AN online customer made an unusual football prediction over the weekend to scoop £30,000 from a £5 bet.

After a weekend of surprising football results, most accumulators had folded - but one shrewd customer managed to correctly predict five upsets with bookmaker Coral.

The customer, from Durham, selected Crystal Palace to beat Chelsea, West Ham to beat Liverpool, West Bromwich to beat Stoke, Leeds to beat Derby, and Cardiff to beat Nottingham Forest to scoop the £30,000 windfall.

"It was a weekend where we thought we'd escaped any big payouts, but our Durham punter made sure we didn't get out of jail with his incredible predictions," said Coral's Nicola McGeady.