Here we are on the eve of the new football season, and what better way to get in the mood than trying to win some cash? Just like last season we’ll be looking at the Championship down to the Conference and making our picks in the outright winners markets. With any luck we’ll do a bit better this time!

We managed to fall flat on our faces last week upon this column’s return. In one of our worst outcomes of the season, only a solitary bet from our recommended five came in. Hopefully we can learn from our mistakes and do better this week.

The weather, unpredictable Cup weekends, and downright laziness have seen this column neglected for a while. Three months in fact, doesn’t time fly when you’re watching the flowing football of the super Daggers? But fear not! This weekend we aim to guide you towards a massive profit as we delve back into the football markets.

Our ploy of leaving a large gap between our last two betting columns didn’t really pay off – we pretty much broke even rather than raking in a large profit, but at least we didn’t lose all our beer tokens. Now the pesky international break is out of the way we’ll have another stab at winning some dough.

Hopefully we’ve left it long enough for everybody to forget our dismal performance last time out. It’s been just over a month since we last furnished you with all the bets not to follow, but we’re back and the time has come to definitely move back into profit. Maybe. It’s FA Cup weekend and anything can happen in the Cup!

Ok, ok, we are big enough to admit when we get it wrong. Last week’s betting performance was nothing short of bollocks with a £30 loss to ten quid stakes. Please forgive us, we promise to try harder this time. Alternatively you could choose not to forgive us, but we reserve the right to send Anwar round to eat your food. Trust us, you don’t want that to happen.

After a rather good weekend last time out, let’s see if we can avoid being a Sol Campbell-esque one week wonder. Take a look at our latest set of selections – you never know, we may pull off the miracle of two successive weeks of profit.