Glen Johnson's winner for Liverpool earns punter over £585,000 as 19-team accumulator pays off

The defender's late dribble made one Maltese gambler very rich indeed after his acca came in at incredible odds

21 Nov 2011 16:56:00

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Glen Johnson's solo winner for Liverpool earned one lucky punter more than half a million pounds as his 19-team accumulator paid off. The mystery gambler from Malta hit bookmaker William Hill hard and all for a stake less than a pound!

Johnson's goal landed record odds of 683,738/1 from Hill's for the 41-year old gambler. His previous 18 predictions had already won, leaving his entire wager – at that stage already £152,000 - riding on the outcome of the Chelsea-Liverpool game in which the visitors were 7/2 underdogs.
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The punter, from a small village in Malta, who placed his bet online at www.williamhill.com and has never staked more than €1 on any bet he has placed, collected €683,739 for his €1 stake – which works out at £585,143.24.

"We cannot recall any punter winning either this much on an accumulator, or landing such stratospheric odds - even though he wasn’t a Liverpool fan before, he tells us he is now!" said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

"Football punters were already celebrating the biggest winning weekend in living memory as all the best fancied teams in the Premier League, Championship, Leagues One & Two, Blue Square, SPL and William Hill Scottish Cup turned out be winners.

"This late winner in the final game of the weekend left us feeling about as cheerful as under-pressure Chelsea boss Andre Villas Boas."

Mystery Maltese Man’s William Hill bet
Return €683,739.88

Norwich| |vs| |Arsenal|- 7/10- away
Everton| |vs| |Wolves|- 6/10- home
Man City| |vs| |Newcastle|-1/3- home
Swansea| |vs| |Man Utd|-4/9- away
Chelsea| |vs| |Liverpool|-7/2- away
West Brom| |vs| |Bolton|- 11/10- home
Inverness| |vs| |Celtic|-4/9- away
Southampton| |vs| |Brighton|-8/15- home
Coventry| |vs| |West Ham|-4/5- away
Reading| |vs| |Cardiff|-11/5- away
Brentford| |vs| |Charlton|-7/5- away
Huddersfield| |vs| |Notts County|-4/5- home
Sheff Utd| |vs| |Carlisle|-19/20- home
Colchester| |vs| |MK Dons|-6/4 Away
Tranmere| |vs| |Sheff Wed|-9/5- Away
Crawley| |vs| |Oxford|-5/6 home
Dagenham| |vs| |Southend|- 5/6 away
Cheltenham| |vs| |Port Vale|-13/10 home
Northampton| |vs| |Shrewsbury|- 11/8 away

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