League One - 94th-minute goal nets punter £100,000

Eurosport - Sat, 27 Feb 10:17:00 2010

A winning goal hit deep into injury time turned a gambler's 50p bet into a staggering £101,540.44.

Oli Johnson of Norwich celebrates scoring his winner - 0

When Norwich's Oli Johnson (pictured) came off the bench to score two late goals in Tuesday's League One victory over Southend, the London-based gambler landed his 11-match accumulator after he predicted all of the night's League One results.

Yet the punter - who wished to remain anonymous - had looked on in dismay moments before as the final result of the night looked to have gone against him.

The Shrimpers were hanging on at 1-1 against the Canaries at Carrow Road, and it seemed certain that the match would finish in a draw.

That was until Johnson found the net four minutes into stoppage time to claim the points for Norwich - and bring home the 202,000-1 bet with William Hill.

"Our punter owes Johnson at least a bottle of champagne," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

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  1. the lucky @#$%

    From Reg O, on Sun 28 Feb 20:34

  2. whoop` 100 tons pound,men u are a lucky dude

    From akomolafe, on Sun 28 Feb 16:23

  3. Well done and good luck to the punter, but beware­ William Hill only like
    winners when it suits them for­ publicity reasons, the lucky man may now
    have is­ betting capped or worse banned from their shops.
    Best­ regards Lucky Bob Pakastan.

    From ROBERT, on Sun 28 Feb 16:12

  4. Millish, you are wrong in that assumption! When i was a­ trainee manager with Mecca Bookmakers(who later became­ Hills) i paid out a staggering £24,013 to a customer­ who had 9 dogs/horses accumalator plus trebles. He won­ £23,600 for a 20p acc. I was running the shop at the­ time and it meant that i was not made a manager until­ the next year as we had commission back then and the­ area manager didn't want a situation of me getting­ commission in a year when i wouldn't have if i had­ been a manager all year.

    But that customer was back­ the very next day with his normal bet. He didn't­ know that he was close to the limit as he had evening­ bets in the accumalator and back then there was limit­ of £25,000. Large bookmaking chains are more than happy­ to pay out large amounts within limits as the publicity­ is vital to them. He was actually presented with the­ cheque by the area manager at the somewhat plusher shop­ nearby.

    From peter.harridge, on Sun 28 Feb 14:27

  5. luckey

    From Charlotte, on Sun 28 Feb 12:48

  6. A five pound note, on that bet, would give him more­ then a million pounds profit...you never know when you­ have the winning combination so you need to be lucky­ twice; first to get a good run like that and secound to­ have good money on that bet.Still it was a very good,­ and lucky, day for him particularly because of that­ very very late goal...

    From VICTOR V, on Sun 28 Feb 12:39
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    i hope he picks a nasty drug habit

    From kieran, on Sun 28 Feb 10:29

  8. will mr william hill let this punter bet again,
    some­ how i dont think so.
    i hope he dose not put it back­ across the counter .
    and enjoy the money ,as it is once­ in a life time.
    enjoy enjoy it all

    From millish, on Sun 28 Feb 9:59

  9. Well done dude, just don't get carried away in the­ future ^_^

    From cip r, on Sun 28 Feb 9:57

  10. joepeters96; what if he didn't have 100 pounds, its­ very rear that someone would put that kind of money­ on with the odd's being so much against u.

    From shay, on Sun 28 Feb 9:09

  11. Can somebody tell me how to bet online.

    From vicmalloy, on Sun 28 Feb 9:06

  12. Some people need to keep opinions to themseleves and­ others need to stop stereoptyping.
    Well done to the­ bloke whose won! Enjoy your winnings!!

    From nicola_armstrong, on Sun 28 Feb 8:40

  13. Re (8) Gary.

    LoL what a retard !!

    From Huw - Wales, on Sun 28 Feb 7:39

  14. Bookies have various limits on how much they will pay­ out on a single bet. I got a eight fold and nine fold a­ few weeks back, but it didn't pay much, as I only­ bet peanuts. To get so many scores correct, so this guy­ is very fortunate and well done for bashing the­ bookies! The buggers take enough money off punters, so­ spend it well. If I won that amount, I would give a­ small proportion to charity, but that is my own­ personal opinion. Let this lucky chap enjoy his well­ deserved winnings how it likes and if you are reading­ this - congratulations!

    From Goose, on Sun 28 Feb 7:35

  15. all the best to the guy who won the bet and i have­ always believed what is for you will not go by you­ whether it is for the good, the bad or the indifferent­ so you just have to get on with life

    From GORDON, on Sun 28 Feb 7:30

  16. Thanks Pete the freak (God name!!!) for telling me­ about No.8 would never have found it otherwise!
    You­ believe what you want, but don't slag off others­ for their beliefs.
    Looser in more ways than one!

    From trevor, on Sun 28 Feb 7:09

  17. lol i wish i knew how to bet at bookies lol

    From Martyn, on Sun 28 Feb 7:07

  18. i bet he wishes he put £1000 on....or £10000..sheesh­ ... shut up u lot..50p accumulator is a big bet u know­ nowt...well done that man... hope he get pzzed and has­ a good takeaway

    From duffa66, on Sun 28 Feb 7:01

  19. yeah gary betting is fun

    From Michael, on Sun 28 Feb 7:00

  20. lol bet 1 grand u win 200 million

    not a bad day at­ the bookies

    From MasterchiefR, on Sun 28 Feb 6:56
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