Pub’s promotion of free pints proves to be own goal after 7-0 win

The landlady of a Nottinghamshire pub has said she will reconsider giving pints away when Nottingham Forest score after the team’s 7-0 win at the weekend.

Beccy Webster, who runs the Gedling Inn, introduced a promotion just 45 minutes before Nottingham Forest played Brighton on Saturday, offering a free pint to customers for every goal that the home team scored. 

Nottingham Forest racked up its biggest win of the season, running away 7-0 winners, with Webster giving away over 300 pints.

She told the BBC: “Never in my wildest dreams did we imagine they’d score seven goals.

“I was upstairs feeding my baby when I heard the first goal go in, then the second quickly afterwards, and I had just come downstairs when the third went in – I thought ‘here we go’.”

Webster said the promotion had cost her close to £1,500, but she hoped to get some help from the brewery or even Nottingham Forest club owner Evangelos Marinakis.

Though Webster added: “Actually, if he came to visit, we would give him a free pint, he is doing such a great job.”

Despite the publicity the promotion had generated Webster said she was unlikely to repeat the offer. She added: “We will definitely do offers and deals for future matches, but I’m not sure it will be free pints for goals.”

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