Nottingham Forest have presented a bagful of gifts to a pub landlady after her 'free pint for every goal' offer backfired when the team won 7-0.
Beccy Webster was left red-faced and £1,500 out of pocket after The Reds romped to their emphatic victory against Brighton on Saturday (1/2).
She was forced to give away 300 pints at the Gedling Inn, in Nottingham, after admitting an 'own goal' with her offer of a free drink every time Forest scored.
It meant customers were able to get a fresh top-up every 13 minutes across 90 minutes as the Seagulls were dismantled by Nuno Espírito Santo's men.
Today (Tue) club legend John McGovern, 75, who captained the side which won the European Cup twice under Brian Clough, paid a visit to the boozer.
On behalf of the high-flying Premier League club he gifted her a signed Forest shirt, two tickets to the Manchester City game next month and a complimentary stadium tour.
Sharing half a pint of Guinness with Beccy, the former midfielder said the club had wanted to give "something back" to the family-run business.
He presented Beccy with the gifts, which included a shirt signed by the men's squad with Gedling Inn and the number 7 on the back.
Beccy, 37, said: "It's amazing as we're all massive Forest fans.
Beccy Webster was left red-faced and £1,500 out of pocket after The Reds romped to their emphatic victory against Brighton on Saturday (1/2).
She was forced to give away 300 pints at the Gedling Inn, in Nottingham, after admitting an 'own goal' with her offer of a free drink every time Forest scored.
It meant customers were able to get a fresh top-up every 13 minutes across 90 minutes as the Seagulls were dismantled by Nuno Espírito Santo's men.
Today (Tue) club legend John McGovern, 75, who captained the side which won the European Cup twice under Brian Clough, paid a visit to the boozer.
On behalf of the high-flying Premier League club he gifted her a signed Forest shirt, two tickets to the Manchester City game next month and a complimentary stadium tour.
Sharing half a pint of Guinness with Beccy, the former midfielder said the club had wanted to give "something back" to the family-run business.
He presented Beccy with the gifts, which included a shirt signed by the men's squad with Gedling Inn and the number 7 on the back.
Beccy, 37, said: "It's amazing as we're all massive Forest fans.
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00:00Hi, my name's Becky. I'm the landlady of the Gellingen.
00:04We've had an absolutely crazy weekend this weekend.
00:07We decided to put an offer out there to do 3 pints for the Forest game.
00:11Luckily, Forest's score was 7-0.
00:15So we ended up giving 7 pints out to every customer.
00:18Everyone was so happy. They were singing, they were dancing.
00:22It felt like Forest had already won the league, maybe even the World Cup.
00:26We've had so much media attention from it.
00:29We've been contacted from all around the world. America, Australia, New Zealand, France, everywhere.
00:36We've just had an amazing meeting with the legend John McGovern.
00:40He's given us some signed shirts, free tickets.
00:43It's been incredible. Couldn't have asked for any more.
00:47It's on everybody's minds if we're going to do another promotion.
00:49We're definitely going to do something.
00:51I'm not sure if it's going to be as dramatic as giving away free pints, but you never know.
00:56We're getting some publicity and backing from the breweries now and from other people.
01:00If we get some free beer, we'll definitely be giving it out to customers.
01:03I don't think any Forest fan could believe where Forest would be right now.
01:07Top 5 is just incredible. I just want them to go all the way now.
01:12It just makes everything. It's going to be an amazing season.
01:15I can't wait to see how they're going to do in the last part of it.
01:18We've had a great reaction from people.
01:20We've had people ringing up offering to buy pints, offering money.
01:25Somebody said, let's set up a GoFundMe page for the pub.
01:29But we are alright. We're OK. We're going strong.
01:32We're bouncing back.