Posted by:
Betchecker
on Nov 15, 2010 at 10:19:10 AM
Sunderland fans who maintained faith in their team while all neutrals insisted that they were just another average Premier League team set to be easily swept aside on a futile trip to Stamford Bridge would have made a ridiculous sum if they backed their side on Betfair.
Betfair were comfortably better on match odds, paying out £166.25 for a tenner bet on the Black Cats winning - even accounting for the maximum five per cent commission - compared to £100 with Betclic, but the difference was even more staggering for anyone who backed the 3-0 outcome.
A tenner outlay on Steve Bruce's men ripping Chelsea apart returned £5,785.50 on Betfair, almost six times as much as the £1,000 the same wager would have earned you if staked with Coral, Stan James and Victor Chandler.
It was one...