THE limbs in the Leeds United end when Manor Solomon struck late to seal the title were some of the best the EFL has produced.
But you can bet there were celebrations just as big from one genius punter after the 91st minute strike landed the final leg of their 398/1 season prediction!
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For much of the second half of the season, Leeds were locked in a ‘two from three’ battle with Burnley and Sheffield United for promotion back to the big time.
With that wrapped up with a couple of games to go, they were in pole position to win the league.
That was until relegation-threatened Plymouth took the lead on the final day through a Sam Byram own goal on 18 minutes.
With Burnley scoring on 13 minutes, the in-play table had Scott Parker’s Clarets winning the title.
Willy Gnonto grabbed one back for Leeds eight minutes after the break before the wild scenes that followed, when Manor Solomon struck in the first minute of added on time to wrap up champions status for Daniel Farke and co.
They were an 11/4 chance to win the second tier and that made up one-quarter of an outstanding season bet for one William Hill punter.
The winning bet
Placed at William Hill
- Leeds – to win Championship – 11/4
- Birmingham – to win League One – 13/8
- Doncaster – to win League Two – 8/1
- Barnet – to win National League – 7/2
Before the drama of the final day, they had been celebrating Birmingham’s canter to the League One crown, at a short price of 13/8.
The big spending Blues smashed all kinds of records in the third tier this season and ended the campaign with a stunning, record-breaking 111 points.
Doncaster went into the final day in League Two with a one-point lead over Port Vale at the top, and all the momentum after an incredible run in the closing weeks.
Grant McCann’s side finished like a train with Vale, Bradford and, in particular, Walsall all stumbling in the final few weeks, with Rovers obliging with a final day win and making it 3/3 for this punter at a very nice 8/1.
Another two-horse race to finish in the National League in the end, with York City winning seven of their last eight games to pile the pressure on Barnet, who looked the league winners from some way out.
Barnet stuttered at the start of April when claiming two points from a possible nine, only to string three wins together to finish the campaign.
That saw them crowned National League champions by six points and were 7/2 to do so back before a ball was kicked.
All four would land at a magnificent 398/1 price and the punter’s £30 stake saw them return £11,960.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Having already correctly predicted this season’s League One, League Two and the National League champions, one of our punters must have been watching through their fingers as the final minutes ticked away with Leeds needing a goal to be crowned Championship winners and their four-fold bet moments away from hitting the bin.
“What a feeling it must have been when that 91st minute goal went in and with it the realisation that they had just turned £30 into a cool £11,960 after brilliantly predicting four league winners this season.”
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