So near and yet so far

Excuse my absence, but I've been licking my wounds (metaphorically, of course).
As I said last time, it must be boring to read the same old story. It's certainly tedious continually writing it. But as the purpose of this blog is to recount my gambling experiences as I hurtle towards financial oblivion, I feel obliged to tell you about last weekend's football bet.

It's taken me 10 days to come to terms with it. I'm still in a state of disbelief, in fact. I backed Hartlepool to beat Brighton and then selected five matches to feature more than two goals each, combining them in fivefolds (£3) and an accumulator (£9).Hartlepool won 1-0 and these are the results from four of the other matches: Watford 2 Wolves 3; Scunthorpe 3 Millwall 2; Darlington 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 0; and Rochdale 3 Aldershot 1.

In my final game, Swindon went 2-0 up against Oldham after 34 minutes. So if either team scored in the following hour (and Swindon hadn't kept a clean sheet all season), I had a full house. The match finished 2-0 (there was, obviously, a disallowed goal). I picked up £53 for my £27 stake. But that elusive goal would have netted me almost £1,400. Quite a difference.

Running total: your guess is as good as mine