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The Football Pools: 99 years and counting
In February 1923, The Football Pool, then known as the Littlewood Football Pool, distributed its first coupons outside Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground. The traditional and most popular game was the Treble Chance, now branded the Classic Pools game. Players pick 10, 11 or 12 football games from the offered fixtures to finish as a…
