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An amateur football team from the 11th tier are set to become the first English club to adopt an anti-gambling shirt sponsor.
Headingley AFC of theWest Yorkshire Premier League will have the logo of theGambling With Lives charity adorning their shirts for the foreseeable future.
This comes at a point in the progression of the professional game in which nearly two-thirds of the clubs in the top two divisions carry the name of a betting company or online casino on their shirts, and in which slews of gambling commercials pollute almost every facet of the live game, be it televised or inside the stadium.
For the 18/19 season, 27 of the 44 clubs in top two English divisions will have a betti…
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