THE BERNIE THE BOOK COLUMN IT’S BACK JIM – BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT!
JUNE 17! June 17? Its back - but not as we know it. The appetite for Premier League football looks likely to outweigh any health concerns and the interrupted season is to recommence. So too the Championship and maybe EFL 1, in some form. But from a gambling perspective I remain unconvinced and my appetite will only be whet after a few games. Why? Simply too many imponderables. Whose fit? Whose up for it? Will tackles and close proximity outweigh training ground routines? Will the season restart and then shudder to a halt? So treat all prices with caution and personally, only back teams with something to play for, eg Liverpool until they have won the league mathematically but not after, when little to play for.
AND SECONDLY, and more importantly…go for bets on higher than average goals per game (the likes
of shirt numbers, goal minutes, high scoring draws which will be available with Spread companies (Sporting Index etc),I have a strong feeling that with reduced contact there will be more opportunity to score goals. Until next time
Bernie the Book AND SO TO OUR PICK 5 COMPETITION…
I have agonised as much as various european and domestic leagues as the fairest way to re- solve our competition, but unlike impending legal challenges by Stevenage or Tranmere, I have come up with the most equitable deci- sion. You will no doubt realise that the Scottish Premiership, along with EFL 2 and probably EFL 1 have decided to finish the season now, with no more games to be played, so from our personal stance, no more points to be won. This would be harsh on JORDANES for exam- ple, who are currently only three points behind our two leaders but who have Celtic and Chelsea onside versus Ross County and
Brighton.You see the dilemma with all points and all season handicaps already applied.
Therefore I have decided to suspend the competition and award the title equally be- tween: DEANO’S DEVILS: Tracey Cann (top) a hackney driver from Sidmouth, Devon. BLUEBELL: John McGiven (middle), a hackney driver in Falkirk. JORDANES: Derek Gowlett (bottom), a private hire driver for Choice Taxis, Hemel Hempstead.
They each receive a prize of £50.
We will relaunch the competition next season as and when it resumes!!!
WIN £500 BY PICKING 5 PICK 5 THE BERNIE THE BOOK COLUMN
EFL Division 1 Accrington Stanley
AFC Wimbledon Blackpool
Championship Barnsley
Premier League Arsenal
Aston Villa Bournemouth
Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea
Crystal Palace Everton
Leicester City Liverpool
Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City
Sheffield United Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur Watford
HOW TO ENTER West Ham United
1. Enter online
www.phtm.co.uk/pick5 2. Choose your team name 3. Pick your five teams – one per division 4. Supply phone number on entry
Wolverhampton Wanderers
21 52 56 59 52 17 44 36 36
20 52 48 53 52 21 54 36 35 2 0
Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Bristol City Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham
Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds
Luton Town
Middlesbrough Millwall
Nottingham Forest Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers Reading
Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City
Swansea City
West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
41 26 27 19 20 3
39 14 2
14 25 0
36 8
34 14 26 30 32 21 5
Prizes 1st
23 2
32 All entries to be received by midnight on Friday, August 16, 2019.
In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker question will apply: Which team will score most goals in EFL Division One?
2nd 3rd 4th 5th
£500 £100 £50 £30 £20
Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Bury
Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham
Ipswich Town Lincoln City
Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United
Peterborough United Portsmouth Rochdale
Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Sunderland Tranmere
Wycombe Wanderers
26 30 20 40 26 19 50 18 12 22 27 4
20 25 25 9 6
27 10 25 28 0
28 26
Fancy winning £500 towards next summer’s holiday? Think you know which teams will perform well this season? Now here’s your chance to put your knowledge to the test and it’s totally free to enter. Simply pick one team from each division and their total end of season points added to the allocation given by myself alongside, will give your total. Highest points wins! Simples! For example, let’s say Man City finish on 87 points. Their total would be 87 (87 + 0) whereas Crystal Palace, if they accumulate 55 points would be 109 (55 + 54). Do this five times and that will be your cumulative total. One entrant per email, enter online (see below). Scores will be updated each month, to see your position.
JUNE 2020
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EFL Division 2 Bradford City
Cambridge United Carlisle United
Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town
Crewe Alexandra Exeter City
Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Leyton Orient
Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Morecambe
Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale
Salford City
Scunthorpe United Stevenage
Swindon Town Walsall
0
36 12 36 18 37 27 19 12 38 8
35 5
36 23 10 23 0
25 0 3
35 22 10
FREE TO ENTER
Scottish Premier League Aberdeen
Celtic
Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
20 0
53 41 38 22 49 41 7
51 42 54
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