Match-fixing in UK football

[Wozza]

Here we go then...

Sky breaking: Six people, including three footballers, arrested by police investigating claims of match-fixing in the UK by an Asian betting syndicate

 

[Wozza]

More here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...g-syndicate-as-rigging-hits-British-game.html

 

[Justice]

This could be interesting due to the low player wages mentioned on the video it sound like league 2 or conference.

 

[Gwylan]

Scarcely surprising: there have been so many match fixing scandals in the rest of the world, it would be naive to think that the UK was somehow above all that

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Nah, strange results happen. I mean, what are the chances of anybody betting on a score like Coventry 1 Tranmere 5?

 

[Paddy B]

Interesting that the article says "British Football" not English

 

[The Truth]

I bet it'll be either the Scottish or Welsh leagues where this happened.

 

[pasty]

I bet it'll be either the Scottish or Welsh leagues where this happened.

Not according to the first line of the telegraph report linked above

Members of an alleged betting syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of fixing English football games in the biggest match-rigging scandal for decades, The Telegraph can disclose

 

[The Truth]

Not according to the first line of the telegraph report linked above

Members of an alleged betting syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of fixing English football games in the biggest match-rigging scandal for decades, The Telegraph can disclose

You are correct. Should've read it first. I've heard a lot recently about all the match fixing problems with Scottish football, this wont surprise me if it's being done in our country too.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/423547/Gambling-is-rife-in-Scottish-game-says-Kevin-Twaddle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...d-match-fixing-probe-Motherwell-v-Hearts.html

 

[beorhthelm]

this is non league as far as i can tell, indicated by no involvement of Football League.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Been going on for years..arrests and imprisonments in the 60's ( Swan/Kaye etc )..Grobb/Fash/Dons Keeper cleared but still left others sceptical. Problems in Cricket, Boxing and Snooker.
Who was at the Goldstone for the final game in our promotion season 71-72? We needed a point to go up, Rochdale needed a point to stay up. We tore into a very poor side and went a goal up in the first 5 mins. From then on, we didn't have a shot on goal and invited Rochdale on. Brian Powney strayed further and further off his line until his was almost outside his area. Eventually, a Rochdale player tried his luck from fully 35-40 yards and naturally it flew over the head of Powney and in. Cue..final 20-25 mins of keep-ball and desired result.
Saints v Spurs, final game of season, both teams needed point to go up ( We needed a win and for there to be a winner at the Dell ) Neither side had a shot on goal and most of the 90 mins was played in the centre circle. Desired result.
....and there are many, many more.

 

[grummitts gloves]

Sky saying it's at conference level.

 

[Stat Brother]

Scarcely surprising: there have been so many match fixing scandals in the rest of the world, it would be naive to think that the UK was somehow above all that

There have been so many drugs scandals in the rest of the sports world, would it be naive to think that football was somehow above all that?

 

[Mtoto]

this is non league as far as i can tell, indicated by no involvement of Football League.

Apparently so, and with turnover to match. Look forward to hearing how it was all supposed to work, but at this stage, I do rather doubt that, as a reporter suggested on R4 Today this morning, it was worth paying £50,000 to fix a Conference game because they were betting "hundreds of millions of pounds" on the overs/unders and card count.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Apparently so, and with turnover to match. Look forward to hearing how it was all supposed to work, but at this stage, I do rather doubt that, as a reporter suggested on R4 Today this morning, it was worth paying £50,000 to fix a Conference game because they were betting "hundreds of millions of pounds" on the overs/unders and card count.

Spot on.

The cricket betting sting was similar – You cannot place a bet on any given ball being a no ball on any bookmaker legal or otherwise anywhere in the world. Whilst I don’t doubt that matches have been influenced by gambling, fast bowlers bowling no balls to order isn’t an issue in the game.

Likewise, the numbers here don’t stack up. You can’t gamble huge amounts on non league football without it sticking out like a sore thumb, in the UK I can barely get a bet on above £50 with most bookies on anything let alone Lincoln V Southport (and the Betfair markets tend to have little to no liquidity in NL). Whilst this sounds like Asian based bookies, who in their right mind is going to accept 50K on an under / over market on a noddy football game without their suspicions being aroused? Equally, if I was fixing football matches to order I wouldn’t be boasting to random strangers. All looks like someone acting Billy big bollox to me and not beleieving their luck with the cash being offerered.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Apparently so, and with turnover to match. Look forward to hearing how it was all supposed to work, but at this stage, I do rather doubt that, as a reporter suggested on R4 Today this morning, it was worth paying £50,000 to fix a Conference game because they were betting "hundreds of millions of pounds" on the overs/unders and card count.

Bookies looking through their bets taken for conference games:

Luton v. Halifax , £2,000 worth of bets taken

Braintree v. Welling, £1,500 worth of bets taken

Wrexham v. Alfreton, £150,000,000 worth of bets taken

Everything seems in order here.

 

[stripeyshark]

There have been so many drugs scandals in the rest of the sports world, would it be naive to think that football was somehow above all that?

Rio Ferdinand.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Delroy Facey named as fixer - who?

 

[Vicar!]

Then we come to the referees'. Where shall we start on that one.

 

[Stat Brother]

Rio Ferdinand.

Yep you're quite right, I take that back.

One 8 month suspension 10 years ago, for failure to attend a test.
Which was so vehemently protested against by his club, validates FIFA, UEFA, & The FA's policy on PED testing, or not testing, as the case may be.