Postman wins £100k after placing £10 bet on 14 teams - including Boro!

A Boro-loving postman has won more than £100,000 after placing a football bet for just £10.

The 33-year-old from Middlesbrough is not a regular football punter but he managed to pick out 14 winning teams - including the Boro - in a £10 online accumulator bet with Coral bookmakers.

The plucky punter couldn’t believe his luck when every single prediction, including Boro’s 1-0 victory over Bolton and Barcelona’s 2-1 win against Manchester City, came through leaving his account credited with more than £100,000 on what proved to be a very expensive evening for Coral bookmakers.

The lucky winner did not wish to be named but said: “I was listening to the Boro game on the radio so I knew I had one winning team on my bet.

“When I logged into my Coral account, I was expecting to find that one or two teams had let me down, however, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw my balance was over £100k.

“The win means so much to me and my wife as we can now look to try and get on the property ladder.

“Before that though, we will be going on a nice holiday and I will be buying a Middlesbrough season ticket for next season where hopefully we will be playing in the Premier League.”

Britain’s bookmakers were counting their losses as 14 of the most popular 15 selections in football were successful yesterday in an evening that left Coral with a £6m payout.

Coral spokesman John Hill said: “We would like to congratulate our customer on his win.

“After speaking to him earlier, it was clear how much this payout is going to change his life for the better.

“Tuesday evening proved to be a very costly evening for Britain’s bookmakers as 14 of the most popular 15 football selections all won which meant thousands of punters, staking in the region of £5-£10, all picked up five-figure payouts and more.

“We anticipate the industry loss to be in the region of £50m and this is the second time in 2015 that we have seen such a freak set of results on the same day.”

Here’s the teams Middlesbrough’s luckiest postman backed to win in his £10 14-fold accumulator bet:

Barcelona, Juventus, Derby, Norwich, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Middlesbrough, Ipswich, Watford, Sheffield Wednesday, Brentford, Preston, Swindon, Cardiff and Sheffield United.