We originally reviewed Scottish Confidential (previously known as the Scottish Football Income Booster) back between 2020 and 2022.
It performed solidly in that trial but didn’t set the world alight and finished with a NEUTRAL rating.
However, we have continued to proof the selections since our trial ended and there has been a significant improvement in performance over the last two years.
Since our review ended, they have added a very impressive 65 points profit.
That would be £6,500 profit at £100 per point stakes or £1,625 profit at £25 per point.
You can view full results here.
In football terms that is top notch, where grinding out any kind of profit is typically very hard.
They have really excelled over the last couple of years, accruing that profit at a return on investment of 10% and a strike rate of over 40%.
As mentioned in our original trial, it’s a pretty simple service to follow. The selections are sent by e-mail, normally on Thursday and Friday ahead of the weekend’s games, giving plenty of time to get the bets on and there are around 15 bets per week.
With some of the bets coming in the Scottish League 1 and 2, prices can be a little sensitive so it is advisable to have as many bookie accounts available as possible and to get your bets on as quickly as you can.
As long as you have access to that though we are happy to upgrade Scottish Confidential to a firm PASSED rating.
The overall results for the service now stand at over 200 points profit, which have been proofed extensively here and elsewhere.
That puts it in the elite level of football tipsters who have stood the test of time and produced strong profits across many years of tipping.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
So in summary it’s a firm thumbs up from us for Scottish Confidential which has really stepped up its game over the last couple of years with 65 points profit made at a ROI of over 10%, putting it up there with the very best football tipsters.
A service well worth adding to the portfolio.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Final Review
8th July 2022
We have reached the end of our 20 month trial of Scottish Football Income Booster and here are the final results:-
Profit/Loss: |
-4 point loss
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Strike Rate: |
44% |
Bank Growth: |
-4% |
ROI: |
-1% |
Average number of bets: |
15 bets per month
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Cost: |
£37+VAT per month
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VERDICT: |
NEUTRAL
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Rating: |
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You can view full results here.
Scottish Football Income Booster – Full Review
The Scottish Football Income Booster (or SFIB for short) is a tipster that focuses solely on Scottish Football. The tips are provided by a chap who is known solely as “the Scotsman,” to keep his identity secret.
The Scotsman is a university educated maths whizz based just outside Glasgow (yes, he’s Scottish!) and his CV screams “Scottish football expert“.
With previous stints at leading bookmaking firms and an Asian-based private investment syndicate as a proprietary trader, in addition to acting as a quant-based hedge fund’s go-to Scottish betting consultant after he was head-hunted because of his vast local knowledge about players, teams and motivational issues likely to affect results.
So it is quite a resume for a tipster and as we often say, the results coming into our trial looked strong with a profit of over 180 points made since starting tipping in 2015/16.
We followed the tips for 20 months, which gave us some of the period when covid lockdowns were still in place and football results were a little skew-whiff, but then a full season of post-lockdowns when things went back to normal. Overall it gave us a good sample size of just over 300 bets in total.
Most of the bets are in the match odds 1X2 market, with a few in other specialist markets such over/under 2.5 goals, draw no bet (DNB) and double chance (DC).
They provide tips across the Scottish leagues, with everything from the Premiership down to League Two.
Whilst we gave the service a good long period to prove itself, unfortunately across the trial period it never really got going and in the end finished four points down.
That was only a -1% ROI and represented just 4% of our bank, so for all intents and purposes it pretty much broke even during our review.
On that basis we think a fair verdict here is a NEUTRAL rating, as the betting bank was still largely in tact by the end of our trial, so no damage done really.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent by e-mail, normally on Thursday and Friday ahead of the weekend’s games, giving plenty of time to get the bets on.
Availability of prices: Prices are generally available and we didn’t see any problems obtaining the recommended odds.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 44%, which isn’t too bad in itself but would need to be a little higher to achieve a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: We couldn’t see a betting bank recommended for the service but used a 100 point bank for the purposes of our trial.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are £37+VAT per month.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
We followed the Scottish Football Income Booster for a 20 month period in the hope they could produce the kind of profits reported prior to our trial, but unfortunately at the end of our trial they finished 4 points down.
That still left the vast majority of the bank in tact and the ROI was only -1%, so no damage done but overall it’s a NEUTRAL verdict for this service.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
5th May 2022
The Scottish Football Income Booster continues to move along without any great drama, with just one point lost since our last update.
That means they are now 3 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
As the season draws to a close soon we will be looking to wrap this review up shortly. Hopefully they can get into profit by the end.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
22nd March 2022
It’s been a quiet time for the Scottish Football Income Booster recently, with no change to the overall position since our last update.
That means they are still 2 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Would be nice with just a couple of months left in the season if they could get into profit for our trial overall. Fingers crossed.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
27th December 2021
The Scottish Football Income Booster has continued their slow and steady fightback, with a profit of 10 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 3 points up for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
This has been something of a slow-burner of a trial but it’s good to see them finally get into the green after having been behind for most of our trial.
Hopefully they can carry that form into the new year and start to build some decent profits.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
23rd November 2021
A small improvement for the Scottish Football Income Booster over the last month, with a profit of just 1 point made since our last update.
That means they are now 7 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
As mentioned last time, they have been very unlucky with late goals this season. If games only lasted 88 minutes they would have cleaned up!
That reminds of us another football service we reviewed previously that recommended trading out at 85 minutes. By that time the odds will be around the 1.2-1.3 range so liabilities are quite small in doing so.
Something to think about anyway.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
19th October 2021
A small decline for the Scottish Football Income Booster over the last month, with a loss of just 3 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 8 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
They have been bedeviled with late goals this season. Saturday’s late one in the Kilmarnock game was a 3.8pt swing, which obviously stings a bit. Results could have a somewhat brighter look to them if not for those late goals.
In any event, it hasn’t been a disaster or anything but the trial has just failed to really get going yet.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
14th September 2021
Not much change for the Scottish Football Income Booster over the last month, with a profit of just 1 point made since our last update.
That means they are now just 5 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Most of the bets so far this season have been outside of the Scottish Premiership and it seems to be paying dividends concentrating on the lower divisions with positive progress made for this season so far.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
10th August 2021
The Scottish football season has already kicked off and it’s been a good start to the campaign for the Scottish Football Income Booster, with a profit of 7 points made so far.
That means picking up where we left off at the end of last season, they are now just 6 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder that this is a football tipster focusing solely on Scottish football. They bet across the Scottish leagues and mainly bet on the match odds and over/under markets.
The long-term results are very good with over 174 points profit made, so let’s hope they can kick on after making a good start to the season.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
28th April 2021
It was a tough end to the season for Scottish Football Income Booster unfortunately, with a loss of 12 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 13 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
We will put this review on hold for the time being, as they are taking a break for the Summer with no Scottish football on. We will picks things up again at the start of next season.
Hopefully they can get back on track next season when things are back to normal and crowds are back etc.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
28th April 2021
It’s been a better time for Scottish Football Income Booster recently, with a profit of 10 points made since our last update.
That means they are now just 1 point down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Let’s see if they can make a big push between now and the end of the season to finish with a flourish.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
26th March 2021
It’s been a tough time for Scottish Football Income Booster lately, with a loss of 11 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 10 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
This trial has struggled to get going so far really. It’s been very much a case of one step forwards, two steps back as each time it looks like they are moving into the green they fall back again.
Anyway, let’s hope they can get moving forward over the remainder of the season now and at least finish our trial in profit.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
9th February 2021
A small step backwards for Scottish Football Income Booster lately, with a loss of 8 points made since our last update just over a month ago.
That means they are now just one point up for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
The Scottish leagues have been a little weather affected lately so that may have thrown the form off a tad, but hopefully as we move into the spring we will see some better returns for this tipster, also known as “The Scotsman.”
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
2nd January 2021
It’s been a better month for Scottish Football Income Booster, with a profit of 16 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 9 points up for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
The bets are spread around the Scottish leagues, with some coming in the Premiership whilst a good portion are in the lower leagues. On the lower leagues the odds can get pushed in quite a bit so it’s best to get your bets as soon as possible.
Good progress here, we’ll see if that continues.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – Results Update
29th November 2020
It’s been a bit of a slow start to our trial of Scottish Football Income Booster, with a loss of 7 points made after one month of following the tips.
You can view full results here.
Most of the bets are either in the match odds or under/over 2.5 goals markets, so pretty simple to follow. Let’s hope they kick on over the next month and put some profit on the board.
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Scottish Football Income Booster – New Review
23rd October 2020
When it comes to betting on football, finding an edge or angle to beat the bookies can be tough. The main markets on the big five leagues – the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga and Ligue 1 – have huge liquidity and are generally difficult to make a profit on. Eking out a narrow 1 or 2% edge is about the best many professional gamblers hope for on the top leagues.
One alternative approach is to focus on other leagues that don’t get such huge coverage and where things like team news, injuries, players’ form etc isn’t covered so extensively and known to everyone.
Well the service we are looking at today is one that does exactly that, focusing solely on Scottish football and using their expert knowledge and ear to the ground to make a decent profit from the beautiful game north of Hadrian’s Wall.
The service in question is called the Scottish Football Income Booster (or SFIB for short) and the tips are provided by a chap who is known solely as “the Scotsman,” to keep his identity secret.
The Scotsman is a university educated maths whizz based just outside Glasgow (yes, he’s Scottish!) and his CV screams “Scottish football expert“.
With previous stints at leading bookmaking firms and an Asian-based private investment syndicate as a proprietary trader, in addition to acting as a quant-based hedge fund’s go-to Scottish betting consultant after he was head-hunted because of his vast local knowledge about players, teams and motivational issues likely to affect results…
Suffice to say this guy is a bona fide expert in his field and a source of highly sought-after information.
His retutns back that up, with results proofed elsewhere showing a profit of over 180 points since starting tipping in 2015/16.
That would be over £18,000 profit to £100/point stakes or £3,600 to more modest £20/point stakes.
Those results have been achieved with a very decent strike rate of 47% and a return on investment of over 11%, which is more than respectable in the world of football betting.
The service comes out of the Matthew Walton stable of tipsters, who also has two of the best tipsters we have reviewed in their respective sports, namely Racing Intelligence and the Golf Insider in horse racing and golf respectively.
So from what we can gather Matthew has another hidden gem and top quality tipster this time in the sport of football.
As we always say though, the ultimate test will be a live trial here at Honest Betting Reviews so we are looking forward to getting our review underway.
We have just received the tips for this weekend and are raring to go, so will kick off the review today and will hopefully be toasting (with a glass of whiskey and some shortbread perhaps) a good few winners and a positive result in a few months’ time.
In the meantime you can check out Scottish Football Income Booster (SFIB) for yourself here.