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Alex McLeish is 6/4 with Sky Bet not to see out the 2010/11 season at St Andrews following the news that the 51 year-old has stalled on signing a new deal with Birmingham City. It’s understood that the Blues are keen to offer McLeish a new deal after guiding them to ninth spot last season but the former Rangers and Scotland boss is asking for too much money.

1/2 is on offer for the Scotsman to see out the season with his current club.

The news has also led to McLeish’s odds to be cut to 12/1 (from 20/1) to be the next Aston Villa manager.

Sky Bet’s Tim Reynolds said: “McLeish has done a great job with Birmingham City, guiding them to promotion from the Championship and then a top 10 finish in the Premier League the following season so it would be a surprise to see the midlands club let the 51 year-old go.”

Sky Bet have cut Alan Curbishley’s odds to 3/1 (from 11/1) in their next Aston Villa manager betting following the news that the 52-year-old has met with Villa owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner about the vacant position.

Current caretaker manager Kevin Macdonald is still the 6/5 favourite. Alex McLeish, who is struggling to reach a new contract agreement with Birmingham City, is 12/1.

Sky Bet’s Tim Reynolds said: “Since the news broke that Curbishley has been interviewed for the vacant Villa post, he’s the only person we’ve seen money for this morning. Villa owner Randy Lerner said that he wants a manager with Premier League experience and with Curbishley having spent time with both Charlton Athletic and West Ham, he will certainly bring that to the table.”

Brown Lands August Award As Wombles Start Brightly

Terry Brown from AFC Wimbledon has been named the Blue Square Bet Premier ‘manager of the month’ for August. Brown’s side have made a great start to the season and currently sit second in the table tied on points with early leaders Mansfield Town and big-spending Crawley.

The Wombles started their campaign with three straight wins. Their defence held firm as they went over 300 minutes without conceding a goal until Shane Huke found the net in their only defeat at Rushden & Diamonds. The South West London club bounced back with a hard fought 3-2 win at Eastbourne Borough before drawing with fellow promotion hopefuls Newport County on Bank Holiday Monday. Brown previously won the award in December of last season.

The Blue Square Bet North ‘manager of the month’ for August is Nicky Law from Alfreton Town. Law’s side followed on from their fantastic pre-season form to record six wins from six matches in the opening month of the campaign. The team found the net 19 times during that period and achieved two 5-1 away wins in the process.

The Blue Square Bet South ‘manager of the month’ for August is Mark Goldberg from Bromley. The Kent club finished the month with an unblemished one-hundred percent record after some difficult looking fixtures. Goldberg’s side beat pre-season title favourites Havant & Waterlooville before important victories over local rivals Welling United and promotion hopefuls Bishop’s Stortford.

From ‘Fleet To Fleetwood Nobody Can Stop Vieira

Magno Vieira from Fleetwood Town has been named the Blue Square Bet Premier ‘player of the month’ for August. Vieira joined the Lancashire club in pre-season and wasted no time in making his mark, scoring on his league debut in a 1-1 draw at Rushden & Diamonds.

The Brazilian born striker then struck twice in a three goal victory for his side over early table-toppers Mansfield Town and also scored what turned out to be the winning goal in a Bank Holiday Monday win over York City. His tally for the period was five goals in six matches. Vieira won the same award in January of last season when in similar form for his previous club Ebbsfleet United.

The Blue Square Bet North ‘player of the month’ for August is Phil Trainer from AFC Telford United. The midfielder has scored six goals in six unbeaten matches for his side including double strikes in the home wins over Nuneaton Town and Gloucester City.

The Blue Square Bet South ‘player of the month’ for August is Nathan McDonald from Braintree Town. The Iron goalkeeper has been in fantastic form as his side have climbed the table to sit in second place at this early stage. McDonald kept five clean sheets in six matches and made some incredible saves as the Essex club remained unbeaten.

2010/11 Season – August awards summary:

MANAGERS
Blue Square Bet Premier              TERRY BROWN                  AFC Wimbledon
Blue Square Bet North                   NICKY LAW                         Alfreton Town
Blue Square Bet South                   MARK GOLDBERG            Bromley

PLAYERS
Blue Square Bet Premier              MAGNO VIEIRA                Fleetwood Town
Blue Square Bet North                   PHIL TRAINER                    AFC Telford United
Blue Square Bet South                   NATHAN McDONALD     Braintree Town

With the much-hyped arrival of the Dillon family into Carrigstown next week, leading bookie Paddy Power are taking bets on which of the sibling sexpots will be first to set pulses racing in RTE’s flagship soap ‘Fair City’.

The bookie is offering odds on which of the three sassy sisters will be first to have an affair and make flirty Neasa Dillon their long odds-on favourite after the sexy blond tempted married debt collector Damien Halpin into her bed earlier this summer. Feisty Neasa is also favourite to be the first sister to become pregnant and to tie the knot.

Older sister Caoimhe is the bookies 5/6 favourite to be first to get arrested and also carries the dubious honour of being the most likely to exit the series first also at odds of 5/6.

Betting is also available on which member of the Dillon Family will be first to get the ‘Gift Grub Treatment’ and become a regular character voiced by Mario Rosenstock on the Today FM Breakfast Show. Dad, Tommy, played by Geoff Minogue is the current 5/4 favourite.

Paddy Power said “It looks like Charlie’s Angels are coming to Fair City and if Neasa’s antics with the debt collector are anything to go by it seems that Carrigstown is set for some wild ride”

Cheltenham Racecourse today announced that leading bookmaker Paddy Power is to back The Paddy Power Gold Cup and two other races at The Open meeting for a further three years until 2012.

The Open, which takes place from 12th to 14th November in 2010, is the highlight of the first half of the Jump racing season and has grown significantly in profile with the backing of Paddy Power. Since Paddy Powers backing attendances have risen significantly to around 70,000 over the three days and the event is now the third biggest meeting of the Jump racing season after The Festival at Cheltenham and Aintree’s Grand National meetings.

The deal includes The Paddy Power Gold Cup, Fridays paddypower.com Handicap Chase and Sundays Paddy Power Intermediate Handicap Hurdle, in addition to joint marketing and commercial initiatives, including a 10 free bet for online ticket purchasers who are not already Paddy Power customers (terms and conditions apply).

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the Paddy Power Gold Cup and Paddy Power plan to mark the golden moment with more of the fun and eye-catching initiatives that have helped to make the meeting the success it is today. The racecourse also has exciting plans to mark the occasion, including a special offer for online customers who book in September for Paddy Power Gold Cup Day. Those customers will have a chance to get their money back if AP McCoy rides the winner of the big race.

Paddy Power himself said: Paddy Power has sponsored at the Paddy Power Gold Cup since 2003 and our renewal for a further three years will take our successful partnership to ten years. The agreement underpins Paddy Power’s continued commitment to racing in a time of adversity for the industry and we’re ecstatic to be part of an extremely rare good news story concerning racing sponsorship, bucking the recent trend of so many others pulling the plug on their support.

“Im delighted that we will continue to feature at the best racecourse in the world. We have a terrific working relationship with Cheltenham and our combined efforts have established the meeting as one of the most enjoyable must-do events in the racing calendar. Just like the thousands of racegoers that join us for the three days of top class Jump racing, I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Peter McNeile, Director of Sponsorship, Cheltenham Racecourse, added: “The Open has continued its growth over the past few years thanks in no small part to the energy that Paddy Power has put behind their sponsorship. Were grateful for that and the renewal of this deal shows that there is still a keen interest in the sport of Jump racing, especially here at Cheltenham.”

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power are betting that bedbugs will bite down under next as New York struggles to keep the bloodsucking critters under control.

Major New York Stores like Victoria Secret, Abercrombie and Fitch and even The Empire State Building have all reported infestations, and it’s now feared that it’s only a matter of time before the bedbugs go abroad.

Australia is the 11/4 favourite to be the next country to report a bedbug epidemic while neighbouring Canada is 5/1 to be hit. The odds on Britain breaking out with a bedbug epidemic are 6/1 followed by Ireland at 25/1.

With tourists numbers expected to soar ahead of the next Olympic Games Paddy Power are quoting 10/1 that the World Health Organisation will confirm a worldwide bedbug pandemic by the end of 2012.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power, explained: “The bed bugs are busy taking a bite out of the big apple at the moment but there’s a good chance the little mites will make their way to other territories. We’re feeling itchy already!”

Sky Bet make Asamoah Gyan 12/5 to score on his Sunderland debut following the news that the Ghanaian international has signed for the Black Cats. Gyan, who was one of the stars of this summer’s World Cup finals, is 5/6 to score eight or more league goals this season and 80/1 to be named the PFA Player of the Year.

Sky Bet’s Tim Reynolds said: “Gyan was one of the stars to come out of the World Cup and if he can fit into the English game, he will certainly be a good asset to Steve Bruce’s Sunderland side.”

Following the news that Kevin Pietersen has been dropped for England’s one day internationals and Twenty20 matches against Pakistan, Sky Bet have eased the price of KP to play in the first Ashes Test to 2/7 (from 1/14).

Pietersen will instead make his debut for Surrey tomorrow in their CB40 game against Worcestershire and it’s 5/6 for the South African-born English cricketer to score 33 or more runs (5/6 32 runs or fewer). 3/1 is on offer for Pietersen to be Surrey’s top batsman against the Royals and it’s 7/1 he silences his critics by scoring a century.

Sky Bet’s Tim Reynolds said: “Kevin Pietersen is a class act and it would be a major shock if he was left out of the first Ashes Test. He’s scored a total 232 runs in his last nine Test innings so a return to the county circuit will allow Pietersen to find his form again before England fly out to Australia.”

Ireland’s premier bookmaker Paddy Power enlisted the help of Kilkenny hurling legend D.J. Carey at Croke Park today to launch their Money-Back Special for Sunday’s All Ireland Hurling Final in which they pledge to refund a wide range of losing bets on the match if Kilkenny are beaten.

The bookie is so sure of the Cats making it five All Ireland wins in a row that they are risking a potential five figure refund should the Premier County reverse the form book on Sunday. Kilkenny remain the 4/11 hot favourites ahead of the final with Tipperary currently at odds of 5/2.

D.J. Carey said “This Kilkenny squad is the strongest team of hurlers I’ve ever seen, they are truly a force to be reckoned with. I think Paddy’s money will be safe come Sunday!”