless Inter Milan side before watching just about enough of my horses come across the finish line first to return home fractionally ahead myself.Read the rest of this entry »

Not for nothing was picking out potential draws the cornerstone of Britain’s football gambling habit for decades. The people who organised the pools knew well what a tricky business it is and while the odd punter got rich along the way, the bulk of the wealth was accumulated by the likes of the Moores family who founded Littlewoods back in the twenties.Read the rest of this entry »