Ian Wright Profile

Ian Wright Profile  The personification of the ordinary guy who made it big, Ian Wright is a legend within football circles for good reason. The England international built up a career from non-league activity and even short-term imprisonment to becoming one of the best goalscorers in the history of Arsenal. Across an interesting career, he played for the likes of Greenwich Borough, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Wet Ham United, Celtic, and Burnley. For his country, Wright played 33 times, scoring 9 goals.

He was, without doubt, one of the hardest working and most clinical forwards of his era.

What made Ian Wright so special?

His story is one that is easy to find and to fall in love with, on top of a bubbly personality and an optimistic demeanour. However, what made Wright so special was his ability on the pitch. He could score from various angles, was decent in the air, and worked tirelessly to pressure defences. He was a player who, to many, carried that knife-between-the-teeth attitude that is needed to succeed at the highest echelons of the game.

He played with respect for his teammates and none for his opponents, making him an absorbing presence to watch as he paraded around Highbury en route to becoming one of the top goalscorers in club history.

What does Ian Wright do now?

Today, Wright is a successful pundit and has become a major part of the media in the English game. His effervescent personality and his human approach to talking about football make him an easy pundit to listen to. Though somewhat light on deep analysis, Wright brings a fans perspective to games and can be incredible to listen to when we opens up on his own insights.

Given his path to stardom, Wright has become a personality known for both his on-pitch expertise and his off-pitch perspective.

Bet Types

Bet Types

 

A handy visual of bets that can be made up from a set number of selections. For a more detailed write up of various types of multiple / acca bet (heinz, trixies, yankees, lucky 31 etc) check out the right side of any page on multiples.co.uk).

Acca Cashout

Acca Cashout  Cashing out an accumulator bet or, in other words, getting money back – albeit less than might otherwise be the case – before the bet has finished, inevitably has its pros and cons. However, one punter for whom cashing out worked just perfectly was the anonymous Betfair customer who, on Boxing Day, 2016, staked just £1 on a speculative, 21-fold accumulator on British football matches.

Two of his chosen matches were evening kick-offs but, when Olivier Giroud scored a header on his first league start of the season for Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion after 86 minutes, he was ahead in all 19 matches already underway. At that point, although he stood to collect a potential £1.2 million on his ‘all or nothing’ bet, he decided not to push his luck any further and immediately cashed out for the not insubstantial sum of £223,000.

Lo and behold, just four minutes later, Wycombe Wanderers’ winger Myles Weston scored his first goal for the club against Plymouth Argyle to level the scores at 3-3 after 90 minutes as the away team fought back from 3-1. The scoreline remained 3-3 at full-time, thereby rendering the bet worthless, so our intrepid punter had reason to feel well satisfied with his decision. For the record, of his two remaining selections, Manchester City completed a routine 3-0 away win against Hull City, but Newcastle United were beaten 1-0 at home by Sheffield Wednesday.

Keen to promote the benefits of cashing out to punters – the mechanism can, of course, benefit bookmakers, too – Betfair spokesperson Naomi Totten said, ‘Cash Out gives customers the ultimate control over their bets and this is surely the mother of all Cash Outs from the mother of all accumulators.’