tynevalleyblackcat
Striker
In the 50's or maybe the 60's, the FL went through a phase of not announcing who was playing who until a few days before the game which meant the pools companies did not have enough time to print their coupons and get them distributed and collected in time.I always understood the stance of the club on that one, as they were never going to be able to pick one between say us or ALS or any of the other sites at that time.
There was however a half-way house where an individual club could approve the use of their fixtures - if they didn't do that, we had to buy the full set of fixtures for every club in the league.
Of course the club refused to agree to approve use of their fixtures...just like they refuse to agree that we can use player photos or match photos regardless of whether we purchase them from an approved agency or not - the agencies are happy to licence them to us, but it also needs the club approval!
The full fixture list would have cost us £12,500 for licence and "delivery".
I doubt that the clubs really did - the football authorities were basically seeking to stop the pools companies and betting companies making money out of it without getting something in return - obviously they try and monetise every little thing they can.
They in turn employed football dataco and net result to chase down and prosecute anyone who published the fixtures and of course we were caught up in the crossfire.
The printed papers and traditional press did a special deal whereby they got the fixtures for a very low licence fee.
Away end holds about 1400 max I think. Be massively high loyalty points.A seaside town away for the last game! It's written in the stars, get your B&B's booked up boys and girls, we're going up with an invasion!
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