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In the world of professional football, loan deals can be used in numerous different ways. If a team has a player that they want to […]

Until the turn of the new Millennium, the idea of a football club, particularly being linked with another in terms of ownership by the same […]

Football, especially the at the top-end of the scale, is a sport that is seemingly awash with money. Players move from club to club for […]

For at least the last couple of decades, feeder clubs have been around in football and it raises the debate as to whether they have […]

Something that perhaps not many people think about in football, often because they simply prefer to enjoy the game rather than pay much attention to […]

In many ways, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that someone that is good at one sport is often talented at another. After all, […]

If you’re ever watched an event such as the Olympics or an athletics meeting, you’ll know doubt be familiar with the sports that make up […]

Football is by far the most bet on sport and offers more markets per match than any other events.  The rise of bet-builders, bet requests […]

When a major tournament rolls around, everyone begins to talk about the coefficient of the teams involved as if it is just understood by everyone. […]

When most of us think about betting, we think of it as being a positive. That is to say, when we consider the wager we […]

On 15th of August 1992 the FA Premiership famously and controversially replaced the old first division as the top flight football league in England and […]

As a child, I remember finding out about loan deals for football players through a football manager computer game. I couldn’t understand why I had […]

For every David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, and Gareth Bale, there are an untold number of players who never reach their full potential. Some fall at […]

Why is that in most sports, participants from the United Kingdom are recognised as being British, but in Football they can represent their England, Scotland, […]

Red cards in football are seemingly very few and far between, especially in the Premier League, perhaps highlighted by a number of factors including management […]

In sport, there are many different markets to bet on and this is even more so the case when you split this down into individual […]

When betting on the beautiful game, we know there are plenty of variables that can affect the outcome of our wagers. Some of these can […]

We’ve all heard someone in the football commentariat say it at one point or another, that a club is likely to respond well because of […]

Despite making up a sizeable part of any football match, set pieces - corners, free kicks, indirect free kicks and throw ins – are often, […]

One of the most unfortunate – and sometimes comical - things about football is the own goal. They are humiliating for the player, annoying for […]

There are so many variables that can affect a football club’s performance, both on the pitch and off and it depends on how you look […]

There are so many variables that can affect a football club’s performance, both on the pitch and off and it depends on how you look […]

When the domestic football season was first suspended during the 2019/20 season to be followed by largely fanless football being played for the following 18 […]

In some countries, participating in betting of any kind can get you sent to prison. Locked away behind bars for simply having a punt on […]

Most punters choose to bet on events and sports markets so as to enhance their overall enjoyment of watching or following them. Should you see […]

When the World Cup rolls around, the amount of money bet on football as a sport hits the tens if not hundreds of million mark […]

Are penalty shootouts really the lottery we are always being told they are? Well, possibly not if the results of a recent study are to […]

If you’re up on your sporting events, then you’ll know all about the Tokyo Olympics has just taken place. The event, which was scheduled to […]

The topic of gambling addiction is never far from the headlines, and for the sport of football the link is especially problematic because so many […]

If you’ve joined an online casino or sportsbook before, then you’ll likely know that these all have a strict Know Your Customer (KYC) process to […]

You’ve probably heard stories about those gamblers who go “all in”, right? They tend to be people who we often consider just to be risk-takers. […]

In 1965 UEFA introduced the away goals rule to European Club competitions in order to increase the attacking intent of away teams.  Prior to this […]

The world of betting is one that has long been filled with competition, with more and more bookmakers opening from the moment that they were […]

Taking a look at high street bookmakers, you get the feeling that some of them have been there forever. Names like William Hill and Coral […]

With the climate being the hot topic of our age and with serious ramifications for the future we thought we would look into the carbon […]

When it comes to placing bets, you’ll find that there are two different places that punters can look for their wagers: big markets and smaller […]

Is there a winning formula to not only surviving in the top flight of English football - arguably the most elite league in the world, […]

Professional sports will always be a huge draw for people around the world. They provide entertainment and excitement for fans who enjoy seeing their favourite […]

It has become more and more popular for people in the United Kingdom to run their own raffle for any number of things. The proliferation […]

Those old enough to remember a time before the internet will be familiar with the thriving days of the good old high street bookie. When […]

edwin.11, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons One thing that has long been synonymous with football is the sponsorship and advertising. It is often something […]

The United Kingdom has seen a flurry of activity from the Gambling Commission in the past couple of years to try and get its gambling […]

It could be said that in the United Kingdom we are lucky when it comes to gambling. We have quite a liberal market offering plenty […]

There is a huge number of betting companies operating today, and while it is true that they base themselves out of different locations, many of […]

When most people think of betting companies, the likelihood is that they will think of casinos or sportsbooks. Then they may think of placing a […]

The Olympics is one of those events that excites people across the globe, and that is partially due to the fact that it only comes […]

All major bookmakers operating in the United Kingdom now offer odds on there to be either over or under 2.5 goals in a football match. […]

Every product has its own form of marketing that will appeal to the customer that the business is after. For some reason, the more that […]

When it comes to betting on football, everyone understands the nature of Match Betting. Will the final result of the match end in a win […]

Many bookmakers offer punters the option to bet on ‘both teams to score in both halves’ in football matches, and the odds on this market […]

A couple of decades ago, it was common to find pretty much every single high street with at least one betting shop operating on it. […]

Not to be confused with the Bad Girls Club, the Betting and Gaming Council is an association for the betting and gaming world. Its job […]

International football. It is the highlight of the footballing calendar for some, where fans worldwide put apart their tribal fanfare and put the country before […]

In recent years many bookmakers have diversified options available to punters on sports betting with the explosion in popularity of both accumulator betting and the […]

To most punters, whether a betting company is publicly or privately owned isn’t of particular interest. As long as they offer good odds and pay […]

When most of us think about the sports betting, casino and gambling industry, it’s common to think of the bright flashing lights of Las Vegas […]

Imagine that, for whatever reason, someone, a friend or family member for instance, is abroad on holiday, incapacitated, possibly in hospital, comatose or even in […]

On the face of it, the legalities around betting with money that is not yours do not seem to be overly complex. Because, after all, […]

Sponsorship for sports clubs, sportsmen and women, and different sporting events is something quite necessary to the survival of sport. Deals are struck up that […]

The high rollers among you will of course already be aware that your gambling winnings aren’t taxable in the UK. To be fair, even the […]

We all enjoy a flutter now and again and we are extremely fortunate to live in an a highly pro-gambling country. We can, after all, […]