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Could be onto something there Dragon however last 3 home league games at the Toughshat stadium...

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big game today in this league is Cardiff v Bradford first v second but with cardiff having a game in hand - both on 17 points.

Cardiff have won all 3 home games but against lowly opposition and a 97 min goal saved them at stockport last week from their first defeat.

Bradfords away form is not brilliant with two draws a defeat  and a win at stockport.

No bet for me as this cd be anything. Cardiff at 1.9 look a tad short.

MY main bet in the League is STEVENAGE at 5/6 to beat Exeter

my only other bet in the league this weekend is BARNSLEY away at a strggling Blackpool at 31/20.

Bolton v wigan looks like a 1-1 draw and im hoping stockport can win away at rotherham.

KEY FACTS (who scored)

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Northampton's last 6 games (League One).

Port Vale have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 6 home matches against Mansfield in all competitions.

lets see what happens

Nothing significantlty  in this weekends fixtures stands out as a betting proposition. Im off to Edgeley Park tomorrow to watch Stockport take on Reading.

Stockport have been disappointing so far this season with only 4 wins in the 9 games played.

They have let  good leads slip on too many occasions already wich is not a good sign as they cant close down games.Reading made a very poor start to the seaon but are on the improve with only 1 defeat in 5 away at Barnsley 3-2. This maybe a tougher game for Stockport than the betting suggests.

Cardiff are at Wigan who are unbeaten at home so it might not be that easy for them but ive taken a chance on them and backed them at 29/20.

Doncaster look to big at Luton at 15/4 so ive done them in a decent away treble with Stevenage 7/4 and Plymouth 13/8 (bit risky but a nice payout if it lands).

Bradford Barnsley and Mansfield look like home wins to me.

gl if you have a bet on any of the fixtures and as alwats comments and info greatly received.

KEY FACTS- who scored?

Burton have drawn their last 5 home matches against Plymouth in all competitions.
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Northampton's last 7 games .
Barnsley have scored at least 3 goals in their last 4 matches against Port Vale in all competitions.

Is the Stevenage game available on the red button?  Thought all the lunchtime games were these days but can't seem to find the red button option?

Wrexham dragon!

On your way to the game!

stockport disappointing ..no edge up front ..not champions comtenders on that evidence

top 6 at best

new manager needed to take them to next level

backed cardiff to beat burton tonight at 1.5

Great results for Stevenage tonight.  I'm starting to believe the impossible might be possible, for arguably the smallest club in the division, even though it's fair to say we've had some soft fixtures so far this season. 


Stevenage FC has outlined its intention to remain stable but competitive within EFL League One this season – with increased playing budget and sustainable aspirations.

Starting its third year in League One, and after more than 25 years under the ownership of Phil Wallace, the club were one of the best performers for points-per-pound spent last season and increased commercial revenues to the highest in its history.

“More was spent on players in this league last season than the previous eight years put together, that shows the level we are competing at,” said Wallace.

The Club currently has its biggest ever shirt deal in Los Angeles-based video games company Xsolla and has taken over a fourth club-owned site to accommodate Stevenage FC Women and provide local sport and education facilities to the town - which itself is growing fast as part of £1 billion investment over the next 20 years.

"By working smart and very much together, we have overperformed where we ought to be in the league based on what we spend on playing budget. The town as a whole is really going places. For example, Stevenage is fast becoming the beating heart of the UK’s space and life sciences industries, where global science meets local innovation.

“Few towns can say they help build machines for Mars. Stevenage can - with the ExoMars Rover built right here by Airbus. We have built a football club that can go toe to toe with the likes of Luton Town, Cardiff City, Huddersfield Town and Plymouth on merit this season”.

yes only played 1 team in the top 11 which they lost. good luck to them i say and i hope they have a very successful season

home to luton at the weekend shd be interesting

chronic result for cardiff by the way beaten by bottom club burton hurt me that one after a pretty decent betting start to the season

a few thoughts on games this weekend.

Donny lost 3 on the bounce and home to Burton who beat cardiff at Cardiff in mid week. 4/1 given those facts might look big.

I have backed Lincoln to beat Exeter - see my thread for details.

Stevenage at 2/1 look big v Luton - see my thread for comments.

I watched Stockport v Reading last week and both teams look poor up front so i wouldnt be surprised to see both teams draw again.

TOP FACTS - Who scored?

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Northampton's last 8 games (League One).

Blackpool have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 8 matches against AFC Wimbledon in all competitions.

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 10 of Bolton's last 12 games (League One).

Ive decided not to goto watch Stockport this weekend but hopefully they can beat blackpool. Its a no bet game for me as stockport look a tad short at 1.77 . I dont like betting against teams that have changed managers -so no bet for me.

My main bet this weekend is Northampton to beat Rotherham.

I have also backed Wimbeldon (7/4 looks a decent price foa team that has won 4 on the bounce) to beat Port Vale and Boalton to win at Burton.

Great win for Bolton at Huddersfield last night and happy with that as had a small interest bet on the away win.

Ive had an interest in PORT VALE at 9/5 (3 wins 2draws in last 5) to win at  Wigan (lost 3 in 4).

BRADFORD 23/20 AND STOCKPORT 8/15 HOME Win double looks solid.

Lincoln (6th) v Stevenage (top) is fascinating but no idea who might prevail Stevenage are going great guns and are top but they have played every game apart from one v bottom half teams. the one they did play was huddersfield in 8th which they lost so im taking their current position with a degree of caution. Lincoln have a similiar profile with only 2 games v teams in top 10 with win loss and 1 draw - both away.. surprisingly lost to Exeter last week. Stevenage at 12/5 are surprisingly big imvho.

Burton in good form cd beat Peterborough ? no bet though.

Gl if you have any bets in this league

Blackpool have drawn their last 6 home matches against Wycombe in all competitions. 12/5

Reading have drawn their last 3 matches (League One). 17/5

14/1 double

Last nights turnaround in injury time by Bolton, could be the beginnings of a charge imo.  Arguably the best team in the division this season.

Bolton v Cardiff is a big game today. Top v 7th. Bolton 11/10 unbeaten at home with 4 wins and two draws. Cardiff unbeaten away at 13/5. Hard one to call - maybe a draw at 11/4.?

Another big one is Stevenage 2nd v Bradford 3rd. I fancy an away win here 2/1 based on Bradfords excellent form v top teams won 4/4 v top 8 and Stevenages poor form v the same lost 2/2 and that they have largely played lower table teams  to date 8 at 11th and below. this is their first home game v top 10 team so shd be interesting.

I have had a TOO BIG on Nothampton 14/5 v Luton. Luton are in poor form with 4 losses 1 draw and a win in last 6.Bit risky as cobblers form is not brilliant but they have 5 wins in 9 so worth a small punt at that price.

Stockport 9/5 are in good form unbeaten in 6 with 4 wins and 2 draws so im hoping they can win at PORT Vale on Monday evening. Vales home form is poor with one win in 6 so 9/5 looks attractive.

No other bets for me in this league other than LINCOLN at 9/5 to win away at ORient who have lost 4 in 5. Lincoln only lost 1 in 10 with 6 wins in that period.

Reading shd beat an out of form Donny with basement dwellers playing each other Peterborough v Blackpool (Posh have the better form)

GL all and lets hope for a successful betting weekend.

That looks a good price about Lincoln who I think will win easily. I think I will have some of that too, The Dragon. So far I've only backed Middlesbrough and Fleetwood. After some thought I changed my mind about the L2 outfit who are unbeaten in the last 4 home matches.
Good luck today.

thanks foin gl with yours also

Stanley were all over Fleetwood in the first half, I should learn not to change my mind.

My side (Bradford) are a good side this year dragon - but I fear the markets are catching on, making us same/shorter than the home side Stevenage today, given they are actually still above us and with home edge.

Course I hope we beat them, but not sure I could back at this price.

ok thanks stu, i hope your pessism is miss placed i fancy them today

see our odds actually drifted a bit now...more tempted...

Missing Pointon, he's a big miss sadly.

Bit of a driffy for your boys stu at mighty Stevenage.  Perhaps the smallest team in the league in terms of history and support against one of biggest.  Stevenage close to full strength  and have their best squad ever (as seen by how well the 2nd string is doing in the EFL Trophy)  Kemp is the playmaker, the other forwards work their socks off and the centre halves are the leaders.  Normally used to a sea of changes over the Summer, but the club has managed to retain their better players lately.  Always think the bubble is about to burst though.

bradford 1 up in 3 mins

didn't take long

late goal gives bolton the win

1-1 stevenage

Yes, your lot have done extremely well so far this season CB, as you say comparing the size of the club for this league level. But you've deserved those results so far, which is why I didn't underestimate them in betting today. I'm still hoping we can nick this one, as it would be a top result for us - hope you do well rest of the season though.

Two games tonight and both pretty hard to call.

Bradford 4th v Lincoln 6th is tough to call with both teams in good form. Bradford are very strong at home with 5 wins and a  draw. Lincolns away form is ok but they have not won away in the three games they have palyed againdst teams above 15 th posi.

HOME win for me at a decent price of 6/5.

Second game is Mansfield v Plymouth. Plymouth have had a funny season , terrible start followed by a good period and now have had 2 losses and a draw in the last 3 games. they have lost 4 out of 6 away games and all games to teams at the higher end of the league. Mansfield are currently 8th.
Mansfield have lost 1 in 6 but have drawn 3 of them.their home form v teams 14th and below is 3/3. plymouth are 22nd.

Ive gone for a HOME win at 6/5.

Also done the home win double

stockport at 6/5 v under performing luton look an attractive bet tomorrow,

stockport won 4 on the bounce and 5 in 6. unbeaten in 7. and top of the table

luton lost all 3 away games v top teams and won 1 in 6 v top 8

Stockport had a chance to come back at 0-2, penalty saved. A third with a breakaway. How it goes sometimes.

Looks like JW is getting a bit of shape into the side, plenty of good players that needed some structure about their game. Three home games out of four against lower sides gives him an opportunity to go a bit further up the league. Hope so.

football can be cruel sometimes

vwd barstool great result for the hatters

had a bet on Peterborough  9/4 to win at Doncaster tomorrow.

4th placed Lincoln at home shd beat bottom club Port Vale and 21/20 looks an attractive price.

Luton v Bolton big game, draw probably the outcome.

2 out of three aint bad

Wigan Athletic are hosting Burton Albion tonight.

With the 0-0 home draw against Stevenage, Wigan Athletic shared the points, extending their unbeaten run to 5 matches in the league.

Burton Albion have ended a 4-match unbeaten run in the league after their 0-4 home defeat against Leyton Orient.

i fancy a draw on this one

1-0 wigan, burton cdnt find the equaliser

home win double for bolton 10/21 and cardiff 3/4 are my bets in this league this weekend

i have backed Peterborough to beat Port Vale this weekend at 11/5.

Hoping Stockport can win away at Mansfield as their away form is pretty decent only losing 2 in 9 with 5 wins. mansfield only won 1 in 7. 11/10 is a bit skinny mind

nice winners today ,,,great stuff

Backed two home wins toady in Leagie 1 -BLACKPOOL and BRADFORD  two singles and a double.

Also backed Lincoln at Barnsley

Bradford to beat Rotherham is my main bet of the weekend - see my thread for details.

Added Cardiff at Oreient and Huddersfield must have a chance at Stockoppoort as Stockports home recent form aint good.

Gone for overs in the Luton v Stevenage game at 2.5

on exeter to beat rotheram tomorrow. doubled with cariff away at burton.

plymouth are in good form and 4/1 looks big v stovckoport who struggle at home.

northampton maybrr a lay given their form at home to reading

backing stockport and only selection in league one although lincoln and cardiff are decent prices given their current form

Thought I would bring this thread up for the 2026/27 season to continue the discussions around the league.

Leicester look very short to me at 11/5 on here and i think the league could be wide open. Ive taken some of 25/1 on Stockport which i thought was too big for a team beaten in the play offs.

Newcomers MKD also look too short and plymouth are deffo worth a look at 13.5 on here. Luton could go well after agreat finish to the last season but i was hoping for around 10/1 to be interested- they are 7.8 second favs on here.

Sheff Wed could be anything but one to keep an eye on

Comments gratefully received.

Think I will go for a flyer, small win Peterborough & Wimbledon and top 6 as well.

If Luton can start well then they could take a bit of catching.

Only had two pre season bets,

Luton @ 7/1

Luton/ Carlise double @ 35/1  (Bet365)

Sheffield Wednesday are well up there as second favourite's but although a Wednesday fan I would lay them at 5/2. They really are a poor bunch and the new players dont inspire.
I have backed Huddersfield and Bradford as top Yorkshire team with bet 365. Must be one of them if Wednesday flop as I expect. Pays a bit better than evens.

5/2 for promotion I mean.

Your guys got some good signings, Bannon and Barry and Mitchell, enough for topish finish this year surely, given some championship experience in there too from before?

Nope. Bannan is a good player but getting on a bit and needs good players around him for his excellent passing skills. Barry may be ok but the defence is a shambles and experience of the championship isnt much good if you were getting thrashed every week. The defence plays head tennis instead of passing out and like to boot the ball as far as they can. It invariably comes straight back. There are much hungrier teams about in league 1.

Fair enough, my main bet for this league this season is Burton relegation. I think they will struggle, but also could even have threats of points penalties to add to that.

Yes. Thats a good call. Good luck.

Why has the relegation market on here suddenly been voided it looks like??

My bets on Burton have been returned to me, but looked like whole market gone!

There's a new market formed, but 0 matched showing!

Just checked my bets history on exchange and all my Burton bets have been voided as status! They are now listed in this current new market so wtf!

no idea stu... is a team due a points deduction is the only thing i can guess at

That shouldn't make any difference, the rule included points deductions as valid bets still I checked before. I'm on to CS and they are trying to now say my bets were not matched!! Totally not true.

They've clearly voided the previous market, as there's a new on for L1 releg with 0 matched!

If they have voided this, that is the end for me in backing the longer term markets on here - can't trust it at all!

Confirmed they voided the original market, due to being 'malformed' but are not able to provide any details as to what that means apparently.

I am not happy.

Loving the way they first tried to lie to me and tell me my bets didn't match and lapsed too!

Weird! Glad I had Burton with 365 at 11/8.   Still available I think.

Can't bet with them brians. I had actually got a very nice position and price on here for Burton, which has now completely gone, great!

from the opening day fixtures im on Bradford to beat Peterborough at 1.7,and Blackpool to draw with wycombe at 3.40.

Plymouth v Stockport should be a good one - marginally interset on away win but no bet.

Oxford v MKD another interesting one with a relegated team v a promoted team lots of early noise that MKD could go well this season.

Noots co v Leicester is the same as above so agian of interest to see how both teams go in a higher and lowe league. I fancy leicester but they are a bit short?

Heard bit of Burton's manager earlier he sounded very downbeat about the squad. Tyreese shade? Subject of a few bids apparently someone has offered 1.5 million for him, they only have 6 subs today and he's not included. Could be a very long season for them.

Burton solid draw unlucky not to win v Stevenage (top side last year) - think I will become a Burton fan after Betfair ruined my relegation bets on them

Bromley win their first game away from home too - so much for the relegation favourites this year so far....

Good start for us both yesterday Dragon. Impressive result for your boys at Plymouth.

Three avoidable goals gave Reading a squeak, Luton well deserved the win though and the squad looks very strong now.

Keep well.

didn’t do too bad on first-day last weekend as Bradford my main bet of the day beat Peterborough comfortably. I also had Luton and Stockport so not too bad . Leicester were a disappointment and I got the draw with Blackpool v Wycombe.

This weekend Luton and Stockport shd win again so two singles and a double thee. Overs 2.5 looks a decent shout in the Wycombe v Plymouth game and Mansfield should get something at Peterborough. Small interest on Wigan also at home to orient

Luton threw 2 points away. Notts County not up to much, just did not want to lose. Scrappy match to watch and the Ref was awful too.

Some funny results all round today, not safe to bet on any one yet.

leicester with a bad start as well. could be a surprise winner this season

total wipeout -hey ho

Notts Co had a tough intro to L1, Leicester H and Luton A. I think they will be happy with two draws Barstool, they can go for a win against the likes of Burton next week.

not much to go on this weekend imvho and i think a lot of draws and low scores maybe in order.

My only bet is OVER 2.5 Mansfield v Luton. Currently 4/6 with 365 - no price yet on exchanges.

Leicester will turn it around and win at a canter i think .
remember the opening day for Norwich all those years ago  ...losing at home 1-7 to Colchester ...i think they were home and hosed by Easter lol .

they did sack the manager  straight away ... might have to do the same with Russell.

6/4 away at mkd this weekend coachy- nice price if they can start a resurgence there

or just keep doubling up Dragon  lol

they looked very good at Portman road  against what was a Championship line up from Ipswich ... at least deserved a draw

one bet one win on overs in Mansfield v Luton at the weekend.

going the same when Luton play Stockport on Wednesday at 1.74. full logic on thread i put up for the match.

rest of the midweek games are a watching brief

Leicester look short against Plymouth considering their poor form so far. Donny too have had a bad start to the season although their price is a bit more realistic against unbeaten Notts. Just my observations I won't be risking any Monet on them tonight.

great win for Cambridge away at Bradford although they may have been a tad fortunate winning against the run of play they move up to 4th place.

reading thump bromley 0-5- wow.

leicester beat Plymouth and sheff wed move up to second winning at Wycombe who are struggling. remaining fixtures this evening

some interesting games this weekend. i like the look of overs in the Blackpool and Mansfield games but my main bet is:

sheff wed are at home to Wigan this weekend . Its top v bottom.

Wednesday won 4/5 ,Wigan lost 4/5.

5/6 on here seems a great price for a home win.

Stockport v Leicester cd be anything but hoping for a strong home win.

A good time to be playing Leicester. Only won one and  fans calling for Russell Martins sacking already.

Will be doubling Stockport with Luton (5/4 at Stevenage) tonight.

Luton very poor. Some good players but not a team.

It will cost them.

Automatic promotion out of the window after that showing.

They were below par Barstool but they were robbed for both the Stevenage goals imo.

The first looked like a foul on the defender (Walsh) and the second was surely way offside, how the linesman didn't see that is baffling ?

Quite right Dixie, awful stuff all night from the ref, one of the worst I have seen in this league and there are some bad ones!

Teams like Stevenage know how to get by in this league, physically adapt well and defend for their lives, very hard to break down.

Luton still finding it hard to come to terms with.

Leicester too.

Stevenage are very good at home last season their figures at home were:

Won 14 Drawn 7 lost 2 and were only 1 point behind Bradford in points gained at home of the teams not promoted.

Luton will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season. From memory they had a poor start last season and finished in the play offs so very early days for them.

nowt wrong with Stevenage's first goal.  Ref was 3 yards away and looking straight at it.  Luton should  have had a man sent off too for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.  Ref was other end of the pitch (not his fault, it was a long ball) and he didn't even give a foul.  If he had it would've been a red card.   I'll admit their 2nd goal was offside.

So are you saying if a ref has a clear view he must have made the right decision ?  Strange take .

If the ref was at the other end of the pitch for the potential SO then his linesman should surely be helping him out ?
But if it was the same linesman that missed the blatant offside then i suppose that answers that question


Dragon, Luton hardly looked like scoring last night against a limited Stevenage side which is worrying. Not sure why Wells was on the bench (annoying for me as i have backed him to be top scorer this year ) but when he came on they did look a bit more lively. It's a long old season but they don't want to give up too many points early on or they will have too much to do again. Stevenage are doing better than i (and many others) expected as they lost some of their better players in the close season.  It will be interesting to see if they can maintain this good start.

Some odd results again yesterday.

Certainly no one getting a foothold on the top spots as yet.

Huddersfield to win at Bromley is very short but they should win.

Some great games knocking about. Not sure why Stockport are favs at top of the table Sheff wed who look big at 2/1.

Blackpool v Plymouth looks nailed on for goals and Luton v Bradford is a clash of two teams who are looking for promotion.

Boat race Oxford v Cambridge is an interesting one and looks like a draw to me.

I went to the Bromley game. My mate attended Blackpool away last week and said we were definitely looking better in terms of playing as a cohesive team. Today was another improvement. You can see that Huddersfield are a classy team with quality all over the pitch but we did not for one moment look outclassed today and I thought we were good for the 3 points. Met a few Huddersfield fans in the pub beforehand....a lovely bunch who were happy to chat away.

I wish them the best of luck for the season ahead.

Bromley have definitely collectively tightened the screws and if we continue to play with the passion and drive we showed today we may just be alright.

Thanks HN - Decent info that.

Only 4 games this weekend and looking at the fixtures they all could be tight contests.

Stockport v Peterborough looks like goals with 17 goals in Stockports 3 home games. over 2.5 is 1.40 so not much value there.


You wd expect Plymouth to beat Burton at home  at 4/6.

The other two are too close to call. So its no bets in this league for me this weekend

Burton beat Plymouth, Stockport win 1-0. both odds on prices were losers.

the other two games were both draws helped by very late goals.

only 3 games next weekend - madness.

4 points separate the top 10, looks like its going to be a close run league if the current form continues.

only 3 games this weekend and Reading v Bradford looks the pick of them.

This is the team with the best Home record v the team with the best away record. Reading are 11/8 and Bradford are 9/4 on the exchanges with the draw at 5/2.
Bradford have the best form with 3 wins on the bounce including 0-1 away wins at Luton and Notts Co. Reading have won all 3 home games scoring a massive 13 goals.

Too hard to call in my book but probably a draw looking the most likely outcome with Bradford only conceding 2 goals in 4 away games.

Burton are proving to be the surprise package of the league winning away at Plymouth last weekend and only losing 2 in 8 games.They lie 7th in the league.

Huddersfield have only lost once this season but have only won 2 in the last six. Burton look big at 3/1 and Huddersfield look short at 10/11. The draw is 5/2.

Again another tough one to call and maybe another draw is the likely outcome.

Final game is Orient v Plymouth and again another tough one to call. Perhaps Plymouth who have won 4/6 can get back to winning ways after their home defeat to Burton. Orient are poor at home with 3 losses in 4 games. Plymouth are short enough at evens but maybe they are good enough to win this one. Small bet on away win at Evens.

Any thoughts?

Warning on Bradford - we've been messed up by the manager leaving us mid-season like this. He had been so central to everything last couple of years.

I think we may be wobbly against Reading for sure.