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Post by BoothenenderGaz on Apr 4, 2008 11:17:53 GMT
FA will investigate bribe claims
The Football Association is to investigate allegations that a former Premier League footballer accepted a £50,000 bribe to help throw a game.
The player got himself sent off and persuaded three team-mates to get booked in a game "in Britain" in the last two years, says The Independent.
In exchange, a bookmaker allegedly agreed to write off a £50,000 debt the player had racked up.
"We will be making inquiries about the story," an FA spokesman told BBC Sport.
Players are prohibited from betting on matches or competitions in which they are involved under FA rules.
"First we need to find out if the match was inside our jurisdiction - the story says it was in Britain, but we don't know if it was in England," the FA spokesman added.
The case was disclosed privately by a source at a seminar on gambling at the Sporting Chance Clinic in Hampshire this week.
The player in question has been treated at Sporting Chance, which is supported financially by the FA and Professional Footballers Association. Click Here
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Post by tijuanabrass on Apr 4, 2008 11:25:43 GMT
now all they've got to do is find an overpaid footballer who likes a bit of a flutter...  |
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Post by knowingeye on Apr 4, 2008 11:27:34 GMT
"The case was disclosed privately by a source at a seminar on gambling at the Sporting Chance Clinic in Hampshire this week."
Not to be trusted either then!!!!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 4, 2008 11:33:59 GMT
It's Francis Jeffers
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Apr 4, 2008 11:36:49 GMT
Sounds like an episode off Dream Team..
;D
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Post by craig67 on Apr 4, 2008 11:57:43 GMT
Sheikh,Jeffers only been sent off twice and both times his team didn't lose.
I reckon it's Adams or Merson.
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Post by Mr Jon on Apr 4, 2008 12:04:24 GMT
Lloyd - article says "in the last 2 years" so that rules out those 2 mate
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 4, 2008 12:10:46 GMT
Keith Gillespie ?
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Post by craig67 on Apr 4, 2008 12:25:11 GMT
Sorry Mrjon,didn't read that bit very well!
Ok then I'll go for Michael Owen!
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Post by Mr Jon on Apr 4, 2008 12:29:09 GMT
Lloyd - good call with that one!
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Post by StoKeith on Apr 4, 2008 12:33:37 GMT
It can't be Owen, as he hasn't been sent off in the last two years!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 4, 2008 12:41:02 GMT
Just been looking at a few blogs and a certain Mr C Nash has been put forward! Not sure if he's been sent off.........
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Post by Irish Stokie on Apr 4, 2008 12:42:06 GMT
Well i doubt its any players that played in the top half of the prem anyway because 50k wouldnt be too hard for them to get their hands on, maybe a championship player. Also it says a player who played in britain not neccessarily a player from britain though so there quite a few candidates...
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Post by craig67 on Apr 4, 2008 12:44:00 GMT
Stokeith,I was just thinking of players that have a documented history of backing anything with the bookies,and Owen sprung to mind.
Any ideas?
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Post by Matthews dad on Apr 4, 2008 12:50:08 GMT
It's El Hadji Diouf .  |
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Post by Pricey on Apr 4, 2008 16:14:39 GMT
Didn't Bothroyd randomly kick a Norwich player a couple of years ago when playing for Blackburn at Carrow Road? I think Blackburn lost.
Edit- they drew 1-1. It was in 04/05 though so maybe too long ago. Was bizarre at the time. He just belted the Norwich player in the shins.
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