Match-Fixing in British football investigation

[Gb160]

Well in the Mirror piece it states the guy saying the score must be 1-1 or 2-0 in the first 45 and then 2-0 in the 2nd 45! That's exact scores that need people at both end of the pitch involved

"The first 45 minutes, the result must be two-zero or 1-1. In the second 45 minutes, two-zero." The man, who claimed to be connected to renowned fixer Wilson Raj Perumal, was also recorded boasting he knew what the score would be for one particular team.
He said: "I know what they're going to do. I know because they tell me every time."

Two goalies then

 

[Kingstheman]

Tip of the iceberg.

 

[tony0379]

Been saying it for years. And I got laughed at.

 

[Kingstheman]

Been saying it for years. And I got laughed at.

Shut up. Hahahahaha.

That penalty for Man U at White Hart Lane which we replayed at half time and got in trouble over... Because it showed it was a dive? Just luck evening itself out. And the two Chelsea non-goals? Hahaha, we're just bitter Spuds, ain't we?

 

[tony0379]

And Anyone who thinks Fulops display against the goons wasn't corrupt is mentally retarded

 

[nightgoat]

Arsene doubts match fixing will be eradicated. I wonder why...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25158721

 

[yankspurs]

Im just gonna laugh my face off if woolwich and the russian club are guilty of this. Always thought those scumbag clubs have been cheating to win matches. Have always hated them. Them 2 pitiful clubs should be banned from ever playing football again. Fuck Arsenal. Fuck Chelsea. Fuck Jose. Fuck the Russian. Fuck Arsene. Fuck Enos. Fuck the other Russian.

 

[thinktank]

Arsene doubts match fixing will be eradicated. I wonder why...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25158721

Same old Arsenal, always fixing!

Same old Arsenal, always fixing!

 

[Kingstheman]

Same old Arsenal, always fixing!

Same old Arsenal, always fixing!

You betcha!

 

[Legend10]

Tip of the iceberg.

Got to agree with this, DJ Campbell arrested now, so a Championship and former Premiership player involved. I can't believe that no clubs and referees are going to come out eventually in this.

Fulop was a nailed on case, I also reckon another goalkeeper was involved in that debacle!

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Where there's money...

... there are hookers & coke??

 

[Legend10]

Now they're mentioning that there's a possibility that some Championship games have been fixed!

 

[Kingstheman]

Now they're mentioning that there's a possibility that some Championship games have been fixed!

I knew West Ham kept coming up too often!!!!!

 

[tototoner]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25297600

Ex-Premiership footballer DJ Campbell is among six people questioned by police in connection with allegations of fixing in football matches.

Mr Campbell, who plays for Championship side Blackburn, was one of six people arrested on Sunday.

The arrests came after ex-Portsmouth player Sam Sodje told a reporter he could arrange for players to be booked or sent off in exchange for cash.

The National Crime Agency said five people were bailed later on Sunday.

Officers were continuing to question a sixth individual, who was arrested on Sunday evening, the NCA added.

Portsmouth Football Club said it was "shocked and saddened" by the claims.

Mr Campbell, 32 - whose full name is Dudley Junior Campbell - played in the Premiership for Birmingham, Blackpool and QPR.

Blackburn Rovers FC said in a statement: "Following reports in today's national media, Blackburn Rovers can confirm that striker DJ Campbell has been arrested.
"The club will be making no further comment on what is now an ongoing legal matter."

Police have not named the other five people who are being questioned.

Mr Sodje was secretly filmed by the Sun on Sunday describing how he had punched an opponent in a League One game to get a red card in exchange for £70,000.

He was sent off in the 50th minute of a League One match while playing for Portsmouth against Oldham Athletic on 23 February.

His team was losing 1-0, which remained the final score.

The paper also reported that an Oldham player, Cristian Montano, apologised to Mr Sodje after failing to get a yellow card in the first half of a match against Wolves on 22 October.

And it said that Mr Sodje's brother Akpo, a striker at Tranmere Rovers, had said he would be prepared to be paid to be booked.

The allegations prompted the National Crime Agency to launch an inquiry.

"An active NCA investigation is now under way and we are working closely with the Football Association and the Gambling Commission," it said in a statement.

In a statement from Portsmouth Football Club, spokesman Colin Farmery said: "If these serious allegations are true then we are extremely shocked and saddened by them, as match-fixing of any type goes to the heart of the integrity of the game.

"The player in question no longer plays for the club and we have not been contacted by the authorities, but of course we would co-operate fully with any inquiry."

Mr Montano's club, Oldham Athletic, said it would be starting an immediate internal investigation.
Tranmere Rovers said it was "aware of Sunday newspaper allegations regarding Akpo Sodje" but would make no further comment on the ongoing investigation.

Former Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) chairman Clarke Carlisle said an increase in the number of betting markets in recent years had made it "very easy to manipulate a single incident".

"Influencing a match used to be wholly more complex because it's 22 men - or 25 if you're including officials - who you need to get to," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"But now something as simple as a booking, a red card - these can be manufactured incidents.

"I think the betting markets are something that we could have a look at as an industry."

Former FA chairman Mark Palios said one answer was to "get into the dressing rooms and to make sure that the guys actually have the ability to safely whistle-blow".

The game should look to other industries that "try to make it easy for the whistle-blower", he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

The Football League, meanwhile, said it took claims of criminal activity "extremely seriously" and would give police its full assistance.

The Gambling Commission and Football Association said they were working with the NCA.

A statement from the PFA said the allegations, if proven, demonstrated "the real issue football faces in terms of corruption" and showed how important it was to educate players of the risks.

"We take the issue of integrity very seriously and will continue in our efforts to eradicate this evil from our game," it added.

In a separate NCA investigation into an alleged international betting syndicate, two non-league footballers were last week charged with conspiracy to defraud.

BBC Sport's Richard Conway said there had been an assumption for a long time that English football was immune to fixing.

 

[nailsy]

I bet Bendtners in on it as well. He's the best player in the world and yet he always looks awful when he plays for Arsenal.

 

[Ribble]

Wonder when they're going to find/charge the first ref involved, because that's when it'll get very interesting.

 

[Macspur261]

Wonder when they're going to find/charge the first ref involved, because that's when it'll get very interesting.

Agree, the general consensus seems to be that because PL players are so highly paid, they wouldn't be interested in taking bribes, which is a fair point.
There are however, 3 lowly paid participants in every PL game..................