Football Punter has gotten over his nightmare at backing both West Brom and Middlesbrough yesterday and has been hot on the trail of the best odds for outright winners of this season’s UEFA Cup after having had time to digest the first round draw as covered live for the British clubs by State of the Game.

Football Punter runs his eye over the available odds from VC Bet and looks for any opportunites for fans of the British clubs to make a few quid off their side in Europe this season.

Spurs may be joint favourites with Sevilla on their European return but what about Newcastle United, West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers, Rangers and Hearts, not forgetting European stalwarts such Ajax, Feyenoord, Celta Vigo and Bayer Leverkusen?

Football Punter has all of the details on UEFA Cup 2006/2007 outright betting.

New signups with VC Bet get a free ?20 bet so click on the link or the banner below and get signed up.

Football Punter is kicking back and enjoying the double dose of TV action served up today on this Bank Holiday with games between West Brom and Sunderland in the Championship and Middlesbrough and Portsmouth in the Premiership.

FP casts his eye over the odds and recent form and gives his insight into how it looks like turning out.

Check out Football Punter’s views on the Bank Holiday Monday TV Game Double.

Football Punter has been watching the Sunderland manager’s situation this week and with former Manchester United legend Roy Keane ready to take over the hotseat under his former Irish teammate Niall Quinn’s chairmanship it looks like there will be plenty of interesting stories coming out of the Stadium of Light over the next few months.

VC Bet have put together a series of Specials as Keane prepares to take up the reins and Football Punter has found a few of them especially interesting.

Do you fancy Sunderland to win the Championship, win promotion or just make it to the play-offs? Maybe you think Keane won’t see next season or even the New Year in the hotseat? Either way VC Bet have got some great odds on these bets and seeing as they are offering a free ?20 bet to new signups at the minute it could be worth signing up for a bit of interest in the goings on in the North East.

Football Punter takes a good look at VC Bet’s offerings and examines the latest odds at Roy Keane and Sunderland.

Sign up now with VC Bet and get a free ?20 bet as a singing on bonus!

Football Punter’s pick today is a Champion’s League Midweek Special from VC Bet called It’s Cold Out There. Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Kiev all play the second legs of their Champion’s League qualifying games this afternoon and there’s just enough time left to get into some betting action on them.

Football Punter gives each game the once over to see how likely it is to come off and has the full details over at Football Punter - It’s Cold Out There.

With odds of 14/1 for the three to win, Football Punter is giving it the thumbs up.

New signups with VC Bet get a free ?20 bet as well so click on the link or the banner below and get signed up.

Football Punter’s pick today is a four team Midweek Special from VC Bet called Away The Lads. Chelsea, Manchester United, Portsmouth and Bolton all to win away from home tomorrow night after each picking up three points in their opening fixtures.

Football Punter gives each game the once over to see how likely it is to come off and has the full details over at Football Punter - Away The Lads.

With odds of 22/1 available it’s well worth a look.

New signups with VC Bet get a free ?20 bet as well so click on the link or the banner below and get signed up.

With the Carling Cup starting up amongst the lower league clubs this week, our friends at Football Punter have been looking over the odds from VC Bet to see what action is worth getting involved in when it comes to picking a winner for the competition.

Manchester United may have lifted the trophy last year but will they be favorites to take it again this year or will Chelsea or Liverpool have a stronger chance of some early silverware? Maybe some of the outsiders will come from nowhere and steal the prize.

Football Punter gives his views on this year’s Carling Cup betting.

Just a reminder to folks who may be interested in getting on this great ?100 cashback offer from Mansion for Spurs Premiership opener away to Bolton tomorrow at the Reebok Stadium.

Simply visit the MANSION Sportsbook and place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur. If your bet is not a winner, MANSION will refund your losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent), within 48 hours.

MANSION will refund all losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent), to all members who place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur for their Saturday, 19 August game.

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Football Punter has been casting his eye over some of the specials on offer for tomorrow’s big Premiership opener and has picked out a couple of interesting offers from VC Bet, Lancashire Hotpot and New Boys.

For the full info check out Football Punter’s rundown of the bets, the odds and what he thinks is likely to see them through or leave you tearing up your betting slip.

Football Punter is reporting an unbelievable offer from Spurs new sponsors Mansion for this Saturday’s Premiership opener against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium.

Simply visit the MANSION Sportsbook and place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur. If your bet is not a winner, MANSION will refund your losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent), within 48 hours.

MANSION will refund all losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent), to all members who place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur for their Saturday, 19 August game.

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After a brief but highly successful introduction on State of the Game this week our intrepid Football Punter has moved onto bigger things as he launches his own website, Football Punter, on the White Storm network aiming to bring the very best in tips and predictions for the new season in British football as well as scouring the web to get the best special offers and odds from the UK’s top bookmakers for readers.

We’ll be supporting Football Punter here at State of the Game with weekend football predictions throughout the season and will be keeping an eye on what FP uncovers in the way of interesting bets.

For brave Liverpool fans one of the first finds is a Merseyside Double that would put a smile on red faces come the end of the season but leave the blues feeling rather more blue than usual.

Check out FootballPunter.co.uk for the best in football betting throughout the 2006/2007 football season