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I am halfway through my second week off work. I have effectively given up on my list of jobs thanks to bad weather, a weekend trip to Alton Towers that has left me with PTSD and a set of deluded smoke alarms that think I am living in The Towering Inferno.
I am too old for Alton Towers and the rides which once filled me with giddy anticipation, like they do my eldest daughter now, just make me want to run and hide in Cbeebies Land. To add to my apprehension the rides sometimes go wrong, more often than you would think, and on this visit the Runaway Mine Train had got stuck in mid-air halfway round a bend and at an angle that was clearly uncomfortable for the luckless riders, especially two young children who were visibly distressed. As there was no prospect of a ride it felt wrong to loiter, but I was amazed at the number of people hanging around to gawp or document proceedings on their phones and that is the world we live in now evidently. Later in the day we had finished a ride on TH13TEEN and were waiting to enter the station to alight. In front of us a carriage was loading up and two staff members were enthusiastically pressing down on the lap bar of one of the would-be riders, but ultimately their effort was to no avail and presently an obese lady in her mid-forties struggled to emerge which must have been mortifying for her. Worse still her companion, likely her husband, refused to budge and even waved her goodbye as the carriage departed!
When you’ve queued up for the best part of an hour for a two minute ride it’s every man for himself at Alton Towers.
Last weekend’s recommended double was another winner and we are definitely betting with Sky Bet’s money now. I would like to say both selections were never in doubt, but Notts County needed that extra player in the home crowd to get them over the line against Forest Green Rovers (4-3) whilst Chesterfield had to come from a goal down to beat Wealdstone (3-2). It’s not often you back two selections that score seven goals between them and yet neither result looked in the bag until the final whistle.
This weekend I am going for three winning doubles in a row to sign off September in style, although either way it has been a profitable month. It’s a trappy set of fixtures, even when limiting my selections to sides playing at home, but let’s not forget I am gambling after all.
The first leg of my double is perversely a side that lost 0-5 last weekend and it is Wrexham A.F.C. who are at home to Crewe Alexandra. Wrexham are currently seventh in League Two whilst Crewe are one place above them in sixth. The problem Wrexham have this season is that for a lot of teams in League Two they are their ersatz cup final and away from home this has been telling with only one win on the road so far at lowly Tranmere. Fortunately they fare much better at home and will be looking to bounce back in what is already a six-pointer for them. My sponsor-in-waiting has Wrexham currently priced up at 4/9 with Crewe a tad longer at 5/1! I may well regret not backing Crewe at a monster price in a two horse race, but the tip here is that Sky Bet cannot price Wrexham up at their true odds (around evens) as the likely result might bankrupt them. The second leg of my double is Cardiff City F.C. (8/11) who take on Rotherham United in the Championship. Cardiff are currently seventh having won four of their last five games in stark contrast to Rotherham who are second from bottom with only one win and a draw to their credit. That draw was last Saturday against Preston North End (1-1) which knocked The Invincibles off the top of the table, but it was a result against the run of play and Rotherham have poor away form. Both teams kick off at three pm on Saturday and my “hypothetical” £20 win double currently returns £49.90 at combined odds of 1.49/1 with Sky Bet for a profit of £29.90.
You never know. I hope to see you next week.
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