Play the Pools today for just £10 per month – and your first four games FREE!
How many times did you watch a Saturday score round-up and bask in the luxurious tones of James Alexander Gordon, as he declared the Pools panel’s decision of a match that didn’t actually take place? Or watch a family member scour their coupon in frenzied hope of a score draw between East Fife and Forfar?
For almost 100 years, The Football Pools has been part of British football’s very fabric – ever since it was created in 1923, when three pals each invested £50 to print the very first 4,000 coupons that were distributed outside Old Trafford.
After the Second World War, where Pools staff were used for printing call-up papers and making parachutes, the game took off with a boom of interest – by the early '50s, more than 10,000 staff were checking up to five million coupons weekly. At its peak, that figure rocketed to a whopping 14 million.
The Football Pools have a proud history of supporting the game itself, too: after Hillsborough, Littlewoods Pools pledged £240 million to help clubs install all-seater football stadia, via the Football Trust.
They have also paid out billions of pounds to over 60 million winners in the near-century since – but it’s not just a thing of the past. Today, you can get involved with the chance to win £3 million EVERY Wednesday and Saturday… all for using your football brain to predict the outcomes of matches up and down the Isles.
Capped at £10 a month for the Classic Pools, each game – where picking 10 score draws will earn you a share of the handsome jackpot – costs just £1 to play, and you’ll get your first four FREE when you sign up. It’s a lot more fun than the lottery – and you’re more likely to win, too.
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If you’re a keen BTTS (Both Teams To Score) aficionado, meanwhile, Goal Rush is for you. With a prize pot of £1 million and capped at £20 a month, each game costs £2 to play – but The Football Pools pay out three times more than your bookmaker on average… and what’s more, they’ll even do it for a near miss as well.
It’s the first and most popular pools betting for UK football fans – and you might just have what it takes to win big.
Play the Pools today for just £10 per month – and your first four games FREE! For more information, its rules and how to play, visit www.footballpools.com/442
