2013/14 Conference betting gets under way on August 10th, 2013 with two days worth of top betting action to enjoy. The race to get back into the football league tier begins again for many of the sides, but those who took the drop down from League Two last season will probably be the most desperate to enjoy the sweet taste of promotion. In a tough league, with just one automatic promotion spot up for grabs, gaining the promotion isn’t easy. Four sides go into the Conference Play Offs to try and make the step up in level as well.
2013/14 Conference Premier Outright Winner Odds at Skybet
Luton 4/1, Forest Green 4/1, Kidderminster 7/1, Wrexham 9/1, Grimsby 9/1, Barnet 10/1Cambridge 11/, Chester 14/1
So who is leading the way when it comes to 2013/14 Conference Outright Winner Betting? Well, two teams have been at the head of the pack ever since the new market was opened for this one. They are Luton Town and Forest Green Rovers. Luton went well last season, even though they just missed out on the play offs. They proved themselves to be a pretty solid all round team and they have taken a lot of backing throughout the off season to muscle their way into the promotion spot.
So too has Forest Green Rovers, who collapsed at the end of last season. They stumbled over the finish line taking five defeats in a row, leaving the Gloucestershire side down in 10th. They are actually the longest serving side in the Conference, so surely their luck has to change sooner or later and that is perhaps why people are drawn to them. They really should have been in the play off picture last season, but then they only managed two wins in their last fourteen matches in the season and just fell, inexplicably, away. So their season will be based on resilience to a large degree.
2013/14 Conference Premier Promotion Betting Odds at SkyBet
Forest Green 2/1, Luton 2/1, Kidderminster 4/1, Wrexham 9/2, Grimsby 9/2, Cambridge 9/2, Chester 9/2, Barnet 7/1, Hereford 12/1
You will naturally have to have a look at the options on the three teams who made the play offs last year without getting promoted. That was Kidderminster, Wrexham and Grimsby. They have all been showing up in the outright winner market, but could be better value in the Promotion market. Kidderminster just missed out on automatic promotion by a couple of points at the end of last season, producing some hot form, but just not enough at the end of the day to overhaul Mansfield’s supremacy. Grimsby’s defence last season was superb and Wrexham have the bitterness of losing the play off final to Welsh rivals Newport to inspire them.
It’s always worth looking at the teams who did take the drop down a level being in the promotion race as well. That was Aldershot and Barnet. The Bees, with former Dutch international Edgar Davids in their midst, almost managed to survive in League Two last season, but took the drop on the final day of the season. The Bees may have the confidence to build a better season with Davids in charge alone at the club, who are pretty forward thinking and confident of getting where they want to go.
What about Conference relegation betting? This is a tough pill to swallow for anyone who suffers it, because playing football league action looks a very long way off them. There are four devastating relegation spots open in the Conference and Aldershot, Hyde, Alfeton, Southport, Nuneaton and Tamworth are all the short price teams around 5/4 to take a drop out of the Conference.
Conference Premier Bottom Four Finish Betting Odds at Skybet
Aldershot 1/3, Hyde United 13/8, Alfreton 13/8, Southport 13/8, Nuneaton 4/2, Tamworth 3/1
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