{"id":76137,"date":"2026-01-12T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=76137"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:27:02","slug":"biggest-bizarre-football-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/biggest-bizarre-football-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City&#8217;s 10-1 Win Over Exeter Shows Football Fans Will Bet On Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The weekend\u2019s FA Cup action provided its traditional glut of acca-busting surprises with non-League Macclesfield\u2019s win over Premier League Crystal Palace being the pick of the bunch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most surprising success story was Manchester City\u2019s 10-1 thumping of League One Exeter City.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Bet confirmed that 12 customers had backed City to win by that exact scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>They had particular reason to cheer Rico Lewis\u2019s goal one minute into stoppage time that concluded the scoring.<\/p>\n<p>But not everybody did.<\/p>\n<h2>Punter Loses \u00a3900 From Early Cash Out<\/h2>\n<p>A picture surfaced on social media of a bet365 customer who had placed \u00a35 on Manchester City to win 10-1 at odds of 200-1.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76144\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-560x560.jpg\" alt=\"Man City bet\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-924x924.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet-148x148.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Man-City-bet.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bet365 customer cashed out during Man City&#8217;s 10-1 win. Image: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After City took a 9-1 lead through Ryan McAidoo with just four minutes remaining, the bettor lost their nerve and cashed out.<\/p>\n<p>That still returned \u00a3111.67 for a \u00a35 stake, but waiting until the final whistle would have bagged \u00a31,005 winnings.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Most Backed To Win The FA Cup<\/h2>\n<p>Things were not so rosy on the red side of Manchester which meant more bad news for bet365 customers.<\/p>\n<p>The bookie confirmed that Manchester United were the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bet365.com\/en-gb\/article\/best-backed-teams-for-fa-cup\/2026010910533717805\">best-backed team to win the FA Cup<\/a> ahead of the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Almost a quarter of stakes on the competition by bet365 customers backed Bruno Fernades and co to achieve Wembley glory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13823\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07-560x316.jpg\" alt=\"Premier League foreign players\" width=\"560\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07-560x316.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07-924x521.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-19-at-17.51.07.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Welbeck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It proved to be costly confidence when we do not even know who will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/next-manchester-united-manager-betting-odds\/\">Manchester United\u2019s next manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Danny Welbeck-inspired Brighton dumped United out of the cup with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>The top five best-backed teams to win the 2025-26 FA Cup on bet365 ahead of the third round were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchester United 23% of stakes<\/li>\n<li>Arsenal 19%<\/li>\n<li>Tottenham 7%<\/li>\n<li>Everton 5%<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea 5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biggest And Most Bizarre Football Bets<\/h2>\n<p>King of the accumulators has to be roofer Mick Gibbs, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/world\/arid-30013765.html\">won \u00a3500,000 from a 30p bet<\/a> during the 2000-2001 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester United fan compiled a 15-bet acca that concluded with Bayern Munich beating Valencia in the 2001 Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern put him through the ringer as they fell 1-0 behind after just three minutes, jeopardising his entire bet.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs, from Lichfield, Staffs, had predicted the champions of England\u2019s top five leagues, plus the three divisions below the Scottish Premiership.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47719\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating-560x320.webp\" alt=\"Fastest to Win Premier League Title- Manchester United Players Celebrating\" width=\"560\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating-560x320.webp 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating-924x528.webp 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating-350x200.webp 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Fastest-to-Win-Premier-League-Title-Manchester-United-Players-Celebrating.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manchester United won the Treble in 1998-99<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He had also correctly called Leicester to win rugby union\u2019s Premiership, Surrey to win the County Cricket Premiership and Gloucester to lift cricket\u2019s NatWest trophy, all in 2000, together with predicting league wins for Arsenal, Hibernian and Falkirk in August 2000.<\/p>\n<p>That eclectic selection produced odds of 1,666,666-1 and Bayern\u2019s 5-4 win on penalties in the Champions League final gave the 59-year-old a \u00a3500,000 return on his original 30p stake.<\/p>\n<p>That win eclipsed his previous claim to be called king of the accas.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs pocketed \u00a3157,400 from a \u00a32.50 acca in 1999 when Manchester United won the Treble.<\/p>\n<h2>Scoring Big With Football Accas<\/h2>\n<p>Wolves fan Brian Matthews turned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/gambler-wins-112k-15-football-12151763\">\u00a315 into \u00a3112,500<\/a> by compiling a winning football acca in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews chose 15 games and bet on both teams to score in each match in his local Betfred in Dudley.<\/p>\n<p>During the Saturday games that November weekend, he was grateful for Middlesbrough midfielder Marten de Roon\u2019s stoppage time equaliser at Premier League leaders Manchester City.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26334\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Harry-Kane-Wheeling-Away-in-Celebration-560x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Harry-Kane-Wheeling-Away-in-Celebration-560x314.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Harry-Kane-Wheeling-Away-in-Celebration-350x196.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Harry-Kane-Wheeling-Away-in-Celebration-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Harry-Kane-Wheeling-Away-in-Celebration.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Kane in his Tottenham days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His bet was complete when Harry Kane rattled in an equaliser for Spurs at Arsenal in Sunday\u2019s north London derby.<\/p>\n<p>Rory Lewis from Edinburgh scooped over \u00a3100,000 from an unlikely \u00a3100 acca during the 2011-12 season in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis chose four non-League teams to win their Scottish Cup first-round ties by four goals or more.<\/p>\n<p>Cove Rangers, Huntly and Cutler all obliged while his final selection, Wick Academy ran riot, thumping Coldstream 9-1.<\/p>\n<h2>Lucky Seven For One Londoner<\/h2>\n<p>Some accas are based on football knowledge and inspired choice, while some are simply pure luck.<\/p>\n<p>Londoner Steve Sales invested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/jobless-londoner-scoops-ps58-000-off-incredible-ps1-40-bet-after-predicting-three-70-wins-a3309461.html\">\u00a31.40 in one of the most random accas<\/a> in football betting history.<\/p>\n<p>Sales took a punt on the Scottish League Cup second round second legs in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He selected Dundee, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County all to win their ties by the same 7-0 scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old placed his 276,000-1 wager at Betfred in Sutton High Street and landed winnings of \u00a357,990.20.<\/p>\n<h2>The \u00a31 Million Goal<\/h2>\n<p>Kitchen fitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-36803682\">Daman Chick bagged a life-changing \u00a31 million<\/a> win without realising during the final of Euro 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston Villa fan entered Bet Victor\u2019s \u00a31 million challenge to predict the first goalscorer and the time of the goal as Portugal tackled France.<\/p>\n<p>Chick\u2019s outlandish selection was Portugal\u2019s Eder, a 28-year-old striker who had failed to score in any of his 13 games for Swansea City that season.<\/p>\n<p>His prediction was an 84<sup>th<\/sup>-minute goal.<\/p>\n<p>That Eder goal arrived in the 109<sup>th<\/sup> minute during extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal secured a 1-0 win and Chick\u2019s forecast had been closest to the correct time.<\/p>\n<p>Bet Victor had to launch an appeal to track the winner down as he had flown away on holiday without realising he was a millionaire.<\/p>\n<h2>Relative Success<\/h2>\n<p>There have been some notable success stories when it has come to betting on relatives to make their mark in football.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest show of faith came from Peter Edwards, grandfather of in-form Fulham midfielder Harry Wilson<\/p>\n<p>When Wilson was just 18 months old his grandad placed a \u00a350 bet that the toddler would one day play for Wales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50686\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-560x373.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Transfer Targets\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-924x615.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Harry-Wilson-Wales-1.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William Hill granted odds of 2500-1 when the bet was placed in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-24555555\">debut for Wales in 2013<\/a> aged just 16, becoming his country\u2019s youngest ever international as a substitute against Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time he earned his grandad a cool \u00a3125,000 payout.<\/p>\n<h2>Dad Knows Best<\/h2>\n<p>Mick Tunnicliffe believed that his nine-year-old son Ryan would one day play for his beloved Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>He placed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/manchester-united-debut-tunnicliffe-bet-27753559\">\u00a3100 bet in 2002<\/a> that Ryan would make a first-team debut for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Tunnicliffe junior came on as a substitute in Manchester United\u2019s League Cup third-round win in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>His 13-minute cameo earned his dad \u00a310,000<\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland won his one and only England cap as a second half substitute against Greece in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough to help a syndicate run by his <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/4800731.stm\">dad win \u00a310.000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Chris was 14, Eddie Kirkland and friends had laid a \u00a3100 bet at 100-1 that he would one day play for his country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend\u2019s FA Cup action provided its traditional glut of acca-busting surprises with non-League Macclesfield\u2019s win over Premier League Crystal Palace being the pick of the bunch. 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