The licensee of the Sneyd Arms has been ordered to pay more than £5,500 after being found guilty of showing Sky Sports football without the required commercial agreement.
With the football season returning, pubs across Staffordshire will once again be filling with supporters eager to watch the action over a pint.
For venues, live sport can bring in customers, create atmosphere and turn an otherwise ordinary evening into one of the busiest of the week. But showing it legally comes at a price - and those attempting to avoid that cost are increasingly finding themselves before the courts.
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