The Football News Thread 2022/23

[Alan]

I don't think I fully grasp how ingrained in British culture sport betting seems to be. Or, English culture. Whichever it is, I suppose.

 

[AndyWolves]

I think there is a fair amount of criminal interest in pl games too. There was a spate of floodlight failures a few seasons ago which I'm sure was linked to foreign gambling.

Easier to bribe the technicians than a £50k per week footballer

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I don't think I fully grasp how ingrained in British (English? Hard to know how/where to draw the line) culture sport betting seems to be.

You wouldn't, Germans didn't get it when I lived there 20-odd years ago either, they didn't have bookies on the street or anything (online is a lot bigger there now, it wasn't in 2001).

I only pop a fiver into an account now and then and play with it these days. When it's gone it's gone. I'm not good enough or disciplined enough to earn money off it reliably. I get lucky occasionally.

Or if I hear something from a good source then I'll bet on it.

Never touched horse racing in my life bar office sweepstakes.

 

[Keef]

Ray winstone ( professional cockernee) turns up a lot in the adverts telling you to “ stick a fackin pony on arsenal to score first and win you know it makes sense.

I stick money on occasion on stuff like next England manager, think I got £500 when Roy Hodson got the job after Harry Redknapp was the only bloke to be certain 100% to get

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I learned my lesson off online poker around 2008 (so I'd have been mid-late 20s then).

Was £4k up at one point. Take it and buy some nice stuff. Or lose the lot and end up £2k down eventually. Money I could afford to lose at the time but it just underlined that I'm not cut out for it.

 

[Tony Towner]

I don't think I fully grasp how ingrained in British culture sport betting seems to be. Or, English culture. Whichever it is, I suppose

You'll never have the historic culture, due to betting being outlawed outside of casinos for so many years. Online you are getting there, I listen to a lot of Eagles podcasts and they are all sponsored by BetMGM, DraftKings or the like. The fantasy community is way more obsessive than ours.

 

[BillyDee]

There was a spate of floodlight failures a few seasons ago which I'm sure was linked to foreign gambling.

It also used to always be the case if a non Sky Six team kicked off a televised game, the ball would be passed back then kicked out wide into touch.
I'd never noticed it until a mate pointed it out, then it just stood out so much...

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It also used to always be the case if a non Sky Six team kicked off a televised game, the ball would be passed back then kicked out wide into touch.
I'd never noticed it until a mate pointed it out, then it just stood out so much...

Was complete bollocks tbf Didn't happen.

Propagated by Matt Le Tissier who is now completely off the reserve.

 

[BillyDee]

Must've been coincidence then . We used to watch out for it and give a cheer/raised glass when it happened...

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Right. So if after say, 2-3 times it had gone on, and the ball went out inside 5 seconds or whatever without fail, the bookies would keep offering that market and losing? Or flat out not notice?

It's bollocks and if the market ever existed it was incredibly niche and you'd never get more than relative pence placed on it.

The game that Anti-Vax Le Tiss claimed it happened wasn't even on TV anywhere in the world back in 1995, he was just lying in his shit book.

 

[Sniffer]

Coventry are finally getting rid of SISU as they are selling to local businessman Doug King.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Think a couple of Liverpool players (redknap?) did it on the final day of the season in the mid 90's, was fairly blatent, kicked off and banged it out 'aiming' for the winger, won on first throw in. After that bookies stopped offering it.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

My vice was fruit machines but I would never touch a bet on anything now. I think when the guys brought a sheet into the pub 2 seasons ago I had a quid on an acca and it didn’t heighten my enjoyment in any way. So I can’t see myself gambling ever again. If I can walk past a fruit machine without spaffing £100 into it I consider it a good day.

 

[Alan]

You'll never have the historic culture, due to betting being outlawed outside of casinos for so many years. Online you are getting there, I listen to a lot of Eagles podcasts and they are all sponsored by BetMGM, DraftKings or the like. The fantasy community is way more obsessive than ours.

Things opened up a lot recently. The friggin' Superdome is sponsored by Caesar's Palace for Christ's sake. 20 years ago that was unimaginable.

 

[Carsy]

My vice was fruit machines but I would never touch a bet on anything now. I think when the guys brought a sheet into the pub 2 seasons ago I had a quid on an acca and it didn’t heighten my enjoyment in any way. So I can’t see myself gambling ever again. If I can walk past a fruit machine without spaffing £100 into it I consider it a good day.

I do love a fruit machine. Limit myself to 10 quid on them on a football day when I attend which due to circumstances is only 2 or 3 times a year. When life allowed it they were dangerous, as enjoyed playing them, but long gone are the days of 10p a spin.

As you’ve mentioned, acca’s don’t appeal to me. A lot of my friends do them as they say it keeps them interested when there team isn’t playing. Doesn’t really do it for me.

Last proper bet I had was on Willet winning the masters when he did. Happily walked away then.

 

[lemonjelly]

I don't gamble at all, & had never set foot in a bookies till going to a game & someone had to pop in to do an acca or something.
The prediction league should tell all of us why it's likely pointless or we're on to a lower tbh.

 

[Kenny]

I am ace at acca's....if ace is defined as not winning ever, even when the odds are a favourable 28000-1

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I am ace at acca's....if ace is defined as not winning ever, even when the odds are a favourable 28000-1

I had to show you how to fill the form in. I mean alarm bells were ringing straight away.

 

[Carsy]

I don't gamble at all, & had never set foot in a bookies till going to a game & someone had to pop in to do an acca or something.
The prediction league should tell all of us why it's likely pointless or we're on to a lower tbh.

Didn’t realise there was a predictors league. Il have to wait till next year

 

[Kenny]

I had to show you how to fill the form in. I mean alarm bells were ringing straight away.

I had done and lost plenty online just never done them via an actual bookie.

My desire to go for wild cards is probably my issue (along with lack of knowledge)