It was an awesome display by Barca last night. If Cesc has the option to remain a Gunner or join Pep Guardiola’s side nobody could blame him for choosing the latter. Not only were they a significantly better team than us but they also looked well and truly a level above Man Utd. He has an opportunity to be a part of something special and as much as I wish I could say that was here with the growth of a very young and talented squad at Arsenal I’m afraid it just isn’t the case and he deserves to build on his career now. Nonetheless the Barcelona win has left us +£2.50 at this point with a free £30 bet token we can utilise for the Championship Play-Off Final.

So log back in to your Ladbrokes account and click on “Football” and under “Football Highlights” you’ll see “Championship Play Offs”. This will take you to the “Swansea vs Reading” game. The championship almost always provides very close fought matches and I’m sure the final will be no different but my money is on Reading sneaking a victory. I’m betting on Reading to win 1-0, so that’s the “Away 0-1” under “Correct Score”. If you open up the bet slip it should hopefully say “Freebet tokens” be sure to activate this by ticking the box and then entering a stake £30. It had odds of “8.00” as I placed the bet.

At Betfair click on “Football” and you’ll see the “Reading vs Swansea” match on the homepage. Note how Betfair has Reading down as the home team whereas Ladbrokes had Swansea. This means rather than laying the “0-1” we will need to lay the “1-0”. I can’t understand why this discrepancy exists but be sure it doesn’t fool you when making your lay at Betfair. So remember to be very careful and after you’ve clicked “Correct Score” be sure to click the pink lay button where it says “1-0” and place £17.50 on it (at odds of 10 to lay when I placed my bet). This leaves us with potential returns of...

- Reading Win 1-0: +£52.50 (+210 at Ladbrokes, -157.50 at Betfair)

- Any other scoreline: +£17.50 (- 30 FREE bet token at Ladbrokes, +17.50 at Betfair)

So overall that’s a tidy profit of either £55 or £20 from Ladbrokes over this bank holiday weekend. Not a bad return over three days at all. Also be sure to withdraw your £60 which is leftover in Ladbrokes so it is back in your Moneybookers or Betfair account ready to use for another profit making bet next week, which we’ll post on Friday. Remember...

“Why gamble when you can win!”