ewbury, Berkshire.
“I was watching the Luton match on TV with my family and I saw the keeper off his line. I was shouting ‘Shoot!’ and he did.
“It seemed to take an age to hit the net but when it did, I just went berserk.”
The 42-year-old father-of-two said he might spend some of the winnings on a family holiday.
Bookmaker Paddy Power said: “When he placed the bet we thought it was the easiest £200 we had ever made.
“But fair play to him. It’s great when these unusual bets pay out and it shows that dreams do come true.”
You only hear about the winners though, don’t you? What about the guy who dreamed that Burton Albion would beat Man U with a penalty for handball in the second half, and remortgaged his house to place the bet? He’s currently under sedation. They don’t mention cases like that.
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