One lucky Sky Bet football punter struck gold on Sunday when his £30 'both teams to score' accumulator scooped him an incredible £37,857.
And he had Wayne Rooney to thank after one of his 12 selected matches involved Everton's trip to Brighton, where the former England captain struck a 90th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw!
Rooney's goal only came after Brighton's Anthony Knockaert had broken the deadlock as late as the 82nd minute in the lunchtime kick-off so this punter's bet so nearly didn't even get off the ground.
He also picked Southampton's clash with Newcastle, which finished 2-2, while the other 10 matches spanned Spain's LaLiga & Segunda Division, France's Ligue 1 and Italy's Serie A but none of them really made him sweat.
Winning selections
- Real Zaragoza 1-1 Osasuna (1130 BST)
- Brighton 1-1 Everton (1330 BST)
- Bordeaux 1-1 Nantes (1400 BST)
- Cagliari 2-3 Genoa (1400 BST)
- Sampdoria 3-1 Atalanta (1400 BST)
- Crotone 2-2 Torino (1400 BST)
- Leverkusen 2-2 Wolfsburg (1430 BST)
- Girona 1-2 Villarreal (1515 BST)
- Southampton 2-2 Newcastle (1600 BST)
- Almeria 1-1 Real Valladolid (1700 BST)
- Inter Milan 3-2 AC Milan (1945 BST)
- Strasbourg 3-3 Marseille (2000 BST)
Stake: £30
Winnings: £37,857.44
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