Faith Of The Father Pays Off
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Chris Kirkland’s second-half appearance as goalkeeper for England in a recent 4-0 victory over Greece was worth $19,000 to his dad.
Ten years ago, Kirkland's father placed a 100-to-1 bet with British bookmaker William Hill that Chris would play for England’s national team before the age of 30.
William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe told the news service AFP, "We have bets on our books for youngsters to grow up to play football for England, to win medals at the 2012 London Olympics, to win Wimbledon, the (British) Open golf championship and to become world heavyweight cham-pions.
“If only a few of them come off, we'll be paying out over a million pounds ($2 million). And after the Kirkland success, we expect to take scores of copycat bets.”
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