Fitness First is an international fitness centre brand founded in 1993 in the United Kingdom. The company-owned and operated its clubs around the world until financial pressures saw parts of the company sold off to various owners in different regions between 2016 and 2017. The first Fitness First club was opened by Mike Balfour in … Read more
The brand DW Sports Fitness is now part of Fitness First DW Sports Fitness was a British retailing and fitness business, founded as a result of Dave Whelan’s purchase of 50 JJB Sports fitness clubs with attached retail stores for £83.4 million in March 2009. The business would later encompass more than 140 sites, which … Read more
In October 1886, Scotsman David Danskin and fifteen fellow munitions workers in Woolwich formed Dial Square Football Club, named after a workshop at the heart of the Royal Arsenal complex. Each member contributed sixpence and Danskin also added three shillings to help form the club. Dial Square played their first match on 11 December 1886 … Read more
Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Nicknamed “the Red Devils”, the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878 but changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. The club … Read more
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, the club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. Chelsea is among England’s most successful clubs, having won over thirty competitive honours, including six league titles and eight European trophies. Their home ground is … Read more
Manchester City Football Club is an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark’s (West Gorton), it became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club’s home ground is the Etihad Stadium in east … Read more
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stratford, East London that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, having moved from their former home, the Boleyn Ground, in 2016. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English professional football club based in Tottenham, London, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has played its home matches in the 62,850-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since April 2019, replacing their former home of White … Read more
Wiggle is a European online sports retailer, selling cycle, run, swim and outdoor equipment and apparel. It is based in Portsmouth, England. The company is part of the WiggleCRC group, which also includes Chain Reaction Cycles. The origins of Wiggle trace back to a local bike shop called Butlers Cycles, located in Portsmouth. Mitch Dall, … Read more
10bet is an online gambling company founded in 2003. It offers sports betting, casino and live casino. On July 18, 2018, 10bet was announced as Official Principal Sponsor of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. The 10bet logo appears on the front of the new Blackburn kit for the 2018/19 season. On July 25, 2018, 10bet … Read more
Sky Betting & Gaming is a British-based gambling company, owned by Flutter Entertainment, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield, London, Guernsey, Rome and Germany. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five core brands: Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo. It also owns the online betting odds … Read more
The Tote, formerly the Horserace Totalisator Board (called in rhyming slang the nanny) is a British bookmaker with head offices in Wigan. Key dates 1928 Racecourse Betting Act passed (August) Racecourse Betting Control Board (the Tote) set up to handle on-course cash pool bets on horse racing 1929 First meeting operated under Licence: West Street … Read more
BoyleSports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker. Headquartered in Dundalk, County Louth, the organisation has over 320 retail branches throughout Ireland and the UK. They are also major operators in the online space with top-rated apps in both the Google Play and App Stores offering online sports betting, casino, bingo, gaming, poker and lottery services. BoyleSports … Read more
The company was founded by William Hill in 1934. It changed hands many times, being acquired by Sears Holdings in 1971, then by Grand Metropolitan in 1988, then by Brent Walker in 1989. In September 1996, Brent Walker recouped £117m of the £685m it had paid for William Hill when Grand Metropolitan was found to … Read more
Spreadex is a British-based company that offers financial spread betting, sports spread betting, and sports fixed-odds betting. Spreadex commenced trading in 1999 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. It was founded by former City dealer Jonathan Hufford with the intention of making spread betting more accessible. The business relocated to St Albans, Hertfordshire in February 2008. In May … Read more
Betfred is a bookmaker based in the United Kingdom, founded by Fred Done. It was first established as a single betting shop in Ordsall, Salford, in 1967. Its turnover in 2004 was reported to be more than £3.5 billion, having risen from £550 million in 2003 and has continued to grow to over £10 billion … Read more
Ladbrokes Coral is a British betting and gambling company. It is based in London. It previously owned the Hilton hotel brand outside the United States and was known as Hilton Group plc from 1999 to 2006. In November 2016, Ladbrokes acquired Gala Coral Group and changed its name to Ladbrokes Coral. In March 2018, Ladbrokes … Read more
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