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  1. Sunrise

    I also oppose summer football. A panic reaction to an inevitable scenario in a poorly run league - the East and South leagues finish their seasons find with the same amount of cup competitions we have (don't scrap any cups either i'd say)

  2. Sunrise

    In your thread on seeding last only Linlithgow, Pollok, Arthurlie fans supported seeding. Wonder why! How far is too far again? The North will not see it's standards go up any quicker and it is, obviously, favourable to bigger sides.

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    The vast majority of North v South ties are total mis-matches that cost clubs a great deal of cash that many have extreme difficulty raising,

    Seeding and regional ties in first two rounds would solve a load of these problems. Quoted Ardeer v Darvel fine: what about Cruden bay v Ardeer 0r Darvel v Fraserburgh?

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    Are Albion Rovers, East Stirling equal to the Old Firm? Can Chelsea and Man.Utd look on Lincoln as equals? In the junior game you make your own level more open to any progressive team than the above examples. Arthurlie have been down in the depths and could return and would be faced with non-seeding.

    Clubs in terror facing the financial horrors of an away draw. 2K terj Loks visit to E...

  5. Sunrise

    Seeding/Regionalisation is for big sides who think they are above smaller ones and don't mind the lesser lights playing each other over and over again. Having first round draws of Darvel v Ardeer would kill cup interest. How far is too far? Last year you said Newburgh was too far.

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    Checked Ladbrokes "MILLIONAIRE" coupon for last Saturday. The accumulated odds for last Saturday for the 20 results came to 136,958,301 to 1. Match No 14 Watford v Swansea was void so I used the shortest odds 6-4 Swansea in the calculation. Since the stake is 40p the actual return to that stake would be £54,783,320 so much for their millionaire coupon. If The Watford game had finished a draw then the return again for 40p would come to £72,326,584. This is far from being way over normal odds as the least I ever worked out came to over £36m. At the foot of their rip off Ladbroke say "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE NOW A MILLIONAIRE" Well at least they have a perverse sense of humour for a publication running about EIGHT YEARS that has NEVER been won. Icame across an earlier season one I had worked out. The sum by match 15 £1,075,840 but of course you don't stop when you reach £1m Oh no just you get another five. The final 20 team accum ammounted to £289,777,818. They have been at £356m and I'm sure at some time it would have reached HALF A BILLION.
  7. fms
    Are there any suckers out there that actually do Ladbroke MILLIONAIRE COUPON? There must be since they keep printing it. I had a letter in "Racing and Football Outlook"a few years ago where I pointed out the rip off in this racketeering scam. For those unaware of it the Millionaire requires you to select"JUST" 20 match selections for a 40p part of the £2 stake. Invariably the limit is reached by match 15, but of course your £1m plus runs on to the last five games. It has never been won, since Ladbroke made great advertising from a Welsh punter winning a RECORD £750,000 years ago. No they simply forfeit that 40p part of your coupon. In my letter I quoted one 20 team accumulator at over £350,000,000. I managed to get one for last week and will give you the return later in the week. Personally I believe there should be an Office of Fair Trading for punters. Would love to hear of any other RIP-OFFS that you all have spotted.
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