The adage about backing sides at odds-on, away from home, being the 'fast way to the poor house' should be ringing in your ears! says Matthew Walton.

When studying the weekend football lists on Betfair, looking for a 'home banker' to replenish your ailing account or maybe to underwrite some more speculative investments on the coupon, it's most likely to be the Premier League where you start your search.

Why? Well, of course for many fans, it's where their natural allegiances lie,