British Match-Fixing - Six Arrests Made

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

Some interesting undercover reporting.

Wonder when it will come to light who the six footballers are, and just how high profile they are?



DTLW

 

One of them is apparently Delroy Facey.

 

Apparently does not involve any PL club....shame as I thought it might explain Boruc's behaviour on Saturday

 

Doesn't even involve any football league club. Nothing much to see here.

 

One of the plus points of players receiving ridiculously high wages is that players are unlikely to be tempted by the fixers

 

That is my understanding too that it didn't involve football league clubs or the premier........Bloody good job too......Still just shows what the advent of the gambling world has brought to the game. Look at Italy, was it where the refs were bought off or some such. Look at the who ha when Grobblar was tried for match fixing......not sure the eventual verdict was correct but throw enough mud and some is almost bound to stick.....

 

Careful Fran. I know you won't have far to go for a prison but we don't want to have to visit you in one or to have to have a collection to help pay Artur's claim for damages.

 

I was actually letting him off the hook...giving him a valid explanation for such incompetence.

 

Still struggle with this. You need a lot of players involved. Who is to say a keeper won't play a blinder or a ref not get a card out or refuse a blatant penalty.

 

Hope the police don't watch a re-run of the Arsenal Vs. Saints game, they'll be pulling Arthur in for a chat?

 

Reckon they need to look at Pompeys match with Southend on Tuesday. 1-0 up against ten men and still managed to lose. .

 

Nothing unusual about that

 

Not really. A lot of the betting will be on things like number of corners or time for first throw-in (remember the infamous LeTiss episode). Bribing one player to arrange these are much easier to control.

 

Just been on the BBC News that it's £5000 for a yellow card. I wonder how much for a red?

 

Sorry all - meant to put this on the Sunderland Board.

 

It's ok mate, there are a lot of teams' fans who wish they could be posting on this board regularly

 

Well I have been watching the Swansea game and let's look at some interesting incidents.

Player booked in the first few minutes (where have we heard that?).

Ref keeps deflecting Swansea's passes to Valencia players.

Perfectly good Swansea goal disallowed.

Ref is an Italian and therefore just has to be dodgy.

Hmmmm!

 

Bruce Grobbelaar - ar$ehole.

 

Of which nationality Pierluigi Collina is an example. Well researched factoid there StG.

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So a Football League referee is involved. I am disgusted by that.