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• It was recently announced that Brian Rice, head coach of Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical, had reported himself to the Football Association. In a statement, Rice explained that over each of the past five seasons he had broken the governing body’s rules on gambling. (To protect the game’s integrity, those employed in professional football are not permitted to bet on matches.)There is no suggestion of sinister foul play on Rice’s part. His bets did not involve his own team. Rice – like half a million other people in the UK – is afflicted by what he describes as “the horrible and isolating disease” of gambling addiction.Both his club and the Scottish FA were rightly quick to praise Rice for his honesty and courage. And well they might. Football itself has become addicted to the riches offered by gambling firms desperate to get their hooks into the game’s fans.The Scottish Professional Football League is sponsored by Ladbrokes. The Scottish Cup by William Hill. Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers both have betting companies emblazoned across the front of their famous jerseys. South of the border, Sky Bet does the sponsorship honours for the English Football League. Ladbrokes were sponsors of the FA Cup until 2017, when the Football Association belatedly had second thoughts.Ten of the 20 Premier League clubs in England are sponsored by gambling companies; in the championship that proportion shoots up to 17 of 24. So pervasive is the gambling companies’ “support” of football that we now have clubs’ grounds named in their honour. Stoke City’s bet365 Stadium is a prime example (heaven forbid that punters might take a single day off a year). English football's most popular kitsShow all 921/92English football's most popular kits English football's most popular kitsEnglish football's most popular kitsThe Love The Sales data have team have calculated the popularity of all 368 kits that have been released by the 91 English Football League clubs this season. Here are those 91 teams in order of popularity – with some surprising results. Which League Two team has released a set of kits even more popular than a high-flying Premier League club?GettyEnglish football's most popular kits91. Forest Green RoversGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits90. Bristol RoversLowest League One team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits89. Peterborough UnitedCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits88. MorecambeGettyEnglish football's most popular kits87. RochdaleSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits86. GillinghamGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits85. Crewe AlexanderGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits84. Plymouth ArgyleGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits83. Cheltenham TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits82. Macclesfield TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits81. Crawley TownAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits80. Fleetwood TownCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits79. ScunthorpeGettyEnglish football's most popular kits78. Shrewsbury TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits77. Northampton TownArsenal FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits76. Swindon TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits75. Exeter CityGettyEnglish football's most popular kits74. Oldham AthleticCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits73. WalsallGettyEnglish football's most popular kits72. Rotherham UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits71. Southend UnitedCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits70. Mansfield TownGettyEnglish football's most popular kits69. BlackpoolCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits68. Wycombe WanderersCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits67. Carlisle UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits66. Grimsby TownPAEnglish football's most popular kits65. BarnsleyLowest Championship team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits64. Colchester UnitedAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits63. Preston North EndCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits62. Doncaster RoversCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits61. Milton Keynes DonsCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits60. ReadingGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits59. Bolton WanderersAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits58. Lincoln CityCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits57. Oxford UnitedAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits56. BrentfordPAEnglish football's most popular kits55. AFC WimbledonSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits54. Accrington StanleyCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits53. Port ValeGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits52. Wigan AthleticCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits51. Tranmere RoversPAEnglish football's most popular kits50. Ipswich TownSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits49. Newport County Action Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits48. Luton TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits47. Cambridge UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits46. Bradford CityPAEnglish football's most popular kits45. Leyton OrientPAEnglish football's most popular kits44. Burton AlbionAction ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits43. FulhamGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits42. Coventry CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits41. PortsmouthGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits40. StevenageNaomi Baker/Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits39. Swansea CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits38. BournemouthLowest Premier League team.AFC Bournemouth via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits37. Salford CityHighest League Two team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits36. West Bromwich AlbionPAEnglish football's most popular kits35. MillwallAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits34. Birmingham CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits33. Sheffield WednesdayGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits32. Hull CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits31. Blackburn RoversCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits30. Queens Park RangersGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits29. MiddlesbroughGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits28. Brighton & Hove AlbionGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits27. Charlton AthleticGettyEnglish football's most popular kits26. Bristol CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits25. BurnleyCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits24. Cardiff CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits23. SouthamptonGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits22. WatfordAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits21. Sheffield UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits20. Stoke CityCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits19. SunderlandHighest League One team.Sunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits18. Norwich CityEPAEnglish football's most popular kits17. Crystal PalaceGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits16. Nottingham ForestGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits15. Derby CountyGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits14, Leicester CityPAEnglish football's most popular kits13. Wolverhampton WanderersGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits12. EvertonEverton FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits11. Leeds UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits10. West Ham UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits9. Newcastle UnitedPAEnglish football's most popular kits8. Aston VillaAston Villa FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits7. Tottenham HotspurGettyEnglish football's most popular kits6. Huddersfield TownHighest Championship team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits5. ChelseaChelsea FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits4. Manchester CityREUTERSEnglish football's most popular kits3. Manchester UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits2. ArsenalGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits1. LiverpoolThe most popular set of kits in the country.Liverpool FC via Getty Images In August, Tottenham Hotspur announced they were severing ties with their official African betting partner, 1XBET. This followed an exposé that revealed the company was promoting gambling to children and allowing betting on children’s sport and cockfighting. Liverpool and Chelsea soon followed suit.Earlier this month, Wayne Rooney returned to English football with Derby County. Money from the club’s sponsor, 32Red, helped secure the signature of England’s record goalscorer. Rooney has been allocated Derby’s number 32 shirt, which means hundreds of children will be wearing shirts carrying that number on the back.Coincidence? Or a clever way around the agreement between football clubs and the gambling industry that precludes betting companies’ logos appearing on children’s replica shirts?Laughably, 32Red rejects the very idea: “Other players also wear the number in the Championship – 32Red don’t have a trademark on the number 32.”While it’s absolutely right to think of children, those already suffering from addiction are just as vulnerable. If you love football and are a problem gambler, the odds are stacked against you. Pitchside advertising boards, revolving like roulette wheels, prompt those attending matches, while viewers watching on television are bombarded during the advert breaks with tempting offers of the latest live odds. Many games during the FA Cup third round could only be watched live through Bet365’s website – provided you’d placed a bet or put a deposit in their account during the 24 hours before kick-off.Disingenuous messages about responsible gambling – an oxymoron for an addict – or stopping when the fun stops are little more than a wink and a nod to the severity of the problem.RecommendedGambling firms must stop ‘cynical’ tactics, says NHS chiefThe gambling credit card ban is right – but lenders also need tacklingTownsend reveals struggles with gambling addictionPremiership coach reports himself to SFA over gambling ‘disease’Brian Rice says he has suffered from his gambling addiction for 30 years. In 2013, having taken a coaching job in Qatar, he faced a jail sentence after borrowing £65,000 from the Qatari National Bank which he subsequently lost in an online casino. Unable to leave the country until this debt was settled, Rice raised the money by emailing his friends in football to ask for help.According to the Daily Record, one email said: “I have had every thought imaginable, every thought. I’m terrified.” Following Rice’s self-referral, the Scottish FA must now determine what action to take against him. A hearing is set for 30 January. One of the UK’s leading football podcasts solemnly relayed Rice’s history of addiction to its listeners before explaining the maximum potential penalty – a 16-match suspension and £100,000 fine.No sooner had the segment ended than it cut to a banter-packed advert for the podcast’s sponsor, Paddy Power. Magnanimously on offer, a further free bet to customers with failed “accumulators”. One would hope this was an unfortunate accident, but it serves to underline how out of control the situation has become.Football clubs, especially those outside the game’s elite, will argue that the money garnered from betting companies is not available elsewhere. They are right. For some, its immediate withdrawal would spell disaster. It will be complicated to unpick a relationship that has become almost symbiotic, but that doesn’t mean the government and football’s authorities shouldn’t try.Football, at its beautiful best, serves as an escape from the pressures of everyday life for millions of people. For many, rather than escapism, the game has made itself their pathway to the misery and heartache of addiction. Football must remember that gambling needs the game much more than the game needs gambling.
  
  
  
  It was recently announced that Brian Rice, head coach of Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical, had reported himself to the Football Association. In a statement, Rice explained that over each of the past five seasons he had broken the governing body’s rules on gambling. (To protect the game’s integrity, those employed in professional football are not permitted to bet on matches.)There is no suggestion of sinister foul play on Rice’s part. His bets did not involve his own team. Rice – like half a million other people in the UK – is afflicted by what he describes as “the horrible and isolating disease” of gambling addiction.Both his club and the Scottish FA were rightly quick to praise Rice for his honesty and courage. And well they might. Football itself has become addicted to the riches offered by gambling firms desperate to get their hooks into the game’s fans.The Scottish Professional Football League is sponsored by Ladbrokes. The Scottish Cup by William Hill. Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers both have betting companies emblazoned across the front of their famous jerseys. South of the border, Sky Bet does the sponsorship honours for the English Football League. Ladbrokes were sponsors of the FA Cup until 2017, when the Football Association belatedly had second thoughts.Ten of the 20 Premier League clubs in England are sponsored by gambling companies; in the championship that proportion shoots up to 17 of 24. So pervasive is the gambling companies’ “support” of football that we now have clubs’ grounds named in their honour. Stoke City’s bet365 Stadium is a prime example (heaven forbid that punters might take a single day off a year). English football's most popular kitsShow all 921/92English football's most popular kits English football's most popular kitsEnglish football's most popular kitsThe Love The Sales data have team have calculated the popularity of all 368 kits that have been released by the 91 English Football League clubs this season. Here are those 91 teams in order of popularity – with some surprising results. Which League Two team has released a set of kits even more popular than a high-flying Premier League club?GettyEnglish football's most popular kits91. Forest Green RoversGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits90. Bristol RoversLowest League One team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits89. Peterborough UnitedCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits88. MorecambeGettyEnglish football's most popular kits87. RochdaleSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits86. GillinghamGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits85. Crewe AlexanderGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits84. Plymouth ArgyleGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits83. Cheltenham TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits82. Macclesfield TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits81. Crawley TownAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits80. Fleetwood TownCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits79. ScunthorpeGettyEnglish football's most popular kits78. Shrewsbury TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits77. Northampton TownArsenal FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits76. Swindon TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits75. Exeter CityGettyEnglish football's most popular kits74. Oldham AthleticCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits73. WalsallGettyEnglish football's most popular kits72. Rotherham UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits71. Southend UnitedCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits70. Mansfield TownGettyEnglish football's most popular kits69. BlackpoolCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits68. Wycombe WanderersCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits67. Carlisle UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits66. Grimsby TownPAEnglish football's most popular kits65. BarnsleyLowest Championship team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits64. Colchester UnitedAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits63. Preston North EndCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits62. Doncaster RoversCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits61. Milton Keynes DonsCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits60. ReadingGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits59. Bolton WanderersAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits58. Lincoln CityCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits57. Oxford UnitedAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits56. BrentfordPAEnglish football's most popular kits55. AFC WimbledonSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits54. Accrington StanleyCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits53. Port ValeGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits52. Wigan AthleticCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits51. Tranmere RoversPAEnglish football's most popular kits50. Ipswich TownSunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits49. Newport County Action Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits48. Luton TownGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits47. Cambridge UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits46. Bradford CityPAEnglish football's most popular kits45. Leyton OrientPAEnglish football's most popular kits44. Burton AlbionAction ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits43. FulhamGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits42. Coventry CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits41. PortsmouthGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits40. StevenageNaomi Baker/Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits39. Swansea CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits38. BournemouthLowest Premier League team.AFC Bournemouth via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits37. Salford CityHighest League Two team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits36. West Bromwich AlbionPAEnglish football's most popular kits35. MillwallAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits34. Birmingham CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits33. Sheffield WednesdayGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits32. Hull CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits31. Blackburn RoversCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits30. Queens Park RangersGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits29. MiddlesbroughGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits28. Brighton & Hove AlbionGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits27. Charlton AthleticGettyEnglish football's most popular kits26. Bristol CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits25. BurnleyCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits24. Cardiff CityGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits23. SouthamptonGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits22. WatfordAction Images via ReutersEnglish football's most popular kits21. Sheffield UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits20. Stoke CityCameraSport via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits19. SunderlandHighest League One team.Sunderland AFC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits18. Norwich CityEPAEnglish football's most popular kits17. Crystal PalaceGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits16. Nottingham ForestGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits15. Derby CountyGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits14, Leicester CityPAEnglish football's most popular kits13. Wolverhampton WanderersGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits12. EvertonEverton FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits11. Leeds UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits10. West Ham UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits9. Newcastle UnitedPAEnglish football's most popular kits8. Aston VillaAston Villa FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits7. Tottenham HotspurGettyEnglish football's most popular kits6. Huddersfield TownHighest Championship team.Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits5. ChelseaChelsea FC via Getty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits4. Manchester CityREUTERSEnglish football's most popular kits3. Manchester UnitedGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits2. ArsenalGetty ImagesEnglish football's most popular kits1. LiverpoolThe most popular set of kits in the country.Liverpool FC via Getty Images In August, Tottenham Hotspur announced they were severing ties with their official African betting partner, 1XBET. This followed an exposé that revealed the company was promoting gambling to children and allowing betting on children’s sport and cockfighting. Liverpool and Chelsea soon followed suit.Earlier this month, Wayne Rooney returned to English football with Derby County. Money from the club’s sponsor, 32Red, helped secure the signature of England’s record goalscorer. Rooney has been allocated Derby’s number 32 shirt, which means hundreds of children will be wearing shirts carrying that number on the back.Coincidence? Or a clever way around the agreement between football clubs and the gambling industry that precludes betting companies’ logos appearing on children’s replica shirts?Laughably, 32Red rejects the very idea: “Other players also wear the number in the Championship – 32Red don’t have a trademark on the number 32.”While it’s absolutely right to think of children, those already suffering from addiction are just as vulnerable. If you love football and are a problem gambler, the odds are stacked against you. Pitchside advertising boards, revolving like roulette wheels, prompt those attending matches, while viewers watching on television are bombarded during the advert breaks with tempting offers of the latest live odds. Many games during the FA Cup third round could only be watched live through Bet365’s website – provided you’d placed a bet or put a deposit in their account during the 24 hours before kick-off.Disingenuous messages about responsible gambling – an oxymoron for an addict – or stopping when the fun stops are little more than a wink and a nod to the severity of the problem.RecommendedGambling firms must stop ‘cynical’ tactics, says NHS chiefThe gambling credit card ban is right – but lenders also need tacklingTownsend reveals struggles with gambling addictionPremiership coach reports himself to SFA over gambling ‘disease’Brian Rice says he has suffered from his gambling addiction for 30 years. In 2013, having taken a coaching job in Qatar, he faced a jail sentence after borrowing £65,000 from the Qatari National Bank which he subsequently lost in an online casino. Unable to leave the country until this debt was settled, Rice raised the money by emailing his friends in football to ask for help.According to the Daily Record, one email said: “I have had every thought imaginable, every thought. I’m terrified.” Following Rice’s self-referral, the Scottish FA must now determine what action to take against him. A hearing is set for 30 January. One of the UK’s leading football podcasts solemnly relayed Rice’s history of addiction to its listeners before explaining the maximum potential penalty – a 16-match suspension and £100,000 fine.No sooner had the segment ended than it cut to a banter-packed advert for the podcast’s sponsor, Paddy Power. Magnanimously on offer, a further free bet to customers with failed “accumulators”. One would hope this was an unfortunate accident, but it serves to underline how out of control the situation has become.Football clubs, especially those outside the game’s elite, will argue that the money garnered from betting companies is not available elsewhere. They are right. For some, its immediate withdrawal would spell disaster. It will be complicated to unpick a relationship that has become almost symbiotic, but that doesn’t mean the government and football’s authorities shouldn’t try.Football, at its beautiful best, serves as an escape from the pressures of everyday life for millions of people. For many, rather than escapism, the game has made itself their pathway to the misery and heartache of addiction. Football must remember that gambling needs the game much more than the game needs gambling.
  
  

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