VCBet - Premiership Wooden Spoon Odds

Premiership: Promoted trio head rock bottom marketIt's a four-way fight to avoid the wooden spoon as far as VC Bet's "who will finish bottom of the Premiership" market is concerned. Newly promoted Wigan, West Ham and Sunderland are all quoted inside 7/2 to hit rock bottom by the end of the season with 4/1 West Brom also fancied to struggle. "You'd have to believe that at least two of those four will be heading back to the Championship next year," said VC Bet's Nick Gray. You need to jump four points to 8/1 Portsmouth for the next side fancied to finish bottom, with 12/1 Fulham, 16/1 Charlton and 33/1 Blackburn next in line. "We're the industry top price for Portsmouth to claim the spoon at 8/1 and we expect to see a fair amount of business about Alain Perrin's side." Meanwhile, Newcastle boss Graeme Souness is VC Bet's favourite to be the first Premiership manager to leave his post over the course of the 2005/6 season. "Expectations in the North-East are always sky high but with Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United and now Liverpool on the scene it's hard to see Newcastle winning anything this season. "If the Geordies get off to a bad start Souness will come in for some heavy criticism and that could be the end. "Ominously their chairman has recently gone on record saying that Souness must bring success to the club." Who will finish bottom of the 2005/6 Premiership Wigan 3/1 West Ham 10/3 Sunderland 7/2 West Brom 4/1 Portsmouth 8/1 Fulham 12/1 Charlton 16/1 Blackburn 33/1 Man City 40/1 Birmingham 40/1 Bolton 80/1 Everton 66/1 Aston Villa 80/1 Middlesbrough 80/1 Newcastle 80/1 Tottenham 150/1 Win only.