SPOTY 2013 starts here....

WP 1/2p backers

looking at a massive vote for Murray here

I've got the tricast

well done andy

well done andy backers

Won more in 10 mins betting on this than 3 months of Xfactor

Thanks to my Hems

Racist Britain strikes again eh?

Dec 15, 2013 -- 10:58PM, five leaves left wrote:

moneyexpert guy gubbed. The little tw@t

Yeah and I asked him for the poll ...was worried his followers might not be a true representation but got sucked in

Well done Brushy outstanding call on Halfpee

Yep, great shout GB and hems

jeez that's awkward

the Farah train went off the rails, driver was sleeping at the wheel

Fook knows who he is, but the boy did good

Thank feck it was you with the train GB

I'm having tomorrow off

well done boys.  Would never have put HP w/o

What price was he?

Get in well done hems and gb

You stick to your 1.04 shots Nige

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:03PM, five leaves left wrote:

What price was he?

lots

I had a few quid at 28 thanks to GB and Hems

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:03PM, bearcub wrote:

You stick to your 1.04 shots Nige

huh hmm 1.08 actually

I shall be getting that Cocteau twins boxset then GB

had forgotten about spoty tbh

http://sports.betfair.com/?mi=112244045&ex=1&origin=MRL

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:04PM, five leaves left wrote:

I shall be getting that Cocteau twins boxset then GB

No, I'll just sing you spanglemaker down the phone

Well done Muzza. Well deserved. And well done Muzza backers, & H'penny top 3 w/o Muzza backers, & tricast winners.

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:05PM, goonjim wrote:

http://sports.betfair.com/?mi=112244045&ex=1&origin=MRL

ha ha. I truly have no idea next year. Probably back to lay the short odds again

...ditto to above from jr ~ well done all, hope it turned out well for you :)

well done Nigel ;)

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:05PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

Dec 15, 2013 -- 10:04PM, five leaves left wrote:I shall be getting that Cocteau twins boxset then GBNo, I'll just sing you spanglemaker down the phone

I shall have to record it

as you said, two good years for you

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:08PM, Jim Duncan wrote:

as you said, two good years for you

seriously, this wasn't worth getting excited about being a 1.0x shot.  Wiggins was much more worthy for me.

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:07PM, nigelpm1 wrote:

Dec 15, 2013 -- 10:05PM, goonjim wrote:http://sports.betfair.com/?mi=112244045&ex=1&origin=MRLha ha. I truly have no idea next year. Probably back to lay the short odds again

Think we can lay Mo Farah given his pitiful voting record despite his huge sporting successes.

Farah will win one day imo, well if he wins in Rio

they didn't even have a video interview. Off somewhere in Kenya

...lost in the mountains

Scotland 1st, Wales 2nd and Ireland 3rd! who were the English public voting for ffs 

Athletics is the most prolific sport in SPOTY - by some distance. Farah has been argued to have been our greatest ever athlete. Yet in years when he won a nigh on unprecedented double at the Olympics, and then again at the World Championships, he wasn't even placed in the top three. For me, he has almost absolutely no chance other than 2016.

Sam Bailey

Cockcroft

Murray, AP and Halfpenny!

I shall have to start taking notice of your opinion if you keep this up GB

Who wins strictly?

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:15PM, five leaves left wrote:

I shall have to start taking notice of your opinion if you keep this up GB

You were laying Cav

wasn't that the year Phil was 2nd or 3rd? 

nope

Phil was 2nd to McCoy in 2010

He did have a decent bet on him tbf . One year

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:04PM, DickyM wrote:

had forgotten about spoty tbh

Wish I had...didn't even know it was on till about 7pm and then remembered that bleeding moneymaker poll

tbf it had mo nowhere so could have just laid him thinking about it

When do we get the percentages?

...in a couple of days Jose

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:27PM, George Bailey wrote:

Dec 15, 2013 -- 10:04PM, DickyM wrote:had forgotten about spoty tbhWish I had...didn't even know it was on till about 7pm and then remembered that bleeding moneymaker poll

trusting martin lewis with your cash?

Andy Murray won BBC Sports Personality award with more than 50% of the vote - 401,470 of the 717,454 votes cast #SPOTY

Good return, but free internet over last year of course

I will boom the fact that I got that right to within 1%!

Telegraph poll absolutely on the money

Murray 401,470
Halfpenny 65,913
McCoy 57,854
Farah 51,945
Ainslie 48,140
Froome 37,343

Murray should have been 1.00 nige

Murray - 56%
HP - 9.2%
McCoy - 8.1%

Froome nowhere!

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:47PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

Murray should have been 1.00 nige

I did try and explain that on numerous occasions - lol

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:48PM, nigelpm1 wrote:

Dec 15, 2013 -- 10:47PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:Murray should have been 1.00 nigeI did try and explain that on numerous occasions - lol

Me too. And he wasn't even my choice for the award.

I forgot about the Telegraph poll ...It was spot on with Hoy then got it wrong iirc so went off it.  Not concentrating has cost me again.

Set a reminder a year from now.

Just scratched it on my arm with a rusty nail

Voting numbers pitiful for the places. Rememer when the forum was going to organise a coup? No wonder the "small" countries get their guys up there. Just one announcement ala Giggs at a game enough.

20,000 of the halfpenny votes were from old dears who still thought they were watching strictly

Who was the busty brunette with  them hangin out sitting between Sir Alex and that clown Wiggins?

Muzza didn't deserve to be a 1.05 shot, where was the motivation to vote, yadda yadda

Murray won Sports Personality with more than 56% of the vote. Full breakdown as follows:

    Murray: 401,470
    Halfpenny: 65,913
    McCoy: 57,854
    Mo Farah: 51,945
    Ben Ainslie: 48,140
    Chris Froome: 37,343
    Hannah Cockroft: 26,151
    Christine Ohuruogu: 13,179
    Justin Rose: 9,833
    Ian Bell: 5,626
    Total votes: 717,454

Golfers always do well

Bell

Liked the deramp before his bit

He had a great vt and is a top guy too

Who was that unknown golfer you were pushing one year GB?

Strange one that

Still no idea who Hannah Cockroft is tbh, sounds like a pornstar

Wasn't that the year The Power was 2nd and a massive mover to win

Some of them lost their deposit

Laying Froome for a t5 would have been nice

Dec 15, 2013 -- 11:59PM, Ballydoyle wrote:

Who was the busty brunette with

Ballydoyle • December 15, 2013 10:59 PM GMT
Who was the busty brunette with  them hangin out sitting between Sir Alex and that clown Wiggins?

Mrs Wiggins.

Mrs Miggins?   Looks better than I remember

Lovely rack

Sent to the tower?  Harsh

And nobody can justifiably claim the charitable donation! Hammy`s right, we`re all useless.

Just caught up with this thread. Some last prices matched:

Murray - Winner 1.03
Halfpenny - W/O 34, Top 3 5.0
AP - W/O 1.73, Top 3 1.36
Mo - W/O 3.3, Top 3 1.52
Froome - W/O 15.5, Top 3 3.6

If anyone would like Betfair to consider listing a "Who Will Make The 2014 BBC Sports Personality of The Year Shortlist?" market, perhaps you can say so, discuss, add your thoughts, have your say etc. on the following thread:
community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/30159889/

6 million votes on bbc strictly

highlights the dangers of these votes , and potential for them to be hijacked

que?

I think web voting will have helped abbie mind

murray got 400k, im not sure how long phone lines were open on scd, but 6 million is a fair vote

i didnt vote on strictly but did vote for murray to test the system, and was only allowed one vote

abbey got some good pr on bbc all day, and must have picked up a few votes from stoke !

i'd love to see the figures, pity bbc wont release them

Did anyone get more than one set of 5 votes on SCD? I didn't multi register but it seemed to limit it to 5 per each ISP address. The fact that me and fll both seemed to instinctively vote for abbey was probably all the polling we needed

Proxy servers can easily get around an isp checker OC

But it does make it a bit more hassle

I weeed myself a little bit when figgy told me he'd voted for Abbey

she your biggest green? I knew she was leading with the GBP before the final began but never really took advantage. Still a lot of blood on the forum carpet it seems so I won't be greedy. One day I will go in bawls deep when instinct and the numbers coincide.

I was about level on her and sue tbf

Still, a very good result considering I had her red until just before the semi

Your semi or the SCD one?

Dec 23, 2013 -- 1:25PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

Proxy servers can easily get around an isp checker OCBut it does make it a bit more hassle I weeed myself a little bit when figgy told me he'd voted for Abbey

In excitement or fear?
I nearly always vote for the losers. I gave my 1st 5 to SEB

Dec 23, 2013 -- 1:53PM, GeorgeBrush wrote:

I was about level on her and sue tbfStill, a very good result considering I had her red until just before the semi

One against the rule of 'not betting with your c0ck' this one then!

It's a great shame that more people haven't put their name to requesting Betfair start a "Who Will Make The 2014 BBC Sports Personality of The Year Shortlist?" market.

It's early in the year, like now, where there are many 'maybes' and 'possibles' that such a market would be fun.

You can still add your intererst at: http://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/30159889

Come on people! Let's get this market added and then you can decide 'as', 'when' or 'if' you wish to get involved!