Bottom of the 72
- Dave Pilgrim
- Aug 3, 2018
- 1 min read
Looking towards th bottom of the Football League, there are a fair few tasty prices kicking about - but few more so than the 9/1 on offer about Cheltenham ending up at the very foot of the Football League Ladder.

Gary Johnson's side finished last season in woeful form, losing six of the last seven, so its perhaps unsurprising he's had something of a clear out. 16 players have gone, who between them played nearly 29,000 minutes (stats courtesy of the excellent Mike Holden, FoxPunter.com).
That's basically 2/3rds of the entire season's pitch time so the players who have come in are going to need to really make the grade to avoid the side going backwards this season. Looking through the recruits I'm not convinced that will be the case, and five fewer points in 2017/18 would have seen them relegated - especially when you factor in the loss of Mohamed Eisa - top scorer on 23 goals, and he notched over 33% of the sides goals last season.
Put simply, 9/1 is massive on them being relegated this season, and the 20/1 on them finishing bottom looks worth a bet as well.
1pt Cheltenham to be relegated at 9/1
1pt Cheltenham to finish rock-bottom at 20/1






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