Perhaps our recent story on Paul the Octopus turned out to be wrong after all - perhaps he walks among us, in the guise of a man called Dan Field.
Paul the Octopus lives, walks among us
Think last night was a good one for Celtic fans? Not as good as it was for this guy.


He might sound like a false name you’d drunkenly give to a police officer, but in fact, he’s a man who decided to put a bet on four of last night’s Champions League fixtures. See for yourself:
here she is . my baby twitter.com/fieldridge/sta…
— Dan Field (@fieldridge) November 7, 2012
No tricks either - it's been confirmed by William Hill on the bookmaker's Twitter account. We can understand predicting 3-1 to United, 3-2 to Chelsea even with the last-minute winner), and 2-0 to Benfica... but 4-2 to Valencia over BATE? Really? Come on.
Anyway, what does the man himself think about his big win? Well, let’s see...
work in 4 hours. hmmmmmmm
— Dan Field (@fieldridge) November 7, 2012
Sounds about right.











