'˜I couldn't believe it' '“ Pompey fan wins £10K playing mobile game

A POMPEY fan's disappointment turned into elation on Saturday after he won £10,000 in a mobile competition.
Brett Harley, 37, from Gosport, with his wife MarieBrett Harley, 37, from Gosport, with his wife Marie
Brett Harley, 37, from Gosport, with his wife Marie

Brett Harley was left ‘massively disappointed’ after Pompey’s loss to Blackpool at Fratton Park at the weekend.

But the 37-year-old’s day took a bright turn after he received a call to tell him he had won £10,000 in Sky Sports’ Super 6 contest.

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The free mobile game requires football fans to predict the scores of six Saturday fixtures from across England – granting them points for each correct result.

Brett racked up a whopping 24 points – the nation’s highest – after correctly guessing the exact final scoreline of four matches.

Brett, from Gosport, who received the news just minutes after the final whistle blew at Fratton Park, said: ‘I couldn’t believe it – I felt like I was drifting in and out of reality on the way home.

‘The loss against Blackpool was probably the worst I’ve seen Pompey play in a good five years, so this news certainly brightened up my day.’

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A 2017 English literature graduate from the University of Portsmouth, the married Bay House School worker said the cash will be spent ‘sensibly’.

He said: ‘I’d love to say I’ll be buying a sports car and an exotic holiday, but this will go toward paying off my student loan.

‘It doesn’t seem a flash way to spend the money now, but it’s sensible and it’ll be so worth it in the long run.’

Brett correctly predicted that Liverpool would beat West Ham 4-1, and that Southampton would be held to a 1-1 draw away to Burnley. He also got the 2-2 draw between Bournemouth and Newcastle spot on, plus predicted that Huddersfield would win 2-1 away at West Brom. He got the result - but not the scoreline - right for Brighton’s win at home to Swansea and Reading’s draw with Derby.