The Owners

[Traf]

37 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Those zorbs were OK for a bit of a laugh at half time.

They were often the highlight of the afternoon.

[BobyBrno]

3 hours ago, Rudy said:

It’s gonna get binned off shirt sponsors soon as well 

Does that include the sleeves? ie. SkyBet League1.

[Leyther_Matt]

39 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Does that include the sleeves? ie. SkyBet League1.

Not yet, but it can only be a matter of time before a blanket ban. 

[Cheese]

53 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Does that include the sleeves? ie. SkyBet League1.

It's all explained in the article.

https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2021/september/wanderers-cut-betting-links/

[Rudy]

7 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Does that include the sleeves? ie. SkyBet League1.

Yeah they’re really clamping down on it. In game adverts as well think an hour before aswell

[Mannyroader]

9 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Not yet, but it can only be a matter of time before a blanket ban. 

That's tough on anyone in WSU. What next? A ban on flasks with Bovril in?

[Rudy]

Let’s be honest if you want to have a bet you’re more likely to do it online 

[L/H White]

fannys

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

Let’s be honest if you want to have a bet you’re more likely to do it online 

Unless you’re on O2 in which case you get fuck all signal and has saved me a fortune on in-play bets

[Ratwhite]

23 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Unless you’re on O2 in which case you get fuck all signal and has saved me a fortune on in-play bets

same

[Horwich]

When are they banning alcohol from the ground? 🙄

 

[Carlos]

Until that lad got hospitalised. Hilarious though.

[Gonk]

2 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Unless you’re on O2 in which case you get fuck all signal and has saved me a fortune on in-play bets

or 3

[Tonge moor green jacket]

EE signal not great in wsl. Pants in fact.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, Mr Grey said:

Put your phones away in the stadium and watch the game, at the end of the day that's what we go for 😏 

Nowt wrong with looking for scores at half time. More entertaining than standing in a queue waiting to be served by gaumless gibbons.

 

[Take Hunt Off]

Virgin media a total blank in the stadium.

saved me a few Bob eg halftime bet on us fighting back for a draw against Rotherham.

[DomRepWanderer]

Noticed during Rotherham match concourse tellies back on, FV paid bills good on em

[Mounts Kipper]

Not in favour of the ban, what’s next no Ale? (Not that I drink during yet game) but it’s looking more and more like a sterilised offer to me add the kneeling and the general mee mawing for some one who’s popped their clogs  then it’s slowly becoming a place I’m less likely to visit. Today’s offer is nothing like the slap bang wallop offer of the 1970s when I fell in love with BWFC & football. 

Edited September 24, 2021 by Mounts Kipper

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Not in favour of the ban, what’s next no Ale? (Not that I drink during yet game) but it’s looking more and more like a sterilised offer to me add the kneeling and the general mee mawing for some one who’s popped their clogs  then it’s slowly becoming a place I’m less likely to visit. Today’s offer is nothing like the slap bang wallop offer of the 1970s when I fell in love with BWFC & football. 

Something in that, thin end of the wedge?

What I would say though - were there betting kiosks at burnden, was it traditionally part of the matchday experience? 

I think it's right that society needs to tackle the over availability of betting as there is clearly a problem, but I understand that a quick bet before the game is probably no different to buying a golden goal type thing for the vast majority of people.

[Mounts Kipper]

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Something in that, thin end of the wedge?

What I would say though - were there betting kiosks at burnden, was it traditionally part of the matchday experience? 

I think it's right that society needs to tackle the over availability of betting as there is clearly a problem, but I understand that a quick bet before the game is probably no different to buying a golden goal type thing for the vast majority of people.

Don’t often bet at the match but I’d occasionally pick first goal scorer, Pre match at Burnden I’d bet at the bookies on manny road. It’s just a creeping sanitisation of the game and that’s why I’m not in favour. 

Edited September 24, 2021 by Mounts Kipper

[Tonge moor green jacket]

29 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Don’t often bet at the match but I’d occasionally pick first goal scorer, Pre match at Burnden I’d bet at the bookies on manny road. It’s just a creeping sanitisation of the game and that’s why I’m not in favour. 

I agree that the potential is there.

Clearly things change over time, but football has always been about passion, emotions, a break from the daily routine. It mustn't become part of the grinding norm.

[MickyD]

Every gambling ad says it ought to be fun. Even the fun stops,  stop. 

All the while Paddy Power and his ilk get rich from the misery of those who can't stop.

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, MickyD said:

Every gambling ad says it ought to be fun. Even the fun stops,  stop. 

All the while Paddy Power and his ilk get rich from the misery of those who can't stop.

 

Therein is the issue. Always been betting, and shops etc.

Good argument that it is now too easy, but it will always be there.

Finding the right balance is the difficulty. 

[Burnden Pies]

5 hours ago, Horwich said:

When are they banning alcohol from the ground? 🙄

 

With the queues and clueless bar staff there's no need for a ban

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Did we actually still have concourse betting kiosks?

I thought we'd done away with them years ago.