Some feisty shenanigans north of the border this weekend (unlike the Scottish to like a fight) as Falkirk put the Celtic title celebrations on hold for a short while. One client bought bookings in-running just after kick-off at 36 for £25 as 'The Bairns' went on to beat the Old Firm giants 1-0 in an ill tempered game which saw seven bookings and two sendings off - including one good old fashioned Glasgow Kiss. Incidentally it is the first time in 13 years that Celtic have lost three games in a row AND 13 years since they failed to score in three games in a row! But the punter didn't care about that! He was overjoyed to see it kick-off, cheering every card that the referee produced and banking a £2,100 profit.

As we say goodbye to the Six Nations for another year it was not all bad for the Irish even though they missed out on the title in sensational fashion. One Irish client bought Ireland Multi-points at 270 for €10 against Italy on St. Patrick's Day (the total team's points in the first half multiplied by their points in the second half). Ireland dominated the Italians scoring 20 points in the first half and 31 in the second half to give the market a result of 620. It all turned sick for them in the last minute in Paris two hours later but the client was too busy to care as he was counting and drinking his way through a €3,500 profit.

A Manchester United goal scoring blitz, is there a more awesome sight currently in world football? One client didn't think so against Bolton on Saturday as he sold the slightly more volatile market of United's Team Goal Rush at 23 for £50 (0 goals = 0 points, 1 = 10 points, 2 = 20 points, 3 = 33 points, 4 = 50 points, 5 = 70 points, 6+ = 100 points). In the first half United produced what was reported by many to be the best half of football they have played this season. The punter was left reeling as The Reds scored three goals in nine minutes as well as adding a fourth in the second half to bring the make-up to 50 points and leave the client staring at a £1,350 loss.

No team has surely ever had a worse World Cup than Pakistan. An early defeat to hosts West Indies was the least of their problems as they crashed out of the tournament in dramatic and tragic fashion. Against Ireland last Saturday one client bought Pakistan's supremacy at a mighty 102 for £4. Ireland won the toss and put them into bat, which the buying client would certainly have been happy with! Pakistan proceed to collapse with Kamran Akmal top scoring with a measly 27 as the 'blarney army' won with three wickets in hand, meaning the supremacy made up at -30 and the client lost £528. Although the losses he sustained must have seemed insignificant as later that evening world cricket lost one of its nice guys.