Wednesday 1st October

“£500 Challenge Bet” (£1120 - 5 bets inplay – accounted)

That late equaliser of Derby's scuppered a nice treble and they need to be avoided for now, but a decent night's work all the same.

Today we'll dabble in the Champion's League. But first we need to do what has become a weekly event and back Michael Campbell, this time for the Dunhill Links Championship. The boy's done well so far, just needs to get the win now.

Football: The prices on Chelsea and Liverpool look nothing special (as with Man Utd and Arsenal last night!). They are both solid defensively though and for a change I think I'll bet on them keeping clean sheets against teams who'd be happy with a draw. Lastly, our ante post treble of Inter Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea to win their groups could do with beefing up. Football trebles were invented to kill gamblers and no wonder Victor Chandler are offering “enhanced” odds. I'll be a mug for the day.

Michael Campbell £5ew at 22/1
Liverpool keep clean sheet £7.50 at 1.8+
Chelsea keep clean sheet £7.50 at 1.9+
Treble Chelsea/Inter Milan/Barcelona £5 at 10/3

It's also a good time to review our Strictly Come Dancing portfolio, where what I've seen just confirms my early bets. So let's top-up – drip feeding is the only option on this market anyway.

Healey £2 win at 7/2
Bleakely £1.50 top woman at 4/1
Lunghi £1.50 top woman at 5/1

“Barking Bets” (Banked £1175/Current bank £3377)
Just played the one race yesterday. The Warwick one was a non starter – just as well!

There's loads of maidens today but none that appeal. Besides I need to go and pick my dog up from the vets after he attacked a car yesterday and came off quite a lot worse.

“Snippet of the day”
“I'm a New York City boy born and raised.
But nowadays I'm lost between two shores.
LA's fine but it aint home,
New York's home but it aint mine no more.”

(On the other hand not many Tooting gardens can boast their own sparrowhawk!)