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There is maybe a general consensus that there is no argument about football being the number one sport around the world in terms of popularity, […]

Over the last two decades, we have seen transfer fees for football players reach new heights, with records generally being consistently broken, year-on-year. With that, […]

In recent times, there has been much argument about why football clubs are allowed to spend so much on signings, especially when considering issues such […]

Being a football fan means different things to different people. To some it’s a fairly simple sport; they understand the basic rules, they know the […]

It is really easy to take something for granted that has essentially been part of many people’s everyday lives for so long, and a considerable […]

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 […]

"It's just not cricket". It likely that you have heard that saying before.  If it is the first time you've heard it then it means […]

The exact number of professional football teams in the world is difficult to determine due to the vast number of leagues, divisions and regions involved. […]

Crystal Palace v Preston North End. View from upper tier of Holmesdale Stand, Selhurst Park by Ashley Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons When you […]

There are certainly some exciting fixtures in football that are highly anticipated all around the world by millions of fans. Even those who can’t get […]

Football stadiums, like anything else, do need renovations and improvements at times. Sometimes, these works can take a few months to complete. Other times, they […]

Hartlepool United stadium 0.2 miles from the city centre There are many things that people know England for. Its criminal weather. The lack of a […]

Any football final always brings with it a substantial amount of intrigue and anticipation; this further being the case if there is a considerable rivalry […]

Football finals at the elite level always have a different feel to your average match. The occasion can get the better of some players, while […]

Hosting a quiz night can be great fun, especially if you know all of the answers. Those that don’t will sometimes take a bit of […]

Promotion for clubs in football can be an exciting time; filled with hope and ambition, dreams of becoming a domestic force, even embarking on a […]

The development of technology has been a blessing and a curse for sports. From a bettor’s point of view, the ability to place wagers on […]

Over the last couple of decades the sport of football has evolved considerably, especially when considering the role that technology plays in the sport. For […]

To many, it is little more than semantics. To others, it is a debate that they feel extremely passionate about. It is extremely unlikely that […]

Motor sports are dangerous, of that there is no doubt. There have been some famous deaths in Formula One, for example, as anyone who remembers […]

Professional athletes are amongst the fittest people in the world. On that front, we’re not talking about distance runners, the entire point of whom’s training […]

The ultimate football urban myth, or a statistical anomaly that has real-world data to back it up? The notion of a 2-0 lead being dangerous […]

Penalties are a common occurrence in football and are usually awarded when a player commits a foul inside the penalty area. These fouls can range […]

Football, at the most basic and fundamental level, is a simple game. The aim is to score goals and, in the process, win matches. When […]

If you were to look at the sports memorabilia market, you would see that it is booming. People fall over one another to own a […]

Elsewhere on the site you can read about club competitions that are no longer played. The likes of the Cup Winners’ Cup and the Anglo-Italian […]

Football is an ever-evolving sport. Speak to an average football fan in the 1980s and they wouldn’t have seen any reason for things to change, […]

In the professional game, it generally doesn’t matter when you score so long as you score enough to beat the opposition. Whether the goals flow […]

Corners and their frequency over a 90-minute period can tell us so much about a football game. While they can never guarantee goals, they can […]

There are many rules and systems in place when it comes to football. Some of them are quite self-explanatory, while others get lost on people. […]

For any football manager, a win is always the first priority. But second to that is almost always a clean sheet, as it’s the ultimate […]

When we watch athletes perform in sporting events, we’re really only concerned about how well they do. We want them to score goals or amass […]

Former Inter Milan manager Annibale Frossi once mused that “the perfect result to a football game is 0-0”. Indeed, if every player performs their role […]

It doesn’t matter when you score the goal, all that matters is that the ball does indeed end up in the back of the net. […]

There are absolutely loads of footballing families out there, with many sons following their fathers into the sport and becoming professionals themselves. Sometimes the father’s […]

While star players and influential managers are so often the difference makers in the Premier League, success is always a team effort. In the modern […]

They say that talents can run in the family, and when it comes to football that has certainly been the case with the players on […]

The demands placed on modern footballers have never been higher, with the presence of numerous domestic, European and international competitions keeping players busy throughout the […]

It’s long been suggested that some clubs receive preferential treatment regarding penalty decisions. Over the past few decades, clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United have […]

Favourites are of course more likely to win but at the same time they will have shorter odds compared to the underdogs, so which is […]

Nobody can deny that football has remained a popular sport and competition throughout the years. And it has grown considerably in many ways, financially and […]

For the most part, football is a wildly unpredictable game, filled with thrills, shocks and surprises. But every now and then, teams can go on […]

Since the beginning of the beautiful game, the length of play has remained consistent. There have naturally been some extensions to the standard 90 minutes […]

For as long as there have been goals, there have been goalscorers, whether in the form of conventional poachers, advanced number 10s, or the modern-day […]

For the neutral, concerned only with the spectacle, football is all about goals. Generally, the more of them we get to see, the better. However, […]

Both yellow and red cards have played a pivotal role in deciding some of the most significant games in modern football history. Ever since the […]

In football, so many factors can end up affecting the final score of a match. From tactical tweaks to refereeing decisions, and even weather – […]

Throughout the history of football, managers have obsessed over how to concede fewer goals, all the while carrying a threat up front. It’s a tough […]

An alien concept in some sports, the draw outcome in football is one of the game’s many distinguishing factors. In fact, the first-ever international football […]

The vast majority of sports are played outdoors. The problem with this is that it leaves them open to the elements, meaning that all sorts […]

In sport, teams and players can prepare in all sorts of ways. From developing tactics to working on fitness, there are all sorts of things […]

In tiebreaker scenarios, football leagues and governing bodies around the globe have a litany of options at their disposal to separate two or more evenly […]

It has become more and more common for people to criticise athletes that want a break in their sport because of how well paid they […]

Every hardcore football fan loves a juicy transfer story, especially when the summer (and even January) windows are open. What is not known, however, is […]

If you live in the United Kingdom, then you’re likely to be aware or at least able to easily guess that the most popular sport […]

Anyone getting involved in betting via a land-based bookmaker will know the process of placing a wager. You choose your team, your horse, your player […]

The moment that someone mentions sports betting most people to automatically turn to football or horse racing. Yet one sport that many people haven’t brought […]

Sports are a curious thing. Ask a football fan nowadays about the possibility of changing one of the game’s fundamental rules, such as making throw-ins […]

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 […]

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, […]

Gambling website 138.co.uk has been shut down, with the company closing down all of its various sites around the world. The interesting thing, as far […]

It was back in early 2016 that the 21bet.co.uk sportsbook was launched, and at the time the online gambling industry was a fierce battleground for […]