Willie Thorne on This Morning talking about his gambling addiction.

Has he named the slime that kept on taking his bets?

Slime? Have I missed the part where someone was forcing him to bet?

If only the high street offered every punter the same welcoming arms they gave to Willie Thorne

one of the good guys

sad,gambling destroyed him

ITS YOUR SELVES YOU WANT TO LOOK AT NOT HIM

ITS YOUR SELVES YOU WANT TO LOOK AT NOT HIM

LOOK WHAT HES DONE TO HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF YOUR SAYING ,YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHAT YOUR DOING TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR SELF

YOU LOAD OF SELFISH ARROGANT GAMBLERS

SELFISH ARROGANT BUT IN CONTROL

I think i'd rather be in willie thornes position than a bloke who's only solace is typing in caps on an internet forum and talking absolute and utter sh1t.

YOU WOULD ROIDA THERE PROBABLY BOTH BETTER LIVES THAN YOURS,YOU BIG TIME CHARLIE WANNA BE

I BET YOUVE GOT A FILOFAX

AND A DIARY TJAT TELLS YOU WHEN ITS GRAND NATIONAL DAY

IVE SEEN YOUR SORT IN THE HAWAIIN BARS WITH THEIR HALF OF LAGERS TALKING ABOUT THEIR SATALITE DISHES WITH TEN MILLION STATIONS

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE ROIDA TO BENNYS CAFE FOR YOUR EGG AND CHIPS AND CAVIAR

I M GOING ON THE BUS WITH MY OVER 60S FREE PASS ROIDA TO SEE MY GRANDKIDS,ITS SAFE TO COME OUT NOW,YOU CARRY ON THE WAY YOUR DOING AND YOU WILL END UP PENNYLESS LIKE MYSElF

well played do wah diddy

is it the sunshine bus by any chance?

what insecurities are u making up for by typing in all caps 24/7?

cant afford reading glasses

Do wah Diddy
     18 May 15 11:58   


WHERE HAVE YOU GONE ROIDA TO BENNYS CAFE FOR YOUR EGG AND CHIPS AND CAVIAR

I wonder how long the bookies would stand him if I was making his card

Bet 356 gave me the elbow after three days

In fairness they did give me the £200 bonus

Maybe he should start up a laying service.

Johnny_Mustang     18 May 15 10:48 
Slime? Have I missed the part where someone was forcing him to bet?

So presumably you hold drug dealers in high esteem too then as nobody is forcing their customers to take drugs either?

Is he STILL punting? - Surely not.

He was stretchered out in the early 1980s.... and 'came out' about it not long after.

Oh dear

Boo hoo, Willie Thorne was addicted to gambling. Mug!

Thorne had no bottle. A useless commentator on snooker where he tries to bring odds into most frames!!! Guy couldn't pick the winner of a one horse race.

Owes,or did a well known lug eared ex footballer six figures !

Whippin Piccadilly • May 18, 2015 3:37 PM BST
Boo hoo, Willie Thorne was addicted to gambling. Mug!
good thing all people in life are not like you......so easy for things to change in your life

Think Willie is a decent bloke but his gambling addiction wasn't half as bad as his hair plucking addiction imo!

WP probably isn't far behind Willie in the gambling stakes, hence why he feels the need to kick a man while he's down. It makes him superior in his mind but deep down he knows he's not.

Who's that then Hal? Don't tease us!

halcyon days • May 18, 2015 3:59 PM BST
Owes,or did a well known lug eared ex footballer six figures !
stan bowles i presume......

W.Thorne was a regular down Hall Green dogs late 80's / early 90's.
Don't remember him going outside for a bet.
But always had a crowd around him,mostly bookies at the bar. 

sounds like flies around sh1te. But from his point of view I suppose you could just pay a % of losses.

Likes crisps

Willie warns about CREDIT betting. I used to have credit accounts with about 10 bookmakers . But that was 20 or more years ago. Those days are gone surely - or is it still possible to have telephone credit accounts ?  All my bets are on line where you obviously have to deposit your money BEFORE you have a bet.

dare say there will be a few backstreet ones......

did he say he was addicted?

i have an account with a credit bookmaker, I had a few bets with him at York last week but am dreading the bill coming tomorrow.

Willie had a fantastic record backing snooker singles
at the venues.Corals took his bets because they knew he
would do it all in,and more,on the horses.

So presumably you hold drug dealers in high esteem too then as nobody is forcing their customers to take drugs either?

That's unfair: occasionally you get a good deal from a drug pusher

Much was made on This Morning of Willie's suicide bid. But this was years ago, and has been well documented in at least one of his autobiographys ( he has written two ).

What fee do you get for doing This Morning? Evening meet at Leicester....coincidence?

There's a link on chit chat saying that he nearly did it again a few months ago. It looks like The Mirror have got the story.

He's certainly had a ' colourful life '

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_OKd0Uo3yw

Had a horse with Spittin' Mick... done his conkers backing it !


Last bet in his previous ''blow out'' was a fifty grand to twenty..... Alex without the booze!

Remember he owned a horse in the mid 80's called Williesrightoncue.

I used to go in this betting shop managed by a woman who had moved from Leicester. She told me that allegedly in the late 70s Willie was in a gang of local scallywags called 'The Crazy Gang'. Not the one with Vinnie and Fash but something else entirely. This particular group of individuals were notorious in Leicester discos for stealing ladies handbags when they were dancing

TT , i have a picture of 2 of the crazy gang , 1 sec and i'll post it

Willieswrightoncue ran in the 1988 Cambridgeshire. It finished next to last. The winner Quinlan Terry was, according to it's trainer, his biggest ever punt. Pity the Baronet didn't tell poor old Willie!

I backed Patsy Fagin to beat him in a match at Ron Gross snooker hall years ago

Result Patsy 5 Willie 0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_OKd0Uo3yw




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Match of the day theme tune m8, see post above ! ^

I know what it is, but what's the relevance to WT ?  Crisps ?

Going back quite a few years ago, WT asked the Nanny for a 2000 credit limit. Knowing of his reputation, the racing manager said he could have a monkey credit.

Ok says the great man, give me a monkey on the next fav at York. Horse tailed off - monkey never paid.

Why would Gareth Bale pay Willie Thorne's debt?