Scarborough's Third Division football team has had rooms booked at the Hilton in Watford on Friday night by a mysterious benefactor who wants them fit to face Barnet the next day. The man has a bet worth pounds 500,000 on Newcastle, Stoke and Cardiff winning the First, Second and Third Division titles and Barnet's failure would leave Cardiff in the clear.
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