Stones and glass houses and all that. Although it may not be in the same vein, Le Tiss once described trying to get the ball out of play within seconds of a kick off due to a bet. He laughs about it, as we all did, that he failed miserably when time and again his misplaced passes to touch were intercepted by his teammates. Obviously not a game changer, but getting a booking can be see as similar.
DJ Campbell has furiously denied any match fixing allegations and says he hopes to play in the 1-1 draw with Millwall this weekend
As noted previously, it's difficult to rig a result unless a good number of players are in on it. The goalie might keep saving the shots, a player not in on the scam might dribble past three players and score a cracker from 25 yards out in the 92nd minute. Rigging the number of cards in a game or the first time the ball is put out for a throw-in is a lot easier, but now that the scam has been brought to light, who the hell is going to make / take that kind of bet any more?
It is exactly the same, it's spot betting fraud. Players were laying massive amounts via go betweens, probably spread simultaneously to get the best odds. Week after week games would kick off and the ball would immediately be hoofed into touch, as soon as the ball was kicked by the first player.
Chinese man arrested at Coventry v Crawley on suspicion of feeding info to spread betting syndicate: http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/EXCLUS...entry-City-V/story-20432964-detail/story.html
is there actually any genuine market for betting on these kind of nothing events in matches? boggles my mind.
Those are novelty bets, no way would u get enough on to make serious money. Sincerely doubt this was ever widespread, bookues are not mugs and wouldnt lesve themselves exposed like that.
Tranmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore suspended pending FA investigation. http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-170214-1365606.aspx
