Reading FC Bookie Watch – March 8, 2012

Reading are the in form team in the Championship right now, riding high with 7 wins from 7 at a time where our two biggest rivals for automatic promotion both slipped up at home. As the gap has got shorter and shorter so have our odds with the bookies.   In this column at the start of December we were 14/1 to get promoted today it’s just 6/5 a reflection of just how far we’ve come in the past three months.

So lets look a little closer at those odds and see what the bookmakers think of our prospects.

Reading FC Bookie Watch – February 6, 2012

The last time I wrote a bookie watch Reading had been dumped out of the cup by Stevenage and routed by Cardiff City, with fans begininng to wonder if the play-off push was running out of steam. Today things seem very different, with a cartel of new signings and the club boosted by TSI investment, all eyes are on the play-offs and even automatic promotion.

So have the bookies taken notice of the off-field antics and is there any value to be had betting on Reading?

Reading FC Bookie Watch – January 10, 2012

Since the last bookie watch on December 7th Reading have enjoyed a great run of form, curtailed only by a defeat at Cardiff and a disappointing cup exit to Stevenage. There’s no point in doing the cup odds now but how have our promotion chances changed in the eyes of the bookies. Click below the jump to find out.

Reading FC Bookie Watch – December 7, 2011

We’re just under half way through the league season now and with 26 games left on the slate our fortunes can still go either way. Last month the bookies rated us as 14/1 shot to get promoted and 25/1 to go down, so how has the last month affected things?

Stay tuned to find out how the odds are trending and if there’s any value to be had in the markets.

Reading FC Bookie Watch – November 5, 2011

Another month has gone by and the Championship continues to be as unpredictable as ever. Managers have been sacked, early frontrunners fall by the wayside and Reading continue to pluck draws from the jaws of victory

After the jump we’ll see how the last few weeks have affected our promotion and relegations chances  in the eyes of the bookies!

Reading FC Bookie Watch – September 27, 2011

With the season nearly two months old it’s time to take a look at how the bookies view the Royals and the Championship in general.

After the jump we’ll see what our promotion and relegations chances are in the eyes of the people that make such predictions for a living!

Championship Betting Preview: 2011/12

August 3, 2011

The football season brings many different challenges and thrills and finding a winning bet from the start of the season is one of them.

The Championship is often regarded by betting traders as one of the hardest football league’s in the world to study because of the unpredictability that goes on a week to week basis, and here at the Tilehurst End we will try to provide you with some of the best value ante-post football bets.

The Play-off Ticket Experience – Part One

Now that the pain of the play-off final is starting to recede, The Tilehurst End has analysed the results of the survey we ran in May about the pain that so many experienced in the weeks before the Final – the purchasing of tickets.

Reading FC – Bookie Watch – April 29, 2011

Here’s our weekly look into what the bookmakers are saying about Reading Football Club.

Monday’s disappointing 3-2 defeat against Sheffield United officially ended our automatic promotion hopes, but the Royals are still in with a fantastic chance of the play-offs, needing a dramatic set of results to deny them a top six finish. So how do the bookies rate our chances of making it back to the Premier league through the play-offs?

Reading FC – Bookie Watch – April 22, 2011

Here’s our weekly look into what the bookmakers are saying about Reading Football Club.

So just over three weeks to go now and while Norwich’s crushing 5-1 win over Ipswich has given them a big boost in their hunt for automatic promotion, the Royals are realistically one win away from being at least in the play-off lottery come May. So with just four games left what are the bookies saying about our promotion chances.

Reading FC – Bookie Watch April 15, 2011

Here’s our weekly look into what the bookmakers are saying about Reading Football Club.

So just four weeks to go now and Reading are just three points away from an automatic promotion place. So how do the bookies rate our chances for promotion, and for the playoffs.

Bookie Watch – April 8th, 2011

How the bookies view Reading this week.

Here’s our weekly look into what the bookmakers are saying about Reading Football Club.

So five weeks to go now and for the first time in 2011 we find ourselves in a play-off place, rather than chasing one. The Royals are now three points clear of the chasing pack, with a much better goal difference and confidence sky-high amongst the players and fans.

So do the bookies share our optimism?

Bookies Review April 1, 2011

Do The Bookies Think Reading Will Make The Playoffs?

Here’s the first brief weekly look into what the bookmakers are saying about Reading Football Club.

With six weeks left in the season, Royals fans are catching play-off fever. We’ve probably all had the odd dream of trips to Wembley and working out how/if/whether we’ll make the play-offs (or dare I say it, win promotion….)

So how are the bookies rating our chances this week?