Before Christmas I was out and about in my local Town and came across this guy with a football. Expecting great things I decided to stop and take some video. The way the guy was acting it looked like something special was going to happen.

Unfortunately nothing much happened but I did put that down to the weather, you can probably tell from the sound and the way the leaves are blown that it was a very windy day.

I gave up waiting for the tricks but on my way back I took the following video catching a lady who obviously felt sorry for him, she dropped some coins in his tin.

It was quite windy and he managed a fair few keep em ups, nothing to break any World Records mind you and he makes a bit of hash of the trick at the end, though with the wind I gave him a bit of slack on that.

A few minutes later he started a balancing ball trick on the floor, he was doing quite well until the wind struck and he lost control. After that he went back into his warm up ritual and I didn't stay any longer to find out what trick he attempted next. I dropped him some change for the effort, it was a cold and windy day.

I was back in the Town centre last week and to my surprise the football man was back. It was a calm day so I was hopeful of some great skills, however he just went through the same routine and I gave up waiting for the action.

I am intrigued if the warm up is part of the act or not, felt a bit sorry for the guy since he was wearing the same clothes as before and is probably sleeping rough. A former player fallen on rough times? or he came up with this routine to make money? A few people stopped to watch but with little action a lot of them left like I did. It occurred to me later that he might not start tricks until some coins are deposited. Reviewing the footage I noticed that he only started doing tricks when the lady game him some money. I may go back into Town to test this theory out. When I left him coins the first time I never stopped to see if he went into trick mode.

SBC 5,000 SCR Giveaway Update

The deadline for entry ended on the 20th and the names on this list are the official entries for the contest. Those in bold have met the betting requirements. A few need to get betting or they won't make the criteria for a share. We are approaching the last week of the contest and therefore the run in to the closing date of the 31st. A quick reminder that all qualifying bets need to have been settled before midnight on that day.

broncofan99 Bets = 80 / 80 Total staked = 387.52000000000004

boatsports90 Bets = 29 / 29 Total staked = 677.063

kryptokeeper Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

agfnzn10 Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

giornalista Bets = 24 / 27 Total staked = 793.49

goldhunter1 Bets = 21 / 21 Total staked = 244.420000001

grof Bets = 64 / 64 Total staked = 293.19105421899997

liuke96player Bets = 12 / 12 Total staked = 44.199999999999996

mikey Bets = 59 / 59 Total staked = 989.1700000000002

prates Bets = 53 / 55 Total staked = 1021.1385077020002

canan Bets = 20 / 27 Total staked = 2882.213333332

ufuk Bets = 61 / 97 Total staked = 14397.269912962001

lawlees Bets = 99 / 100 Total staked = 568.1881799999999

obi1kenobi Bets = 10 / 10 Total staked = 41.761904761

primex Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

sport-x Bets = 39 / 39 Total staked = 92.2375

racso87 Bets = 21 / 21 Total staked = 445.16999999999996

mauryis Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

barbadosso Bets = 56 / 100 Total staked = 10868.701424512004

civilstudy Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

sashank Bets = 68 / 70 Total staked = 590.34

neemanbhat Bets = 14 / 14 Total staked = 77.0

akarsufaruk Bets = 98 / 100 Total staked = 1371.5251884690003

lovetaxi005 Bets = 9 / 11 Total staked = 610.31

diogosantos Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

tadas Bets = 57 / 59 Total staked = 549.21793826

liberty-minded Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

elohim4 Bets = 1 / 1 Total staked = 0.2

writingamigo Bets = 10 / 10 Total staked = 355.0

terminalline Bets = 29 / 100 Total staked = 34854.66050944002

robin-ho Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

rougebot Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

davor27 Bets = 82 / 82 Total staked = 2243.3513290420005

galasek Bets = 27 / 29 Total staked = 1659.018000004

battleaxe Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

keegzhawkins Bets = 38 / 50 Total staked = 399.72454061199994

betman Bets = 77 / 100 Total staked = 1307.138571428001

girolamomarotta Bets = 9 / 9 Total staked = 37.166666666

dexpartacus Bets = 56 / 57 Total staked = 1849.87808

kolumbus Bets = 4 / 4 Total staked = 17.0

reverendrum Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

ambler Bets = 7 / 8 Total staked = 482.57000000000005

kirylt Bets = 95 / 100 Total staked = 82266.00000000001

svarogbg Bets = 6 / 7 Total staked = 49.0

hassan Bets = 100 / 100 Total staked = 957.317176957

fraste Bets = 95 / 100 Total staked = 674.1223020839999

franz54 Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

kingdebasura Bets = 0 / 0 Total staked = 0

herbaycity Bets = 5 / 6 Total staked = 5.9706899

machupicchu Bets = 45 / 53 Total staked = 1328.79

minimining Bets = 13 / 15 Total staked = 580.0

bwar Bets = 50 / 71 Total staked = 6258.520000000001

djoker Bets = 30 / 30 Total staked = 319.0

chimzysports Bets = 5 / 8 Total staked = 89.964458002

kikejau Bets = 68 / 92 Total staked = 2224.8811764700004

devonshire Bets = 35 / 35 Total staked = 238.62

fullcoverbetting Bets = 82 / 85 Total staked = 4157.919259076999

btb Bets = 94 / 100 Total staked = 3392.168411752001

stimp1024 Bets = 60 / 100 Total staked = 8498.708095888

costanza Bets = 97 / 100 Total staked = 11455.644864459

Happy Betting