A guide to the best online football gambling sites, also including sports betting other than football. This betting guide is mainly aimed at UK and European football and ranks betting sites on the basis of useability, new account bonuses such as free bets, and range of services available.
Guide to Football (Soccer) Betting Sites - The Top 3
Based in Stoke, UK, this well-known site is top-ranked for its consistently good odds, ease of use, and wallet system, which can be used across the sportsbook, poker and casino. Many currencies are naturally supported, and deposits are accepted via debit and credit card as well as e-wallets such as Neteller and Moneybookers.
See below for the latest odds on offer for upcoming games:
In summary, this is an easy to use football gambling site. New accounts can claim a £200 free bet basket.
Ireland's biggest bookmaker has upped it's game over recent seasons and now raks second for punters because of its wide range of odds available on different soccer matches as well as other events. The site has very competitive odds - bet via your mobile phone too. Deposits can be made via the normal MasterCard & Visa style routes or indeed using Moneybookers and Neteller, Western Union, bank transfer and PayPal etc. See below for links to odds on upcoming football matches:
Odds are given on football as well as Gaelic football, hurling, golf,
cricket, rugby, etc. For those who love to bet on pretty much anything there are also odds on novelty markets such as politics, music and television. This is a well designed
site featuring football gambling on UK and Irish Football leagues.
VCBet operates around the world based on expansion of its widespread betting shops. With over half a million customers and servicing over one hundred and fifty countries, it ranks as our number 3 overall. VCBet is regulated in Gibraltar and the UK.
Football gambling at this site includes odds on European soccer leagues such as the Spanish Primera, Italian Serie A, Serie B and C, Portugese Super Liga and the Greek Super Lague as well as international matches and of course the EPL.
A guide for football gambling
Football is by far the most popular global sport, perhaps due to its basic (even including offside!) rules and it's intensity
and well known clubs like Manchester United,
Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool,Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Aston Villa. With the English Premier League football season running from August to May, there is ample opportunity to bet
The
English game is dwarfed by the English Premier League,
formed in 1992 to replace the old English First Division. The EPL has become probably the world's most popular football
league, and it's competitiveness and high wages
attracts footballers from far and wide.
Below the English Premier League are the Championship,
League One, League Two, Conference,
Conference North and Conference South.
At the end of each season, the three clubs at the bottom of the
Premier League table are relegated into the Championship. Three
Championship clubs are in turn promoted into the Premier League,
the top two placed teams automatically and the third to sixth
placed teams play off for the final promotion place, often making
for exciting ends to the season.
Apart from the leagues, English football also has the Football
Association Cup (FA Cup), League Cup
and Charity Shield which punters will also be able
to place bets on.
Glasgow Celtic and Rangers dominate the top level in the Scottish Premier
League (SPL), followed by Scottish Division One,
Two, Three and the Highland League.
Welsh Football and Irish Premier Leagues also exist, and Paddy Power provides odds on the Irish Premier League (see
list above).
