'Free pint when Forest score!': pub loses £1,500 after seven-goal rampage

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It had seemed like the perfect promotion to get a few more punters through the door on a Saturday afternoon – give away a free pint for every goal scored by Nottingham Forest that day.

But seven goals and £1,500 worth of pints later, Nottinghamshire pub landlady Beccy Webster realised she might have scored a spectacular own goal.

“It got to half-time and I thought: ‘Oh my gosh, I don’t know if I can carry this on.’ But I decided I was sticking to my word,” she said. “This is what I’ve said I’m going to do. Whether it’s four, five, six, seven, 10 goals, I’m seeing it through now. We ended up giving away 300 pints.”

It was only about 45 minutes before kick-off when Webster decided to create the offer at her pub, The Gedling Inn, which she has been running for the past six years. Having only recently got TNT Sports installed on the TV, she was keen to make the most of being able to broadcast the Nottingham Forest game live.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/03/free-pint-when-forest-score-pub-loses-1500-after-seven-goal-rampage

Given that Forest lost 5-0 to Bournemouth the previous week, she may have thought she was on safer ground ... Brighton turned out to be not so formidable.