H Wragg, on Sep 2 2006, 10:32, said:
Boyd hat-trick. £5 at 12/1. Boyd 1st goal and Scotland to win 4-0 (14/1), 5-0 (22/1) or 6-0 (50/1). 3 x £2 bets.
Ouch.
uberman, on Sep 2 2006, 12:11, said:
Scotland 5-0 boyd 1st scorer 20/1
£5 romania and germany
Double ouch.
I had £12 left in my Paddy Power account and all week I've really fancied Boyd for a hat-trick. But when I went online before heading off to the game, I noticed they had a market for players to score twice.
Boyd was 9/4, so I put £8 on that and £4 on the hat-trick at 12/1. After he scored his second, I knew I was on a winner anyway, but was willing him to get another one.
Still, a profit's a profit.
I also did nine correct scores (we do a prediction league at work and I just did the scores I predicted there) on Euro qualifiers.
84 x 1p trebles, 126 x 1p fourfolds and 126 x 1p fivefolds on William Hill.
I got eight results right - Poland completely wrong - but no correct scores.
Quite gutted when O'Connor scored because I had Scotland 5-0 (although I would have been delighted if it had been Boyd

).
I also had England 6-0, France 2-0, Sweden 2-0 and Germany 2-0 - ie, one goal out in each of the five games.
Sometimes I think I should just give it up