Sat 28th Nov

I will now discontinue posting selections and results here because I see from the ProSoccer Investment File website that the system is no longer being sold.

Fri 27th Nov

An unsuccessful lay selection for today:

Pirin v Sliven  2-0 Betfair lay odds of 1.73 were available.

Tue 24th Nov

A successful lay this evening:

Barrow v Grays 2-2

Sat 21st Nov

Another successful lay selection for today:

Terek Grozni v Kuban 0-1

Sat 14th Nov

There was a successful lay selection today:

Peterhead v Arbroath  1-2 Betfair lay odds of 1.86 were available

Sun 8th Nov

Another unsuccessful lay today:

Eskisehirspor v Denizlispor  2-0 betfair lay odds of 1.7 were available

Sat 7th Nov

An unsuccessful lay selection today:

Aris Limassol v Nea Salamis  3-1

Fri 6th Nov

An unsuccessful lay this evening:

First Vienna v Dornbirn  2-0  Betfair lay odds of 1.71 were available

Sun 1st Nov

Today’s lay selection was successful:

Rodos v Agrotikos 2-2 Betfair lay odds of 1.93 were available

Sat 31st Oct

Today’s lay selection was another unsuccessful one:

Montana v Sportist Svoge 1-0 Betfair lay odds of 1.89 were available

Fri 30th Oct

There was an unsuccessful lay selection this evening:

Inter Zapresic v Istra 1-0 Betfair lay odds of 1.91 were available

Sun 25th Oct

There was a successful lay selection earlier today:

Pierikos v Thrasivoulos  2-4

Sat 24th Oct

There was an unsuccessful lay selection today:

Queen of the South v Airdrie 3-0  Betfair lay odds of 1.61 were available

Fri 23rd Oct

There was a successful lay selection this evening:

St Polten v First Vienna  0-2  Betfair lay odds of 1.79 were available

Sat 17th Oct

Today’s lay selection was unsuccessful:

Lokomotiva Zagreb v Sesvete  3-2  Betfair odds of 1.98 were available

Fri 16th oct

This evening’s lay selection was unsuccessful:

St Patricks v Bray 2-0 Betfair odds of 1.92 were available.

Sun 11th Oct

Today’s selection was an unsuccessful lay:

Panaitolikos v Thrasivoulos  3-0 Betfair lay odds of 1.79 were available.

Sat 10th Oct

This afternoon’s ProSoccer lay selection was successful:

Rotherham v Hereford  1-1  BF odds of 1.64 were available

Sun 4th Oct

There was another selection for today which resulted in a successful lay.

Rad v Hajduk Kula 1-1 Despitre very low liquidity (only £277 was matched!) lay odds for Rad between 1.90 and 1.97 were available.

Thur 1st Oct

This evening’s selection was an unsuccessful lay.

Sporting Lisbon v Hertha Berlin  1-0  Betfair lay odds of 1.49 were available

Tue 29th Sep

This evening’s selection was an unsuccessful lay:

Altrincham v Gateshead  3-2 Betfair lay odds of 1.81 on Altrincham were available.

Sun 27th Sep

Today’s lay bet was unsuccessful – the first one for a while

Rhodos v Ilissiakos  3-0 BF odds 1.99

Yesterday’s lay bet was successful:

Inter Zapresic v Croatia Sesvete  1-2  Betfair odds of 1.99 were available

I do not seem to have been spotting all of the ProSoccer Investment File lays for September, so Michael Thwaite has sent me the following list of bets that have been added to his results on his website:

4-9-09     Oldham v Hartlepool     0 – 3  BF 2.10
5-9-09     Bury v Accrington        0 – 2    BF 1.75
13-9-09   Thrasivoulos v Rhodos    1 – 1    BF 1.74
18-9-09    Roosendaal v Haarlem   2 – 2    BF 1.77
19-9-09    Varzin v Chaves – NO BET – odds were above 2.10 and no liquidity
20-9-09    MyPa v Kuopio    1 – 2    BF 1.96
21-9-09    Loko. Plovdiv v Loko Mezdra    0 – 1   BF 1.53
25-9-09    Austria Wien B v Hartburg    2 – 3    BF 1.64

Michael’s £100 starting bank is now £2975 (and that is before Saturday’s successful lay).

Sat 12th Sep

There is a lay selection for a match kicking off later this afternoon/evening. I will post details plus the result either tonight or tomorrow morning.

Update: Here are the match details and result:

Rudar Kakanj v Interblock Lay Rudar. 2-1 Bet lost (BUT see message below)

Important message: I have received the following message from Michael Thwaite (author of the Prosoccer Investment File) as follows:

“Please note:

As per the Prosoccer.gr website the Lay selection for Sat 12th Sept is Rudar Kakanj v Interblock. This is incorrect!! Rudar Kakanj is a Bosnian Team – they are playing Slavija Sar. today. The correct team for the Slovenian match is Rudar Velenje. This mistake by Prosoccer.gr means that the match should be ignored. It is not known which team the percentage statistics actually refer to.”

The 2 – 1 score you quote as a losing bet is actually for the Rudar Velenje v Interblock game.”

Chris

20^th August 2008 to 8^th August 2009

Total bets – 150

Successful bets – 82 = 54.67%

Starting bank – £100

Current bank – £2349.44 (after commission)

Without “capping” each bets liability at £100 the profit was £2963.73

Since the launch of The ProSoccer Investment File at the beginning of June 2009 there have been only a few matches that have qualified as “lays” from the paucity of matches that are played during the Summer months. However, the following was achieved:

Total bets – 18

Successful bets – 11 = 61%

Starting bank = £100

Current bank – £182.76 (after commission)

To me, this indicates that even with poor quality matches, the rules of the strategy are sound and provide a great potential for the forthcoming season.

I have already indicated to previous purchasers that, on reflection, I released The ProSoccer Investment File too early. After all, the major leagues had just finished their seasons and upcoming games were mainly from Scandinavia and S.America. Due to the lack of qualifying matches I provided a supplement entitled “Volume 2” that is based on backing teams to win. This was in response to a number of requests for a backing strategy and is based on a set of similar, but diametrically opposite rules. The results? Well, a bit of a mixed bag in truth and this does reflect my beliefs about the difficulties associated with profiting from “backing” football teams to win. The odds offered by bookmakers are generally based on statistics that are available to everyone in some form or another and have reached a point where the “ordinary” punter who is betting in 10’s and 20’s is unlikely to make a meaningful profit.

As we all know, the expected does not always happen and the short priced favourites often fail to win. You will notice that I did not say “lose” because in terms of laying these teams, a draw is also a successful bet. And this is what The ProSoccer Investment File is all about.

Unfortunately, there will be those who fail to appreciate the concept of this strategy and will not see beyond what appears to be a modest strike rate, sometimes with a losing run indicated. This is a pity because it is the long term picture of profitability that should be viewed, rather than any “flash-in-the-pan” success that is spouted by the flashy websites.

With the above in mind I have decided that the recent increase in the price of The ProSoccer Investment File is to be abandoned and it has already reverted to its original. This reflects the fact that the supplemental “Volume 2” was intended only as an adjunct to the original document and should be used alongside but not as a replacement for the main principles outlined in the “core” strategy of the original document.

Michael Thwaite

Chris

The selections are those that I have found and which I have myself bet on. The odds shown are the Betfair odds that I achieved.

Fri 24th July

Because of the poor run of results from the football bets – which are pulling my £100 Betting Bank Challenge profit down – I will not be having any further real bets but will just paper-trade.

Tue 21st July

Back bet for today was Bournemouth v Fulham. Away win predicted. Result 0-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.41)

Sun 19th July

Back bet for today was Rapid Wien v Liverpool. Away win predicted. Result 1-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.62)

Sat 18th July

Back bet for today was JJK Jyvasklya v Inter Turku. Away win predicted. Result 1-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.92)

Thur 16th July

Back bet for today was Vasby v Assyriska. Away win predicted. Result 0-2 Bet successful (Betfair odds 1.99)

Wed 15th July

Back bet for today was Perth Glory v Fulham. Away win predicted. Result: 0-5 Bet successful (Betfair odds 1.49)

Tue 14th July

Match for today was Cheltenham v Southampton. Away win predicted. Result: 0-0  Bet lost.

Sun 12th July

The ProSoccer Investment File back bet system has produced another bet for today. Once again, I am risking a small bet as part of the £100 Betting Bank Challenge. The match starts later this afternoon, so I report the result this evening.

Latest news:

Match was between Norwegian teams Stromsgodset v Rosenborg. Away win predicted. Result: 0-1 Bet won (Betfair odds of 1.63)

Sat 11th July

The ProSoccer Investment File hasn’t produced any selections for quite a while. The author of the system – Michael Thwaite – has now sent all system owners a free copy of his new soccer backing system.

There is a selection for today – the match plays later this afternoon. I have had a small bet as part of the £100 Betting Bank Challenge. I will post the teams and result later today

Latest news:

Terek Grozni v CSKA Moscow 1-1  Bet was unsuccessful.

Wed 24th June

First losing bet:

Chicago v CD Chivas Lay Chicago at 1.99 Result: Home win. Unsuccessful lay

Sun 21st June

Egypt v USA  Lay Egypt at 1.84 Result: Away win. Successful lay

Sat 20th June

Gremio v Goias Lay Gremio at 1.91 Result: Draw. Successful lay

The author – Michael Thwaite – has been quietly selling this betting technique from his website for some time now and wanted to know my opinion as to whether he should sell it to a wider audience via ClickBank.

What immediately struck me with both Michael and his website was how open and honest he is;  and lacking in the hysterical hype that now seems to be the standard feature of any betting-related product launch.

Reading through ‘The ProSoccer investment File‘ it is very clear that Michael and I share the same views as to why most punters never make a success of their betting. Michael nicely summarises these faults under the headings of:

No goals

No set betting pattern

Impatience

Lack of money management

Michael deals with each of these areas in his 26-page pdf manual before getting on to the “meat” of his betting system – which is a laying system for soccer matches.

This is certainly not a system that I have seen before and it uses a statistical approach to select suitable teams to lay (and all at lay odds less than 2.00). As most of you are aware, I am a great fan of using statistics in betting and I cannot fault the approach that has been taken here.

The system is described in excellent step-by-step detail. Indeed, the whole pdf has been put together with a very great deal of thought and care, and is a cut above some of the other hastily thrown together manuals that are selling for large amounts of money.

Michael includes the results of his betting for the period 20th August 2008 – 17th May 2009. All of the results are checkable and I can vouch that they are genuine. In the period covered, Michael grew his bank from £100 to £1617.78. (Latest note: Michael’s website now includes extra bets he placed in June. These bets have further increased his profits)

The system is not being hyped as some sort of “get-rich-quick” scheme – the author emphasises that patience and compounding are important for growing a betting bank.

I shall certainly be using this system in my own betting arsenal at the start of the new football season – and I can whole-heartedly recommend the ProSoccer Investment File to anyone looking for a quality football lay system.

Click here for more details

Chris

PS  The system is not restricted to UK and European football matches but can be used worldwide. This means that bets are available year-round. Indeed, there is one tonight (Sat 20th june) that I have identified from the system rules and I shall be placing a small lay bet as part of the £100 Betting Bank Challenge.

Latest update (Sun 21st June):

Last night’s lay was successful – the match between Gremio and Goias in the Brazilian league ending in a 2-2 draw.

I have identified another match that meets the system rules for tonight and have already placed a small lay bet. Another successful lay in the Confederation Cup match between Egypt and USA.  So that is 2 out of 2 so far – a good start for a system that is living up to its promise.