[madsteve]

Do you make a good living out of it Madsteve?

I make a living, not a good living.

I look to make 20k on an English football season but the majority of that is from December to April. The first three months of the season are pretty much punting.

Serious betting is just singles. Accumulators are for mugs and when I do them , it is just for a bit of fun.

Hopefully my pre-season bets will come in. Sitting on Chelsea, Norwich, Bristol City & Bury. Chelsea & Bristol City look good but the others need to improve.

My massive bets are:

Forest to finish in top half at 4/5 (looked brilliant at one stage but still on target)
Reading to finish bottom half at 11/10
Brighton to finish bottom half at 9/10

then singles and multiples of

Norwich - top six finish
Derby - top six finish
Bristol City - top six finish
Preston - top six finish
Bury - top seven finish 
Shrewsbury - top seven finish

Last season, I got five out of six on this bet with Derby, Brentford, Preston, Fleetwood & Burton. Reading cost me a chunk by finishing 7th.

Incidentally, these bets are in maximum of trebles as you cannot match up teams in the same division.

The key to making money is looking for good value & have just a few big bets rather than loads of small ones. I know now with my system that I will lose a percentage but I have had six consecutive winning seasons at an average of £20k & the lowest has been £12k. I do spend many hours each week pouring over statistics but it pays for my pile in the country. 

Southend have only had one home match go for over 2.5 goals in over a year yet you can still usually get 4/6 on Under 2.5 Goals for most of their home matches - easy money.