Football Trading Clubs is a Betfair football trading and betting service from Banker Bets, led by professional trader Chris.
Chris has been trading football for several years and has been generating a steady income from it after developing his keys to success; discipline, mindset and bank management.
His results for 2022 show a total profit of £7,373.28, with stakes varying from £20 to £100, depending on the strategy.
Although his service is available on the Banker Bets website run by John Baker, it is not connected to the Banker Bets main service and he runs it separately via the Telegram app.
He uses a variety of trading strategies, with a mix of backing and laying, some pre-match and some in-play.
Below are some of the strategies in use when we joined the service, but there have been some added/removed since then:
According to the results on the website, the Second Half Goal strategy has had the best performance of the bunch with £2,517.77 profit, but all strategies are showing a profit.
The profit figures on the website are based on straight betting the selections without any trading out, so technically it is possible to use the selections as set and forget rather than trading.
There is a guide to how the strategies work and how to work stakes out, but all selections are sent out on the Telegram group.
When to exit the trades is a personal decision but there is some advice on this in the guide and he sometimes posts his personal trading decisions in the group.
The website states that locking in profit or exiting trades would result in a much greater profit, but it’s hard to say if that is correct without seeing any figures.
We tried the service out for ourselves and recorded our own results, including some trading and some set-and-forget.
We traded as many selections as we could for one month, but as it was quite high volume on the weekends, we couldn't cover everything.
Review Summary
Our Banker Bets Trading Clubs review had started fairly well and we had built up a profit of 12.88 points at one stage, but in the end, we gave it all back and finished the month with a loss of 8.53 points.
It was quite a difficult review to run, as there were a lot of selections at weekends and several ways to play them.
We could have opted for a total set-and-forget route, which would have been easier, but at first we thought it was best to try trading the selections. Since it was labelled as a trading service, we wanted to see how that would go.
There was a guide that offered some advice on how to trade the selections and there were some notes on the daily selection sheet next to each strategy.
We could see that it would be difficult for Chris to advise exactly how to trade each of his selections, and even if he did, most people have their own preferred way of doing things.
We found that our results were going quite well by trading the selections, up until the Home Value Win strategy had a terrible day. Whether we had been trading or straight-betting those selections, it would still have been a nightmare day.
All of our profit had been wiped out in one day and we spent the rest of the month trying to recover from it.
Key Stats
| Number of Bets | 115 |
| Total Stakes (pts) | 195.1 |
| Profit/Loss (pts) | -8.53 |
| Profit/Loss (£10 stakes) | -£85.30 |
| Strike Rate | 61.7% |
| ROI | -4.4% |
| Overall Bank Growth | -8.5% |
| Bank (100pt starting) | 91.48 |
Results
| Date | Match | Strategy | Stake | Odds | P/L | Bank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2024 | Besiktas v Kasimpasa | LTD | 1.00 | 4.10 | 0.82 | 0.82 |
| 05/01/2024 | Bologna v Genoa | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 5.30 | -1.00 | -0.19 |
| 05/01/2024 | Bologna v Genoa | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.27 | 0.27 | 0.08 |
| 05/01/2024 | Bologna v Genoa | Home Value Win | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.00 | 2.08 |
| 06/01/2024 | Harrogate Town v Doncaster | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.48 | 0.39 | 2.47 |
| 06/01/2024 | Harrogate Town v Doncaster | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.60 | 0.40 | 2.88 |
| 06/01/2024 | Burton Albion v Wycombe | Home Value Win | 0.25 | 3.60 | 0.30 | 3.18 |
| 06/01/2024 | Burton Albion v Wycombe | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.75 | 0.63 | 3.80 |
| 06/01/2024 | Cheltenham v Portsmouth | LTD | 1.00 | 2.80 | 0.71 | 4.51 |
| 06/01/2024 | Port Vale v Charlton | LTD | 1.00 | 2.84 | -1.84 | 2.67 |
| 07/01/2024 | Panserraikos v Kifisias FC | FHG | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 3.13 |
| 07/01/2024 | Panserraikos v Kifisias FC | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.92 | -1.00 | 2.13 |
| 07/01/2024 | Salernitana v Juventus | In-play | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.47 | 3.60 |
| 07/01/2024 | Roma v Atalanta | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.40 | -1.00 | 2.60 |
| 07/01/2024 | Famalicao v Chaves | LTD | 1.00 | 3.95 | 1.00 | 3.60 |
| 08/01/2024 | Maccabi Petach Tikva v Hapoel Haifa | Draw | 1.00 | 4.70 | -1.00 | 2.60 |
| 09/01/2024 | Falkirk v Cove Rangers | LTD | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.88 | 3.48 |
| 12/01/2024 | Villefranche Beaujolais v Epinal | FHG | 1.00 | 2.86 | 1.82 | 5.31 |
| 12/01/2024 | Portimonense v Farense | Draw | 0.50 | 4.60 | -0.50 | 4.81 |
| 13/01/2024 | Las Palmas v Villarreal | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.88 | 0.43 | 5.24 |
| 13/01/2024 | Augsburg v Leverkusen | FHG | 1.00 | 2.26 | -1.26 | 3.98 |
| 13/01/2024 | Crawley Town v Salford City | FHG | 1.00 | 2.31 | -1.00 | 2.98 |
| 13/01/2024 | St Etienne v Laval | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 3.16 | -1.00 | 1.98 |
| 13/01/2024 | Stockport v Walsall | SHG 2 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 0.29 | 2.27 |
| 13/01/2024 | Freiburg v Union Berlin | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 4.40 | -1.00 | 1.27 |
| 13/01/2024 | Augsburg v Leverkusen | 15 Min LTD | 1.50 | 3.55 | 1.47 | 2.74 |
| 13/01/2024 | Blackpool v Exeter | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.86 | 3.61 |
| 13/01/2024 | Northampton v Wigan | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 3.61 |
| 13/01/2024 | Crawley Town v Salford City | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 4.10 | 0.33 | 3.94 |
| 13/01/2024 | Barnsley v Bristol Rovers | Lay Away | 1.00 | 4.20 | 0.62 | 4.56 |
| 13/01/2024 | West Brom v Blackburn | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.98 | 5.54 |
| 13/01/2024 | Levante v Albacete | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.76 | 0.52 | 6.06 |
| 13/01/2024 | Monaco v Reims | LTD | 1.00 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 6.06 |
| 13/01/2024 | Atromitos v OFI | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.52 | -0.50 | 5.56 |
| 13/01/2024 | FC Twente v Az Alkmaar | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.90 | 0.66 | 6.21 |
| 13/01/2024 | Grenoble v Dunkerque | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 6.21 |
| 14/01/2024 | Lazio v Lecce | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.62 | 0.30 | 6.52 |
| 14/01/2024 | Metz v Toulouse | Home Value Win | 0.70 | 3.05 | -0.70 | 5.82 |
| 14/01/2024 | Brest v Montpellier | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.86 | 0.53 | 6.35 |
| 14/01/2024 | Bochum v Werder Bremen | Home Value Win | 1.50 | 2.37 | 1.00 | 7.35 |
| 14/01/2024 | Gil Vicente v Club Football Estrela | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.14 | 0.50 | 7.85 |
| 14/01/2024 | Fiorentina v Udinese | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 7.85 |
| 14/01/2024 | Porto v Braga | Home Win | 1.00 | 1.81 | 0.74 | 8.58 |
| 15/01/2024 | Jong PSV Eindhoven v Den Bosch | Home Value Win | 1.50 | 2.97 | 2.00 | 10.58 |
| 15/01/2024 | Eldense v Zaragoza | Home Value Win | 1.50 | 2.88 | -1.50 | 9.08 |
| 15/01/2024 | Auxerre v Bordeaux | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.76 | 0.33 | 9.41 |
| 15/01/2024 | Torreense v Penafiel | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.08 | 0.61 | 10.03 |
| 19/01/2024 | Holstein Kiel v Braunschweig | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 2.90 | 0.00 | 10.03 |
| 19/01/2024 | Helmond Sport v Jong PSV Eindhoven | LTD | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.77 | 10.80 |
| 19/01/2024 | Gent v Yellow-Red Mechelen | LTD | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.98 | 11.78 |
| 19/01/2024 | Sunderland v Hull | In-play | 0.50 | 1.61 | 0.00 | 11.78 |
| 20/01/2024 | Nurnberg v Hansa Rostock | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.58 | 12.36 |
| 20/01/2024 | Freiburg v Hoffenheim | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.12 | 0.52 | 12.88 |
| 20/01/2024 | Lincoln v Derby | The 60 LTD | 1.00 | 2.24 | -1.24 | 11.64 |
| 20/01/2024 | Stoke v Birmingham | Lay Away | 1.00 | 4.00 | -3.00 | 8.64 |
| 20/01/2024 | Wigan v Reading | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.26 | 0.50 | 9.14 |
| 20/01/2024 | Peterborough v Shrewsbury | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 4.20 | 0.48 | 9.62 |
| 20/01/2024 | Barrow v Crewe | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.91 | -1.00 | 8.62 |
| 20/01/2024 | Gillingham v Forest Green | SHG 2 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 0.66 | 9.28 |
| 20/01/2024 | Genk v Cercle Brugge | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.98 | -1.00 | 8.28 |
| 20/01/2024 | MK Dons v Morecambe | LTD | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.98 | 9.26 |
| 20/01/2024 | Lecco v Pisa | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 3.10 | -0.50 | 8.76 |
| 20/01/2024 | Pendikspor v Besiktas | SHG | 1.00 | 1.80 | 0.52 | 9.28 |
| 20/01/2024 | Standard v Kortrijk | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.60 | -1.00 | 8.28 |
| 20/01/2024 | Brentford v Nottm Forest | SHG 2 | 1.00 | 2.92 | 0.52 | 8.79 |
| 20/01/2024 | Racing de Ferrol v Oviedo | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.50 | -1.00 | 7.79 |
| 21/01/2024 | Tondela v Porto B | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.16 | -1.00 | 6.79 |
| 21/01/2024 | Sparta Rotterdam v Go Ahead Eagles | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.34 | -1.00 | 5.79 |
| 21/01/2024 | Elche v Valladolid | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.36 | -1.00 | 4.79 |
| 21/01/2024 | Girona v Sevilla | LTD | 1.00 | 4.10 | 0.98 | 5.77 |
| 21/01/2024 | Girona v Sevilla | Lay Away | 0.50 | 4.80 | 0.49 | 6.26 |
| 21/01/2024 | FC Magdeburg v Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 3.55 | 0.52 | 6.78 |
| 26/01/2024 | Eintracht Frankfurt v Mainz | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.20 | 1.18 | 7.96 |
| 26/01/2024 | Cercle Brugge v Standard | LTD | 0.50 | 4.70 | -1.85 | 6.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Barnsley | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.73 | -1.00 | 5.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Real Sociedad | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.81 | -1.00 | 4.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Morecambe | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.26 | -1.00 | 3.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Northampton | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.87 | -1.00 | 2.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Milan | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.77 | -1.00 | 1.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Auxerre | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.06 | -1.00 | 0.11 |
| 27/01/2024 | Levante | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.36 | -1.00 | -0.89 |
| 27/01/2024 | Ol. Marseille | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.50 | -1.00 | -1.89 |
| 27/01/2024 | Rodez | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.34 | -1.00 | -2.89 |
| 27/01/2024 | Hoffenheim v FC Heidenheim | LTD | 1.00 | 4.50 | -3.50 | -6.39 |
| 27/01/2024 | Hearts v Aberdeen | Home Double Chance | 1.00 | 1.32 | 0.31 | -6.08 |
| 27/01/2024 | Kilmarnock v Hibernian | Home Double Chance | 1.00 | 1.32 | 0.31 | -5.76 |
| 27/01/2024 | Caen v ESTAC Troyes | Lay Away | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.49 | -5.27 |
| 27/01/2024 | Excelsior v FC Utrecht | HT LTD | 1.00 | 2.78 | -1.78 | -7.05 |
| 28/01/2024 | Genoa | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.22 | 1.20 | -5.86 |
| 28/01/2024 | Reims | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.93 | -1.00 | -6.86 |
| 28/01/2024 | Monza | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.30 | 0.95 | -5.91 |
| 28/01/2024 | Lazio | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 2.36 | -1.00 | -6.91 |
| 28/01/2024 | St Gallen v Lugano | Lay Away | 0.50 | 4.70 | -1.85 | -8.76 |
| 28/01/2024 | Union Berlin v SV Darmstadt | SHG 2 | 1.00 | 2.82 | 0.64 | -8.12 |
| 28/01/2024 | Luzern v Lausanne | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 3.85 | 0.98 | -7.14 |
| 28/01/2024 | Boavista v Portimonense | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 3.65 | 0.98 | -6.16 |
| 28/01/2024 | Farense v Porto | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.44 | -5.72 |
| 28/01/2024 | Yellow-Red Mechelen v Molenbeek | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 3.80 | 0.74 | -4.98 |
| 29/01/2024 | Jong PSV Eindhoven v Willem II | FHG | 1.00 | 1.80 | -1.00 | -5.98 |
| 29/01/2024 | Club Football Estrela v Benfica | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.98 | -5.00 |
| 29/01/2024 | Cambuur Leeuwarden v FC Oss | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.49 | -4.51 |
| 29/01/2024 | Salernitana v Roma | SHG | 1.00 | 2.66 | 0.50 | -4.01 |
| 30/01/2024 | Coventry v Bristol City | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.77 | -1.00 | -5.01 |
| 30/01/2024 | Nottm Forest v Arsenal | 15 Min LTD | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.78 | -4.23 |
| 31/01/2024 | Lugano v Grasshoppers Zurich | SHG | 1.00 | 2.40 | -1.00 | -5.23 |
| 31/01/2024 | Atletico Madrid v Rayo Vallecano | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.75 | -4.48 |
| 31/01/2024 | Braga v Chaves | Over 1.5/2.5 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 0.00 | -4.48 |
| 01/02/2024 | West Ham v Bournemouth | Over 2.5 | 1.00 | 1.98 | 0.00 | -4.48 |
| 02/02/2024 | Maastricht | Home Value Win | 0.50 | 2.28 | 0.72 | -3.76 |
| 02/02/2024 | VVV Venlo | Home Value Win | 1.00 | 1.99 | 0.97 | -2.79 |
| 02/02/2024 | FC Heidenheim v Dortmund | FHG | 1.00 | 1.80 | -1.00 | -3.79 |
| 02/02/2024 | Emmen v FC Eindhoven | LTD | 1.00 | 4.30 | -3.30 | -7.09 |
| 02/02/2024 | MVV Maastricht v SC Telstar | LTD Revisit | 1.00 | 3.85 | 0.98 | -6.11 |
| 02/02/2024 | VVV Venlo v Jong PSV Eindhoven | LTD | 1.00 | 4.30 | 0.98 | -5.13 |
| 02/02/2024 | Willem II v Cambuur Leeuwarden | LTD | 1.00 | 4.40 | -3.40 | -8.53 |
In the previous three months before we started our review, Home Value Win had hit 31.09 points profit, so we had been quite unlucky. That seems to happen a lot during our reviews though!
We lost 9.71 points from that strategy, but we did have better results from LTD Revisited, which we were able to achieve 6.61 points from out of 10 trades. The 15 Min LTD trades, that were in-play notifications from the Telegram group, netted us 5.16 points profit from 7 trades.
Chris puts a lot of work into this service and we have no doubt that his selections would be useful for some traders and bettors. For those new to football trading, we think that it would be quite overwhelming and would go as far as saying that it is unsuitable for beginners.
We decided to start straight-betting the selections towards the end of the month, which was much less time-consuming.
Unfortunately, due to the service being quite full on, we could only run our review for one month.
However, we have found the record of results that Chris keeps to be accurate, so you can clearly see which strategies are performing well. You could just pick a few of the best performing strategies and follow them.
It is certainly worth a look if you are interested in receiving trading selections that have already been researched, but it is not a service that will suit everyone.
We feel that a Neutral rating is fair for Banker Bets Trading Clubs.
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Any update on the trial?
Hi David, We are looking for a suitable volunteer to test this service as we found that we didn’t have enough time personally to keep it going. Many of the selections require you to trade out at certain stages, so you have to have the time on hand to monitor matches.
Hi Laura
Who does the volunteer need to do and can I put myself forward?
Hi David, Please get in touch at [email protected] if you are interested.
I did email in but never got a reply from you
Hi David, I didn’t receive an email from you. Can you try again please? [email protected].
Hi, Any update on this trial?
Thanks
Hi Neil, No unfortunately not, it’s quite a full on service to test so I am looking for a suitable volunteer who can take the review on.
Hi, Laura.
Thanks for your reply and no problem at all.