Friday, January 27, 2006

Dreaming of Goals

A UK football fan has proved that dreams do come true after winning £25,000 from listening to one. Adrian Hayward dreamt that he saw the Liverpool football player Xabi Alonso score a goal from his own half. Hayward felt it was a sign and went and put a £200 bet on it.
Fan makes £25,000 on dream goal
"It seemed to take an age to hit the net but when it did, I just went berserk."
The 42-year-old father-of-two said he might spend some of the winnings on a family holiday.
Bookmaker Paddy Power said: "When he placed the bet we thought it was the easiest £200 we had ever made.
BBC