The commentators talking about how he doesn't score that much put me in mind of a bet I made a couple of years ago. For the 2018 world cup one of the betting companies was doing a prize thing, whereby the person who won the longest odds bet over the tournament would get something like £1m. A friend of mine who's into his betting told me about the deal, so I thought I'd get involved - I put a quid on England to beat Panama 5-1 with John Stones scoring twice (and there being a certain number of corners, I think). As those of you with good memories will recall, Stones got his ridiculous brace but England actually won 6-1. If I remember correctly I'd still only have come second in the longest odds table because somebody did something ludicrous with yellow cards in the semi-final, so that took the sting out of it. But I had the whole pub behind me in the forty-five minutes or so between Stones scoring his second and Kane (I think?) putting away the sixth.
lol mate, that was some bet! England's 6th goal that day was the one that came off Kane's heel and flew in the top corner. He looked offside and they checked with VAR for several minutes before allowing the goal to stand
Don't remember that! Cost me something like £20k anyway - although to be fair I can't quite remember what I'd gone for or where I was in terms of corners.
Must be a confusing night for a lot of Barnsley fans who have Man Utd as their second team with Stones playing a huge part in knocking them out
How much did Kane's goal cost you out of interest? I remember a similar situation when the bloke in front of us had put quite a bit of money on 3-0 Barnsley, Hignett to score first, against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup. We duly went 3-0 up midway through the second half, and from then on every time we went forward he was the only person in the Ponty willing us not to score. It was really funny, as everyone around knew about his bet. Inevitably Hignett completed his hat-trick to make it 4-0, and I remember everyone simultaneously celebrating, and commiserating with the bloke at the same time as he saw his £400 prize evaporate!
That brings back fond memories of the opening game of the 1996/97 season. I'd been to the pre-season friendly at Wigan the previous week and seen Marcelle look lively in his first outing in a Reds shirt (I think we won 5-1 at Springfield Park, IIRC). On the way down to West Brom on the opening day we stopped at a services and I had a spur of the moment bet in the Ladbrokes there of Barnsley to win 2-1 with Marcelle to score first, at odds of 80/1. Once we'd scored the 2nd at the Hawthorns and the bet was now live, I was in the farcical situation of being in the away end having the total opposite reaction to the rest of the Barnsley supporters, much to the amusement of my mates. Every attack at both ends of the pitch was now a nightmare scenario for me. We hit the post towards the end of the game and a massive "Awwwwww" went out from the away end, while I was discretely punching the air going "Yes". The final whistle was a glorious moment. Collecting the winnings hit a couple of snags on the way back. We got ambushed on the walk back to the car, resulting in @Metatarsal getting a fractured eye socket for his troubles. Then, on the return stop at the services, the Ladbrokes counter had shut for the day, so I had to go into a branch in Leeds during my lunch hour later that week. It was only a £2 bet, but the £160 return felt like a fortune at the time, and it's still the biggest odds single winning bet I've ever had, albeit I've subsequently had better single-day ROI's from the poker tables.
Reminds me of a bet I had when we played Middlesborough at home, I had McCourt to score first and us to win 3-1. McCourt scored that incredible goal where he took half the team on, then we ended up 3-0 up. With 10 mins left they got one back and I was buzzing, unfortunately they then got another goal back which cost me.
About £20-25k I think assuming there were enough corners, which I honestly can't remember. To be honest the whole thing was such a ridiculous longshot that I don't even remember it feeling like a loss, although the fact I was also at a music festival that weekend and got absolutely hammered probably helped with that as well!
My Dad backed us to draw 2-2 and Marc Richards to score first against Southampton in 2006. He was the only person in the ground happy that Southampton equalised.
Man City official Twitter show him celebrating and call him the 'Barnsley Beckenbauer' ...... Tommy tops the 'Bury Baggio' ...... sorry Callum
