Punters make England 2018 favourite

England 2018English football fans obviously haven’t learnt that if they back something to the hilt, it usually doesn’t make a crumb of difference. To hear that odds have been cut to 4/5 on England holding the 2018 World Cup, which makes them favourites ahead of Russia who stand at 5/2, is no surprise.

Bet Fred spokesman Mark Pearson commented, “Punters are only backing one bid and that’s England’s. Let’s hope the punters are right that
football is finally coming home.”

I think our mate Mark’s been watching too much football over the summer. Enough with the bloody clichés!

The flood of bets can be linked to the fact that the FIFA delegation is currently in Britain, and today had the pleasure of visiting a cold wet Sunderland. They must have wondered what was worse between this and Russian forest fires. FIFA will make their decision in December. Read more.