Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
William Hill promise to refund bets placed on Sir Alex Ferguson for SPOTY
BOOKMAKERS William Hill have promised to refund all bets placed on Sir Alex Ferguson for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Ferguson, who will make his Old Trafford farewell against Swansea on Sunday, was the clear favourite for the prize.
But William Hill have declared Sir Alex is ineligible for the award. Nearly £5000 was hedged on the 13-time Premier League champion.
William Hill have installed Andy Murray as favourite at 2/1 for the main prize, with Chris Froome backed at 7/1 and England cricket captain Alistair Cook at 8/1.
5-time World Snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is an outsider at 25/1.
Bradley Wiggins scooped the award last year.