Hartlepool take on Torquay for the honour of playing in League Two next season and there should be very little between them. Torquay finished 2nd in the league, just 4 points behind Champions Sutton...
The US Open begins tomorrow at Torrey Pines, San Diego, with all the usual suspects lining up to to try and stake their claim on the top spot come Sunday. I have so far only managed to find 4 players...
The sun is out, there's a meeting at Chester, Saturday followed Friday so, naturally, the good doctor has no less than 11 of his horses running there this afternoon. Unfortunately, 5 are in one race,...
.......of 'Before We Die'. Just finished the English version on All 4 and have to say i much preferred the original Swedish version, sub-titles and all. Both the mother and son in the Swedish version...
It's Aiden O'Brien Day (sorry, i mean Oaks Day) at Epsom, today, and the field for the Oaks is decent enough for me to actually have a punt - don't particularly look forward to the classics. The main...
Begins today and while i don't pretend to be as up to date with the women's game as i believe i am with the men's, it doesn't stop me from having a small punt based on what i have gleaned from a...
Today's 3rd and final Play Off sees Morecambe go head to head with Newport at Wembley for the right to ply their trade in League One next season. Newport have beaten Morecambe on both occasions this...
Blackpool take on Lincoln in today's play off final at Wembley to decide who gets promotion to the Championship. Both league games have produced goals, a 2-2 draw and a 3-2 Lincoln win. Blackpool are...
All my 3 teams - Brentford, Blackpool and Morecambe - have reached the finals and though all will face tough challenges, i see no reason to desert them. Brentford were beaten finalists last year and i...
Last week saw the news that 'Smokin' Joe Mercer had died. Champion apprentice in both 1952 and '53, and champion Jockey in 1979, Joe got the leg up on some unforgettable horses - Brigadier Gerard,...
This year's tournament takes place at Kiawah Island, the scene of Rory McIlroy's eight under victory back in 2012. And, because of his win in the Wells Fargo tournament, recently, McIlroy has been cut...
Tonight sees the first leg of the championship play off matches, the first of which involves Bournemouth and Brentford. Their end of season form couldn't be much more different; The Cherries lost...
Chelsea are favourites to lift the cup this evening while many a neutral will be hoping that underdogs Leicester win. In order to make it that bit more interesting for me, I have 2 x £5 free bets...
As the header indicates, the top league in the Netherlands nears it's climax ad there are a few outstanding issues top be resolved. Ajax have secured the title, but both PSV (68 points) and AZ Alkmaar...
Today is National Limerick Day, so here's one i prepared earlier - about 2 mins earlier; There is a man called de Pfeffel Who isn't always on the level Some say he's a gent Others argue he's bent...
Would love to be up in York today. Some decent handicaps to employ the old slide-rule on :-) With the abandonment of N/Abbot, the ITV 7 is actually an ITV 6, today - 4 from York and 2 from Worcester.
I am not, and nor have i ever been, what one might call photogenic. I am fully aware i am no oil painting (then again, depends upon the artist) but neither do i look like a bulldog licking stale hiss...