Happy Face 29 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 FA TO PROBE MATCH-FIXING The Football Association are to investigate a report that a player accepted a £50,000 bribe to get himself sent off. According to The Independent, a player with a serious gambling problem agreed a deal with a bookmaker to write off his betting debts. The report claimed the match was played in the last two years "in Britain" but did not name the player nor state which league or home nation was involved. An FA spokesman said: "We will be making inquiries into this report." FA investigators' first step will be to establish whether the match concerned took place in England, otherwise it would be beyond their jurisdiction. According to the report, the player agreed to get himself sent off and persuade three team-mates to get booked in a specific game. The case disclosed in a seminar on gambling at the Sporting Chance clinic in Hampshire this week. The clinic's chief executive Peter Kay said he was aware of the case. Kay said: "Neither I nor Sporting Chance is responsible for what a client or ex-client might say, but if you're asking whether I'm aware of this case, the answer is yes." http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8...3383463,00.html I can believe a player will get himself sent off for £50k, but 3 team-mates getting themselves booked too ffs? Is nothing sacred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 17082 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I would LOVE it to be a Man Ure or Bin Dipper player, LOVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Don't reckon it's a Premier league player like. Wouldn't have thought £50K would be worth their while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scy 0 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd bet £50,000 on it being Chimbonda... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd bet £50,000 on it being Chimbonda... Has he ever been sent off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Is it any coincidence that Franny Jeffers was shown on SSN yesterday at the Sporting Chance clinic for treatment for a gambling addiction ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Jeffers has only been sent off twice, not in the last two years. 1999: http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=267580 2003: http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=396520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 agreed the dates don't match but this sounds a bit dodgy: http://www.4thegame.com/club/arsenal-fc/ne...R+RED+CARD.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...rem/6258769.stm Keith Gillespie was sent off within 10 seconds of coming on, and Blades boss Neil Warnock and Reading's Wally Downes were dismissed after a touchline melee. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...eks-473770.html Keith Gillespie He has never talked publicly about having a problem. In his Newcastle days the right-winger reportedly amassed a debt of £60,000. Recently, the former Blackburn, Manchester United and Northern Ireland international was named by the Professional Footballers' Association chief, Gordon Taylor, as an individual who can "take things too far and get into serious financial trouble" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26813 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...rem/6258769.stm Keith Gillespie was sent off within 10 seconds of coming on, and Blades boss Neil Warnock and Reading's Wally Downes were dismissed after a touchline melee. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...eks-473770.html Keith Gillespie He has never talked publicly about having a problem. In his Newcastle days the right-winger reportedly amassed a debt of £60,000. Recently, the former Blackburn, Manchester United and Northern Ireland international was named by the Professional Footballers' Association chief, Gordon Taylor, as an individual who can "take things too far and get into serious financial trouble" Only 1 other Sheffield Utd player booked though, unless his plan didn't come off. Still wouldn't have thought he'd be so hard up as to do that for £50k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26813 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 agreed the dates don't match but this sounds a bit dodgy: http://www.4thegame.com/club/arsenal-fc/ne...R+RED+CARD.html Again I can't see his team mates being involved in that in such a high profile game for a paltry 50k. Much more likely to be someone in the lower leagues or SPL imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...rem/6258769.stm Keith Gillespie was sent off within 10 seconds of coming on, and Blades boss Neil Warnock and Reading's Wally Downes were dismissed after a touchline melee. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...eks-473770.html Keith Gillespie He has never talked publicly about having a problem. In his Newcastle days the right-winger reportedly amassed a debt of £60,000. Recently, the former Blackburn, Manchester United and Northern Ireland international was named by the Professional Footballers' Association chief, Gordon Taylor, as an individual who can "take things too far and get into serious financial trouble" Only 1 other Sheffield Utd player booked though, unless his plan didn't come off. Still wouldn't have thought he'd be so hard up as to do that for £50k. Might not be him, alright. On newstalk last night, Joe Lovejoy was on saying he knows the player and that he's a winger. Edited April 5, 2008 by Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Gillespie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26813 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Gillespie? Now how did you come up with that idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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