It does raise awareness though, not in a good way.

I hardly ever bet and my interest in it is very low. I wouldn’t have known or given a s**t about Leovegas, Daft Bet or whatever but for the multiple shirt sponsors visible on a daily basis. Awareness will bring acceptance.

Posted By: APB on July 1st 2019 at 10:40:10

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Dafabet are sponsoring us. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jul 1, 09:02:29
- Wankers (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jul 1, 15:21:04
- More... (NCFC) - sixthgo, Jul 1, 12:41:06
  - Needs a dictionary (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 1, 18:44:34
- Shame the lettering is black and not green, but hey ho, I'm not buying one as I'm over 50 (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Jul 1, 11:35:29
  - It is green though, isn't it? (n/m) (NCFC) - 702, Jul 1, 11:48:28
    - Green logo, but black writing (n/m) (NCFC) - phelans tash, Jul 1, 12:22:00
    - Looks black on the video....perhaps I'm mistaken (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Jul 1, 11:51:30
  - Spending money with shirt sponsors....for me (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Jul 1, 11:40:52
    - My lad had the dark green ghoulie kit with lotus on, loved it (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 1, 15:57:57
    - had all of them (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jul 1, 14:11:23
    - Lotus a YES from me (n/m) (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Jul 1, 14:05:18
- Back in the day when we were sponsored by Fosters Lager was there a fuss? (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jul 1, 11:22:12
  - I seem to remember there being a small fuss. (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jul 1, 15:24:22
  - Nothing social wrong (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 1, 12:20:16
  - That was an awesome sponsor (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, Jul 1, 11:52:16
- Self funding club = desperation for cash = can’t be picky (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 1, 11:21:43
- Brilliant. (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 1, 11:04:59
  - Always taking the moral high ground. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jul 1, 13:34:40
    - and always massively wrong on information and just plain morals (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 1, 22:31:02
- Surely old XXL David could have stumped up a couple of million? (NCFC) - lurd, Jul 1, 11:04:26
- footballing & gambling go hand-in-hand (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 1, 10:39:21
  - Remember well the Supporters club handing over cheques for £25000 (NCFC) - trt354, Jul 1, 10:49:04
    - Golden Goal, the Academy Lotteries (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 10:57:58
- Does anyone have any idea how many £££s we are talking about here? (NCFC) - 702, Jul 1, 10:25:45
  - Watford just signed a £20m shirt sponsorship deal so will be interesting to see (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 1, 12:27:32
  - Daftabet paid Fulham £6m over 2 seasons for their shirts (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 10:48:47
  - Historically our PL commercial revenue is 2.5m higher (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 1, 10:43:16
- Just great. This has now brought back the trauma of my (NCFC) - South stand corner, Jul 1, 10:20:38
  - Lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jul 1, 10:51:33
  - I still have a Proton hidden in my garage. (NCFC) - Dunney, Jul 1, 10:25:10
    - Jumbuck??? (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Jul 1, 10:28:05
- Some Twitter reaction is (unsurprisingly) rather wearisome. (NCFC) - bird table, Jul 1, 10:10:13
  - ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Jul 1, 10:25:35
- How disappointing, chance to be different spurned (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jul 1, 10:03:55
  - Any other decision would disadvantage us though... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 1, 10:05:40
    - Who is happy? I'm not! It's similar, but not so bad... (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jul 1, 11:00:50
      - "but brewers and distillers do not use football in the same psychological way to build a s (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 11:09:28
        
        Drinking is a social activity... (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jul 1, 12:13:24
        
        gambling is social as well (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 1, 16:35:40
        
        it'd be far harder to seperate drinking from the football watching experience than it is (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 12:53:39
        
        I went to horse racing, and dogs, to bet... and bet... and bet (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jul 1, 15:26:13
        
        I go to football without drinking (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 13:00:01
        
        i never said you couldn't - it is rare for me to drink when i go too (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 13:18:59
        
        I lost track of the point you were making tbf (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 13:25:51
        
        And loads of people get more pissed at horse racing (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 13:27:11
        
        just that brewers and distillers use sport just as much to make their product socially acc (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 1, 13:42:29
      - how should we make a stand? we've no choice but to accept it (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 1, 11:07:43
        
        It is what it is and I doubt my feeble shareholding will make a squeak! (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jul 1, 12:15:14
    - The difference is (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, Jul 1, 10:19:46
      - interesting stance (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 1, 10:45:59
- Fucks sake (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 1, 09:59:23
  - Also refusing to buy the kids ones if they continue with gravity (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 1, 10:00:33
- nobody much likes betting sponsorship (NCFC) - paulg, Jul 1, 09:54:31
  - Wba are sponsored by a boiler company (NCFC) - jAC, Jul 1, 10:00:11
    - perfect (NCFC) - paulg, Jul 1, 10:29:54
- wonder if kensell is going to limit the number of away shirts on sale? (NCFC) - Tombs, Jul 1, 09:49:15
  - You'll need to purchase a shirt membership to have a realistic chance first (n/m) (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jul 1, 09:55:46
- another part of the Premier League juggernaut (NCFC) - Gazzaman, Jul 1, 09:43:38
- Disappointed, but anyone able to link EDP article ....? (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jul 1, 09:41:35
  - ... (NCFC) - sixthgo, Jul 1, 10:16:54
    - Thanks. Disagree that having an Asian betting firm is 'different' to having a European one (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jul 1, 10:30:22
- Dafuq (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jul 1, 09:25:50
  - daft punk? (n/m) (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jul 1, 09:34:17
- Dafttobet (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jul 1, 09:24:12
- My initial reaction was one of disappointment.... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jul 1, 09:13:22
- New kit sponsor? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jul 1, 09:09:56
- alcohol addiction is just as bad (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 1, 09:05:02
  - Fair point (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 09:19:24
    - The other thing about the alcohol comparison... (NCFC) - bird table, Jul 1, 10:06:26
      - Yep, you can easily apply for multiple credit cards (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 10:13:25
    - There's plenty of older alcoholics too (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 1, 09:26:57
      - I think the constant barrage of betting ads on TV (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 09:32:29
        
        Mary Wbitehouse would be spinning in her grave. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 1, 10:44:07
        
        It does raise awareness though, not in a good way. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 1, 10:40:10
        
        Yes, was going to mention that (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 10:54:30
        
        Betting ads during live football before 9pm is being banned next season (NCFC) - mrleelee, Jul 1, 09:38:01
        
        Good, a step in the right direction (NCFC) - duke of york, Jul 1, 09:43:31
        
        Indeed. I certainly won't miss Ray Winstone! (n/m) (NCFC) - mrleelee, Jul 1, 09:51:45
        
        and that means for betting brands, this kind of deal becomes more important (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 1, 09:42:56
        
        Quite. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jul 1, 10:40:56
        
        Vmt. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jul 1, 09:37:17
  - Completely agree... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jul 1, 09:12:06
    - So very much this (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jul 1, 09:15:06

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