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Date	Match (Pick with A/HCP)	Stake/Price	Result	Profit
210609	Santos (-0.50) v Atletico Mineiro	3/1.840	LOSS	-3.000
210609	Corinthians v Sao Paulo (Under 2.5 Goals)	3/1.810	LOSS	-3.000
210609	Bodo Glimt v Lillestrom (Level)	3/1.880	DRAW	0
200609	Iraq (-1.00) v New Zealand	3/1.860	LOSS	-3.000
200609	Sudan v Ghana (-0.75)	3/1.980	WIN	+2.940
140609	San Martin (-0.75) v Gimnasia Jujuy	3/1.780	LOSS	-3.000
140609	Lahti (-0.5) v Mariehamn	3/1.880	LOSS	-3.000
130609	Alaves (-1.0) v Alicante	3/1.850	DRAW	0
130609	Zaragoza (-1.5) v Cordoba	3/1.820	WIN	+2.460
100609	Macedonia (-0.5) v Iceland	3/1.870	WIN	+2.610
	3 WINS 5 LOSSES 2 DRAWS Total Stakes:30   Total Profit: -6.99 units    ROI:-23.30% Previous Records
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Real Madrid Create New World of Fantasy Football

They’re all moving to Real Madrid, it seems.

Real Madrid Create New World of Fantasy Football

There has been some bad news for football fans all over the world with the announcement that all fantasy football competitions have been cancelled.

This is because fantasy football is now to be renamed Real Madrid football given the way that the Spanish giants have been making astounding signings all summer and it is only the start of July.

There may well be more signings to come in to the Santiago Bernabeu this summer and there will certainly be a few players making their way out of the club but these are really exciting times for the Madrid fans. Whether you like the thought of some of the world’s greatest players lining up in the same team or you appalled at the money being splashed during an economic crisis, it has been impossible to ignore Real Madrid.

Not Perez But Barcelona Are the Catalyst
There are those who say it started when Florentino Perez swept back into power as Real Madrid president but the real catalyst for this change came outside Madrid, and in the Catalan heart of Barcelona.

For all of Madrid’s position as the premier club in Spain and their early dominance of the European Cup, Barcelona have just had the most successful club season that any Spanish team has ever had and that must really hurt the Madristas. There may have been a bundle of euros splashed this summer so far but that is not going to erase the memory of a 6-2 home thumping by Barcelona, the sight of Carlos Puyol kissing his Catalan captain arms band in the Bernabeu or the joyous scenes at the Camp Nou as the treble winning heroes returned home. All of that must have made the spring and early summer of 2009 the most painful of all seasons for Madrid fans but they will have been heartened by the response undertaken by Perez.

Not since the club were the embodiment of the fascist regime of Franco has the transfer policy of Real Madrid been so integral to their fans hopes and their pre-season buys will have an even wider impact than their poaching of Alfredo di Stefano from under the noses of Barcelona.

That signing was a huge factor in the clubs early dominance of the European Cup and if the new signings can be even half as successful as that era, the money will have been well spent.

My Journey to Professional Football-Betting
Observations and thoughts of a pre-professional football bettor with occassional comments by J Armstrong.

by Daniel Andersson

(Last survey - Oct'07)

597 members responded out of 712 polled in total. All figures are an average of the replies received from every responding member. All currencies converted to Pound Sterling (£) equivalent. Click here to convert to your own currency.

Q1.	Average amount bet on each Silver Circle pick?
A1.	£131.83
Q2.	Largest amount bet on any Silver Circle pick?
A2.	£1,978.55 (This figure is an average of all responses. The highest individual figure was £28,000)
Q3.	What is the least?
A3.	£36.23 (This figure is an average of all responses. The lowest individual figure was £5.)
Q4.	Do you bet on matches other than those released by the Silver Circle?If so,how much on average do you bet on each of these matches?
A4.	£43.39
Q5.	Has your betting amounts increased from when you first joined the Silver Circle? If so, from how much in the beginning to how much now?
A5.	£46.50 to £147.33 Silver Circle Members'Betting Poll
Q6.	Do you bet on every single Silver Circle pick?
A6.	91.30% Yes.
Q7.	Do you follow the Silver Circle Staking Strategy?
A7.	39.21% Yes.
Q8.	Follow the recommended stakes that accompany each bet?
A8.	47.75% Yes.
Q9.	How much did you win in total last month?
A9.	£1,733.35
Q10.	Are you happy with Silver Circle's service overall? How would you rate it on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the best)?
A10.	83.48% Yes. Average rating 8.11 on scale of 1-10.