The Co-Operative Championship 1
By The Man

Keighley v Dewsbury



30th July 19:30 BST
Sky Sports 3 (19:30-21:30)

This fixture will see runaway leaders Dewsbury crowned champions with a victory and I think they will confirm that they are head and shoulders above any other in this division. This is the Thursday night televised fixture and only Bet365 have priced up as I type but if you see a price you like there's little point waiting for better, you can always go in again if better emerges.

The reverse fixture was also televised and the gulf in standards was all too apparent as Dewsbury posted 40+ points and despite Keighley sitting in second place I think the motivation for Dewsbury to been crowned champions on TV will be too much for them.

Co-Operative Championship 1 Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Dewsbury	14	14	0	0	582	153	0	42
2	Keighley	13	9	0	4	411	301	3	30
3	York	14	8	0	6	412	282	4	28
4	Oldham	13	8	0	5	470	296	3	27
5	Blackpool	13	7	0	6	394	330	3	24
6	Hunslet	14	7	0	7	356	329	2	23
7	Swinton	14	7	0	7	399	396	1	22
8	Rochdale	13	5	0	8	366	357	5	11
9	Workington	13	1	0	12	197	546	3	6
10	London Skolars	13	1	0	12	146	743	0	3

Dewsbury have proved with victory at Featherstone and an agonising defeat at Barrow that they belong in the higher division whilst Keighley would need to recruit heavily if they were to go up via the play-offs.

My sort of handicap was in the 18pt region and I would be prepared to still wager higher than the h'cap offered, certainly I will be playing at the handicap of 12pts and depending on the weather, assuming it's fine, I'd still be tempted at 14pts.

Bet365 are notorious for sticking a number up and being swayed by the early shrewd money in to moving their lines, so hopefully some of us can still pick up the early handicap offered. I suppose it saves them employing some decent odds compilers.

Pick:  Dewsbury -12 3pts @ 1.91 with Bet365