Cardiff City news 06/06/01

Wed 6th June 2001 - Div 2 odds

Cardiff City are faniced by the bookies to be able to make the play offs next season. Local bookmakers Jack Brown are offering 16-1 for City to win the division and 3 - 1 for the Bluebirds to go up any way they can inc the play offs.

Worldwide bookmakers Victor Chandler offer the following odds for the Div 2 title.

Reading 6-1 Huddesfield 6-1 QPR 8-1 Stoke 9-1 Wigan 9-1 Bristol City 10-1 Port Vale 12-1 Tranmere 12-1 Bournemouth 14-1 Brighton 16-1 Cardiff 16-1 Notts County 20-1 Wrexham 20-1 Wycombe 20-1 Blackpool 20-1 Peterboro 33-1 Brentford 40-1.

Jack Brown offer the following title odds

Reading 11-2, Huddersfield 6-1, QPR 8-1, Bristol City, Stoke, Wigan 10-1, Port Vale 11-1 , Brighton 14-1, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Tranmere 16-1, Wrexham, Wycombe 18-1, Notts County 25-1, Blackpool 28-1, Chesterfield, Oldham, Peterborough 33-1, Brentford, Northampton, Swindon 40-1, Bury, Cambridge, Colchester 50-1.

'We have a lot of confidence in Cardiff doing well next season,' said Jack Brown spokesman Karl Williams.

'You have to question whether they can go up automatically from a division in which they were outclassed two seasons ago when the squad just wasn't strong enough to compete at Second Division level.

'But if Sam Hammam makes the quality signings he has promised, I believe Cardiff can have a good campaign and a play-off spot is possible this time around.

'It would seem that Reading are going to be a class above us, while relegated Huddersfield, QPR, Port Vale and Tranmere are also more likely to gain automatic promotion.