2009/10 RELEGATION BETTING TIPS FROM WILLIAM HILL

It's not often that all members of the newly-promoted clubs aren't listed as the candidates for relegation, but since Hull City haven't exactly set the world alight with transfer activity this summer- they remain odds-on to take the drop. The lucky club is Wolves, expected to have a solid season and they have considerable financial clout and a Premiership-sized fanbase. They carry a 7/5 price to go down and while that may seem a bit slim, I think they are very good candidates to stay up. The most likely team to take the drop is Burnley, but many people were saying the same thing about Stoke City last year and they managed to finish a very respectable 12th place. Burnley are at 4/7 for relegation and that's more or less the right price. I think this year is going to be a very different year in terms of relegation as things were so tight last year towards the bottom and we saw two established Premier League teams go down. The question is whether a similar thing will happen this year. If Premier League teams are going to go down it looks like it will be between Hull at 5/6, Stoke at 11/4, Portsmouth at 3/1 and Wigan at 4/1. It would take a lot (an injury to Jussi Jaaskelainen) for Bolton to go down, their odds are listed at 6/1 while Blackburn were in a spot of bother last year and will be without Roque Santa Cruz who has joined Manchester City. Sunderland were in mix as well and they boast an 8/1 price with the bookies seemingly convinced that they'll do just fine this time around. Roy Hodgson worked wonders at Fulham last year and they are 11/1, considerably higher than they were last year. West Ham are the only other realistic relegation candidate at 14/1 before the odds jump to 66/1 for Aston Villa, Everton, Man City and Tottenham. The big four are all 1000/1 to go down. Arsenal any one?