Sporting Life Accumulator Charity Challenge 2017/18

Let's make no bones about it: last year was a disaster for the Sporting Life Accumulator and any unfortunate souls (of whom this author is one) who followed it.

We had some unfortunate near-misses and one of our staff (me) left the office weeping after a particularly late, late goal, but the bottom line was quite a simple one. We did not manage to find a single winning four-fold from our 'popular' weekend feature.

The Sporting Life Accumulator is meant to be a bit of fun - low risk, potential for high reward, and, hopefully, something which appeals to some of our readers.

BACK THE LATEST SPORTING LIFE ACCUMULATOR!

Perhaps you haven't had time to study the form. Perhaps you've an appetite for destruction. One way or another, we know that people read about the Sporting Life Accumulator, and we know, once upon a time, it was a wonderful, winning thing. Them were the days.

So rather than pretend 2016/17 the Sporting Life Accumulator never happened, like a heavy night you'd rather forget, we're going to focus on the positives and have another crack. Only this time, we're going to make sure that whatever happens, somebody benefits.

Here's how.

Sky Bet are giving us a £10 free bet on the Sporting Life Accumulator. (Evidently, they too have lost faith in it...)

We're going to keep a running total which you will be able to follow. Every bet we have will be registered, every profit and every loss calculated.

Come the final weekend of the Premier League season if we are winning, as we hope to be, we'll give every penny to our chosen charity - the Give A Duck Foundation.

If we lose, we will still make a generous donation to Give A Duck. But our aim is that we win, you win and that, in doing so, we're able to give a sizeable cheque to a charity whose fine work you can read about here.

We know that some weeks you'll be on board with us. Others, you might think we've got it completely wrong and ignore our selections and if you have got a winner to share, you know where to find us.

Below, you'll find Tuesday night's Sporting Life Accumulator, plus details of Sky Bet's Soccer Special Super Boost.

Sporting Life Accumulator - 15/08/17

Back Nottingham Forest, Birmingham and Wolves all to win at 14/1

Nottingham Forest to beat Barnsley (Sky Bet Championship)

Forest are a great price to make it four wins in a row to start the season.

Birmingham to beat Bolton (Sky Bet Championship)

Home advantage can count for Birmingham at St Andrew's.

Wolves to beat Hull (Sky Bet Championship)

Wolves join Forest in being a strong selection to start the campaign with four victories in a row.

Soccer Special Super Boost

Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Birmingham all to win - Was 5/1, Boost 7/1, SUPER BOOST 10/1!

Sporting Life Accumulator record

15/08/17 - Nottingham Forest, Birmingham and Wolves all to win at 12/1
12/08/17 - Wolves, Blackburn and Swindon all to win at 14/1 - LOST

Ed Chamberlin & Oli Bell record

12/08/17 - Man City, Middlesbrough and Spurs (Ed) at 7/2 - WON
12/08/17 - Palace, Hull, Fulham and Accrington (Oli) at 28/1 - LOST