The entire population of Leicester may be celebrating this morning, but Billy Bleach from Snodland is feeling pretty good too!

Mr Bleach placed a £2 each-way bet on Leicester City to win the Premiership League way back at the start of the season, when the odds were 5,000 to 1.

Last night’s 2-2 draw between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea means that The Foxes with an unbeatable seven-point lead are the winners and Mr Bleach is set to pick up £13,337.

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The 28-year-old farrier from Ham Hill said he was too nervous to watch the game, but followed the results via his phone at the Barming home of his girlfriend Kelly Smith.

"It still hasn’t really sunk in," he said. "I won’t really believe it until I see them lift the trophy."

Mr Bleach said he had only been supporting Leicester closely this year - though he does wear a Leicester City goalkeeper’s top when he plays football on Saturdays.

He said: "I always like to support the underdogs."

After a moment of nervousness around Christmas, he had been confident ever since January that Leicester would triumph.

“What makes it even better,” he said, “is that most of my mates are Spurs fans!”

Mr Bleach intends to put £10,000 away for a rainy day, and maybe take girlfriend Kelly on holiday with the rest.

He said: “I might buy my mates a few beers too - if they’re lucky.”

Mr Bleach is not the only Kent gambler to win big on the unlikely result.

Chelsea fan James O’Donoghue, 54, from Rochester, scooped £5,000 after betting £1 on Leicester City winning the league in a "moment of madness".