Footballer gets sent off to settle gambling debt

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Keith Gillespie

 

[Barmy_in_Palmy]

Well I can be certain it wasn't Gary Lineker.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Well I can be certain it wasn't Gary Lineker.

Gary Linekar... there's a man who managed to dodge a lot of tabloid bullets when he was playing :lol:

 

[Kyras]

It was probably a few years ago, or the person was ridiculously in debt, because it was only £50K, which for most players in the premiership is at most, a months wages, and to fix a game for a months wages is pretty stupid.

 

[Chris12345]

It was "within the last 2 seasons" and the player "has played for a premiership club" which would suggest it was someone who used to play occasionally for a premiership club, and has now dropped down the divisions...

 

[Rocksuperstar]

It was "within the last 2 seasons" and the player "has played for a premiership club" which would suggest it was someone who used to play occasionally for a premiership club, and has now dropped down the divisions...

or moved abroad or retired :shrug:

 

[Disconosebleed]

I usually HATE those cryptic ITK things but seeing as saying the name would probably get me banned and the site shut down, I'll simply say: The FA Cup is a caged animal.

 

[PantherX]

I don't understand why the concern about libel. It seems to me that English papers to make up their new stories all the time so who cares about a fan forum?

Just curious.

 

[KentuckyYid]

It shouldn't be that hard to figure out who it is based on the following;
One red card & three yellow cards in the same game
Happened over last 2 seasons
Player no longer in the division (relegated/retired or sold)

Gather a list of who received red cards and go from there.

On a sidenote you'd have to wonder if the team-mates who received the yellow cards are still with the club if the incident is known within the game.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Doesn't say that the red card and the three yellows happened in the same game, just says he arranged for three teammates to get bookings - it's more likely that them three were in a completely different tie to the one he got himself dismissed in.

Equally, saying it happened "over the last two seasons" means basically it happened 2 seasons ago - if it was last year, they'd have said last year.

The red cards thing for the season in question is a fair few names though - go look at the stats, it's not easy to pick a name out of that lot :shrug:

 

[KentuckyYid]

Doesn't say that the red card and the three yellows happened in the same game, just says he arranged for three teammates to get bookings - it's more likely that them three were in a completely different tie to the one he got himself dismissed in.

Equally, saying it happened "over the last two seasons" means basically it happened 2 seasons ago - if it was last year, they'd have said last year.

The red cards thing for the season in question is a fair few names though - go look at the stats, it's not easy to pick a name out of that lot :shrug:

The Independent article (2nd paragraph) says
"The bookmaker said he would write off the debt if the player got himself sent off and also persuaded three team-mates to get booked in a specific game."

So we're back to one game with one red and three yellows which happened two years ago to a player no longer with a premier league club. It shouldn't be that hard to figure out.

 

[SelbYido]

Of course, there may have been other legit bookings alongside the fixed ones in the same game. Then you're just looking for a game with a red & lots of bookings in it.

Got to be an Arsenal game! ;-)

 

[Rocksuperstar]

depends which way you read it - i'd read that as he got his red card but, as a seperate incident, he also got three team mates to get booked in a specific match, aside from his booking, but it too unspecific - could be read either way i guess...

Doesn't matter really - Dawons got 2 reds that year and there was more than one game we got three or more yellows in, maybe even the same game, so lets not delve too deep :lol:

 

[KentuckyYid]

You'd think if the red carded player being sent off would help influence a game then a goalkeeper or the clubs best defender would be a good place to start in finding the culprit.

I'm sure getting a complete list of red cards for two years ago (with yellow cards in the same game) for a player no longer in the premier league would point us to few options of who did it.

 

[KentuckyYid]

Looking through a database not many names fit the following criteria.

Red carded
lost the game
three other yellow cards in same game
not played in the PL this season

I found two names looking though the db who were Henchoz & Traore. I'm not saying it's either of them as their allieds would have to have been on the opposing team. I didn't see any others that the yellows were on the same team.

http://www.andysstats.co.uk/match.asp?match=8&division=P&season=200607
Traore

Henchoz
http://www.andysstats.co.uk/match.asp?match=158&division=P&season=200607