So is this Water Polo???

Currently watching the Deportivo Cuenca v Caracas game and the pitch is virtually waterlogged. They got the local fire brigade out at half time to drain the water away. If the game was over here I'm sure it would have been called off long ago, but at 2500m above sea level they don't seem that phased by it at all.

Despite the good number of in-play games today with low scores I've failed to cash in but should escape with a very small profit unless I get something badly wrong in the last 20 mins of this game.

Probably won't be trading tomorrow as I'm off to Aintree with another Racing UK freebie. So if anyone has any hot tips please let me know.

Normal Service is Resumed

After yesterday's loss I got back on track today, made a small profit on the Spain-Italy U17 game this morning then a bigger haul on Chelsea-Barcelona and finally nicked another fiver on the Lyn-Rosenborg game.

This left me with a profit on the day of £32.36, not exactly covering yesterday's losses but it is good to get back to a nice steady daily profit. If I can keep this going I can cope with the occasional setback like yesterday.

So looking forward to tomorrow with the Uefa Cup Semi 2nd legs, an Edinburgh Derby and the start of the Promotion Play-offs. Hopefully a couple of these will throw up a money-making opportunity.

Good Run Comes To An End

Ah well it has been good while it lasted but tonight I hit my first losing day for a while the Arsenal - Man Utd Champions League game proved my undoing and despite managing to claw some back on the 4.5 market at the end I ended up £42 down.

Not overly concerned I've had a few losing games during my profitable streak and the difference tonight was the lack of other opportunities to improve the situation. I have traded a couple of the women's tennis games tonight and have netted a small £7 profit off the Ivanovic and Serena Williams games.

Tomorrrow is another day and I'll start all over again.

Bank Holiday Monday

Was out for most of the day looking for a new car. Our current car is approaching 100,000 miles so with the impending family expansion it seems like a good time to get a car with 5 doors. So after looking at numerous different makes and models absolutely no decision has been made. No doubt a couple of months of procrastination yet before a decision will be reached.

On to tonight's trading and highly successful it was too. Only traded 2 games and after making £13.87 off the Histon-Torquay game I followed it up with another £22.31 from the Villa-Hull match for a grand total of £36.18.

By sticking to football trading I am making steady progress, however with the end of season looming I feel I will have to diversify a bit. My instinct says that tennis is the way to go, although I have been moderately successful with tennis trading to date, I am finding the timing of the European season problematic with my other projects. If I'm going to go down this route I will have to make time to ensure I can trade for a reasonable amount of time as trying to dip in for a quick kill seems to be the route to a quick loss.

The Things That Interupt Your Trading.....

Well I got a new addition to my list of things to prevent my trading today. No laughing please dear reader (that's my job) but I had to leave the PC as the Rangers and Everton games were coming to an end because my dear wife had managed to drop the car keys down a drain!!!

What can I do other than rumage through the wardrobe to find a wire coathanger and get on my bike and cycle off to the rescue. She calls it pregnancy brain, I can't write what I called it.

Having missed some trading opportunities due to this enforced absense I almost ended up with my first losing day in a while having been caught out by Espanyol's late goals against Valencia. However a late rally for £13 off Betis-Atletico and another three quid from the Maritimo-Porto game left me with a grand profit of £3.97.

We're Going Up, We're Going Up, Saints Are Going Up

Today's trading was severely curtailed by St Johnstone winning the First Division Championship. Great back in the SPL next season and live games on Setanta.

Did manage some trading in between biting my nails and pacing the living room waiting on the final whistle and made a modest £22.43 on the over/under markets today.

Disappointing Friday

Had a disappointing night but did manage to make a profit of £8.12 in the end. Fridays are often difficult due to the lack of football but with 2 televised games I thought there might be some opportunities tonight.

Discovered that while there was an Irish game on Setanta nobody was betting on it as there was no liquidity in the market so that was a bust, maybe just as well with the late goal rush by Bohemians.

The Blue Square playoff between Torquay and Histon looked more promising and with the score 1-0 at the 60 minute mark I entered the over/under 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 markets. Having built up a profit in the region of £20 I got caught out with Torquay's 2nd goal in the 2.5 market and although this ended 2-0 I bailed out with the risk of a further goal too much, especially with Histon's late goal record. Result a massive profit of 8p.

My saving grace was the Rio Ave-Braga game from Portugal a game with 0-0 written all over it when I looked in online. managed to trade the 1.5 goals market and green up for a profit of £8.04.

Not as good as recent days but a profit is a profit. should have the opportunity to trade for most of the day tomorrow and with plenty of televised games hopefully there should be an opportunity to make a decent profit on the day.