Carling Cup Betting - The King Has Spoken
For a man that gets paid millions of pounds to play somewhere in the region of five football matches a year, Ledley King is awful grumpy. Kind of flying in the face of the Harry Redknapp induced euphoria engulfing White Hart Lane, King issued a stark warning to his team-mates that work still needs to be done to avoid relegation. Tottenham lost to Everton at the weekend and the occasional captain says "on days like that, good teams would grind out a 0-0 and take a point" – although we'd like to point out that good teams would probably like more than a point at home to Everton. The Carling Cup offers a pleasant distraction from the relegation scrap, but Spurs won't defending their crown if Watford shock the reigning winners. 7.45pm SS1 Carling Cup Matches

Barbarians v Australia Odds - Baa-Baas Boom!
The difference in the...eh...experimentalness of the Barbarians and Australia sides for their Wembley clash is like Jake White experimenting with using a hand-grenade to remove a tree-stump, while Robbie Deans just grabs a load of bottles from under the kitchen sink, mixes them randomly and hopes something explosive is created. A tentative analogy perhaps but while Deans drafts in fringe players with little or no international experience, like Peter Kimlin and James O'Connor, to his Australian squad, the World Cup winning Jake White won't exactly be worrying about how debutant Richie McCaw is going to do. There are some who believe that the 18 year-old O'Connor could steal the show but with such an awesome array of talent in the side it could be a Barbarians White-wash! Wed 7.45pm SS2

US Racing - Live on ATR - By George!
With his time almost up and John McCain soundly defeated, George Bush figured he couldn't do any more harm by coming out of hiding and trying to put a positive spin on his time as president. With more than a thought to how he will be perceived in the annals of history, Bush lied through his teeth claimed that the invasion of Iraq was his biggest regret. Presumably because he thought there was going to be some oil there he could steal liberate. "I hope they feel that this is a guy that...didn't sell his soul for politics," he said through a smile faker than his college exam results. Of course we don't George. You can't sell what you don't own. Will you have some devilishly good luck with tonight's US Racing, live on ATR.

Carling Cup Betting - Burnley v Arsenal Betting
Burnley famously at the Bridge and Arsenal have done the same thing, making them at least as good as the Clarets. That's the only conclusion we can make as Arsenal face a tricky visit to Turf Moor. The Championship side will fancy their chances of claiming a 2nd major scalp of this cup run and they could be a Turf nut to crack for the young guns. 7.45pm SS1 Carling Cup Matches

I'm A Celeb Betting - It's Come Out In The Swash
Although his time on I'm A Celebrity has proved Joe Swash wasn't exactly engaging in a radical piece of method acting when he portrayed a happy-go-lucky-cheeky-chap Cockney on EastEnders, he got rather upset when he found out what David Van Day has been up to. Van Day has been accused of bullying some of the contestants and in a speech that sounds like it has been lifted from one of Albert Square's finest scripts, Joe complained "someone is making a fool of me. I think David has taken my kindness and manipulised it." He should count himself lucky because we had to pay top dollar to get manipulised when we were in Bangkok. He may not be friends with the English language, but Joe could be King Of The Jungle by the Ender the week. I'm A Celeb Betting

Is the Premier League creating a lost generation of fans?

The Premier League offers a highly seductive package of entertaining football and round the clock coverage. So is it any wonder that kids choose to support the top clubs than get behind their local teams? asks Dan Fitch.

One of my earliest memories is of my elder brother Mark forcing me to support Tottenham Hotspur.