88th Minute Norwich Own Goal Helps Land Lucky Punter £264k Football Acca

A lucky football punter scooped a £264,712 jackpot from a £50 winning football acca last weekend – all helped by an 88th own goal from Norwich defender Ben Gibson.

Late Norwich Own-Goal Lands Football Acca Bettor Over A Quarter Of A Million Pounds

Saturday football betting accas are the wagers the best betting sites love their punters to place – especially when there are 13 legs to get right – as not many hit the bullseye.

However, on Saturday 7th October, leading UK bookmaker Betfair were probably not of the same thinking after one of their customers scooped a monster £264, 712 footy acca – and it was all helped by a late OWN GOAL.

The person in question staked £50 on a 13-game Saturday afternoon acca, which needed ALL the outcomes to be right in order to hit the jackpot.

Yes, most acca punters on a bet involving 13 matches would probably stake more in the region of £1-10. But, despite the odds of just over 5,000/1, this Betfair customer was feeling lucky and this larger stake paid off.

Coventry vs Norwich Was The Only Game Going Wrong

You can see the bet in full below, but with 11 of the games all going the right way it was only the Coventry vs Norwich Championship clash – which was sitting at Coventry 0-1 Norwich heading into the final stages – that was against the acca at this stage.

For the bet to land, the punter needed the Coventry vs Norwich encounter to be a draw to keep the bet alive – with only 5:30pm Palace vs Forest clash, where he (or she) also needed another stalemate, left to come.

Things weren’t looking great with the match heading into the closing stages, but a change of fortune for Coventry saw Norwich’s Ben Gibson score an own goal (watch below) in the 88th minute with the punter’s ‘much-needed’ draw now in-play.

The Final Bet To Land Was The Draw In The Palace vs Nottm Forest 5:3opm Match

With all 12 Saturday games now landed – the only match left in the acca was Crystal Palace vs Nottm Forest, who were facing off in the regular 5:30pm Premier League offering.

In a cagey game, where both teams had their chances – but to the punter’s delight it ended in a 0-0 scoreless draw which would have seen the champagne corks popping for this Betfair player.

Maybe, he did his homework – as that Palace vs Forest draw was now the fourth stalemate in their last five head-to-heads.

Betfair Confirmed the Winning Football Acca Bet On Twitter

What Was The Lucky Bet?

See below the lucky 13-match football acca

1. Tottenham to beat Luton ✅
2. Boro to beat Sunderland win ✅   
3. Everton to beat Bournemouth ✅
4. Chelsea to beat Burnley ✅
5. Fulham to beat Sheff Utd ✅
6. Cardiff vs Watford – Draw ✅
7. Blackburn to beat QPR ✅
8. Coventry vs Norwich – Draw ✅
9. Leeds to beat Briston City ✅
10. Ipswich to beat Preston ✅
11. Leicester to beat Stoke City ✅
12. Millwall vs Hull – Draw ✅
13. Palace vs Forest – Draw ✅

STAKE £50 – Returns £264,712

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