William Hill Offers Worst Odds for Chelsea
25 Apr 2005
UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the BBC: "A bookmaker is offering the world's worst odds for Chelsea to win the Premiership title.
"William Hill has priced the Blues at 1-2500 to lift the crown in their centenary year - that's more than a hundred times shorter than the 1-20 it gives for Labour to win the General Election.
"In other words, if you place £10,000 on Chelsea to succeed, you will make a whopping four pounds profit.
"…Bookies' spokesman Graham Sharpe admitted the odds were the shortest they had ever quoted for any event - but with Chelsea needing only two points from their last four games, they can't afford to take any risks…"