The country is now fully gripped in World Cup fever as Gareth Southgate’s young England side has made it through to the semi-finals where they will be facing Sweden on Wednesday. The country is buzzing, the young Three Lions are playing with belief and commitment and who knows, after going into the tournament as nothing more than a hopeful outsider, England could bring it home.
Paddy Power have tossed out some more England specials to keep the hype going along nicely as we await the Croatia v England fixture. England are the 13/10 favourites* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm) at Paddy Power to land the win in that match, which is going to be an incredibly intense affair.
The feel-good factor is pretty high right now and after calls from football fans and ever Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Paddy Power have slashed the odds on a National Holiday being declared should England win this summer’s World Cup from 20/1 down to 5/1* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm).
Naturally, patriots punters have been piling into England winning the World Cup and bookmakers are going to be hit hard if they go and win the title. Towards the back end of last year England were nothing more than 20/1 shots to win the 2018 World Cup, but now they are in at 13/10* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm). Paddy Power revealed that over 30% of bets on the World Cup outright winner market they have received have been for England.
Harry Kane has six goals to his name at the tournament and is two ahead of main threat Romelu Lukaku heading into the semifinals. Before the tournament, you could have taken 66/1 odds on a Kane/England double but now you are down to 13/5 odds with the bookmaker for that* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm). Kane is the 8/13 Sports personality of the Year favourite as well* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm).
Spokesman Paddy Power said: “Show me someone in England who says they wouldn’t take an extra Bank Holiday and I’ll show you a liar. Plus, I reckon the country will need at least a day to dry out from the beer should they win it.
“The sun is shining, Three Lions is headed for Number One and we’re going to get stung for millions if Southgate lifts the trophy. It’s not hard to see why you English folk are getting carried away.”
With Skinner & Baddiel’s “Three Lions” song which has pretty much been adopted as England’s anthem receiving 450,000 plays on the day England met Colombia in the quarter finals, that is odds-on at 1/2 to hit Number One in the UK in the month of July.
England Specials
1/2 Three Lions to be UK Number One in the Singles Chart for July 2018
8/15 Any English football player to win the BBC SPOTY
4/7 A Homecoming parade to be held in London in July 2018
5/1 A national day of holiday to be declared in July 2018 due to England’s World Cup performance
5/1 Southgate to be knighted before December 2019
10/1 Kane to be knighted before December 2019
* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm)
World Cup Outright Odds*
France 2/1
England 5/2
Belgium 11/4
Croatia 9/2
* (betting odds were taken from July 7th, 2018 at 7:17 pm)
