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Football Pools and How to Win George, Prof Frank 9.95
9999999988 Frank George 64pgs(A4)
Not in 'Books in Print', only known stockist: Oldcastle Books of Harpenden
Appallingly written. Interesting stats with possibly dubious conclusions. Says
best indicators are: league table position; very recent form; scoring record.
Section on arranging selections into multiple perms almost totally unreadable.
So not really recommended except for diehard enthusiasts
Bread and Butter Pools Jones, Dennis 4.95
1856310078 Rosters 90pages
Collection of block perms for the minor pools. Fudges his guarantees.
Nothing you couldn't do yourself. Not worth the money.
Guide to Winning the Pools Jones, Dennis 4.95
0948032499 Rosters 126pages
Slags off plans but his perms have worse guarantees! Overexcited by simple
statistical bunching effect. Poor maths or obfuscation? Do not bother.
Poolsbuster: Guide to Winning a Fortune Osborn, Philip 1.95
0850792185 Daily Express 96pages
Some history. Good advice on all topics. Plan collection has some good
ones. Worth a couple of quid.
Perms that Win the Pools Roberts, Gwilym 2.75
0900611812 ST Raceform 56pages
Haven't got this yet.
Betting Systems that Win: Football Pools Statistician 3.99
0572016948 Foulsham 128pages
Some useful forecasting tips. Low line-count treble chance perms, perms
for minor pools, and perms for fixed-odds. 3.99? maybe.
How to Win the Pools by Really Trying Stone, G.B. 1.50
0907621112 Quiller 72pages
Haven't got this one yet.
Success on the Pools Carrley, Simon 4.99
0907595707 Casdec ltd 156pages
Frequency tables over 22 seasons. No analysis of variance, no chi-square.
Some obvious forecasting ideas, typical block perms, average perm advice. If you
like numerology as opposed to real statistics, OK.
Planning a Pools Win Perman 5.00
---------- Perman 96pages
More block perms than you'll ever have time to use. Excellent for perm
freaks. Some useful forecasting tips. Don't use it much but glad I've got it. Is
this the same guy as Chiron on teletext?
How to Win the Pools Skinner, Gerry 2.99
issn09628959/01 Sun/Invincible
Collection of Sun newspaper plans. Some gems. I use this regularly.
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The Punter's Revenge Drapkin & Forsyth 12.95
0412277700 Chapman & Hall 262pages
Using computers in gambling, horses and pools. Excellent.
Betting for Fun and Profit Hill, Tony 4.99
0950826650 Hartley publications 108pages
A short section on soccer with nothing useful to say.
Betting to Win Johnson & Osmond 5.95
0948032790 Rosters 189pages
The small section on the pools details the appallingly low % payout.