Match fixing in English football
Over the course of the game's history, several incidents relating to match-fixing in English football have taken place.
19th Century Test match collusion
From 1893–1898, a form of play-offs known as test matches were used to decide
The following season, Burnley's Jack Hillman offered Nottingham Forest players £2 each to "take it easy" in a match between the teams. Hillman was suspended for a year for his actions.[2]
Billy Meredith bribery suspension
On the final day of the 1904–05 season,
1915 betting scandal
A 1915 match between Liverpool and Manchester United aroused suspicions owing to the apparent lack of effort on the part of the Liverpool players. The match finished 2–0 to a relegation-threatened Manchester United.
After the match,
All seven players were banned from playing for life in a decision handed down on 27 December 1915. The FA concluded that it had been a conspiracy by the players alone – no official from either club was found guilty of wrongdoing, and neither club was fined or had points deducted.[10]
1964 betting scandal
Accrington Stanley–Bury, 2008
Unusual betting patterns were reported for a match between
Each player was also fined between £2,000–5,000.Europol investigation
A Europol investigation into match-fixing by criminal syndicates published its initial findings in February 2013. Of 380 matches in Europe alleged to be fixed, one took place in England. The match, a UEFA Champions League tie from the "last three or four years", was not named due to "ongoing judicial proceedings".[14][15]
2013 match fixing scandal
Six people were arrested by the
Bibliography
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- ^ "Five players charged in League Two betting scandal". The Guardian. London. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Four players banned over betting". BBC Sport. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Accrington's Pater Cavanagh banned for betting on Bury match". The Telegraph. London. 2009-08-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Match-fixing: Champions League tie played in England 'was fixed'". BBC Sport. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Europol: investigators identify 380 fixed football matches". The Guardian. London. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Newell, Claire (28 November 2013). "Football match-fixing: six arrested by police investigating betting syndicate as rigging hits British game". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 November 2013.