Mullet Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 One of them is Delroy Facey. The Telegraph has exposed corruption going back 30 years within the English game. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10479667/Football-match-fixing-six-arrested-by-police-investigating-betting-syndicate-as-rigging-hits-British-game.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 At first I thought they were being mean with, "3 footballers and Delroy Facey," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeylandLatic Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Officers from the National Crime Agency held six men in the past two days, including at least three footballers and Delroy Facey, a player-turned-agent who has played in the Premier League. The most shocking thing about all this is the realisation that Delroy Facey was ever a Premier league footballer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Might explain why he was exceptionally :censored:e! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I get the impression he is not involved as a player in this, it seems to be related to his career as an agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I'm not naive enough to believe that English football is whiter than white, but this would seriously affect my interest in the game if it turned out to be widespread. The unpredictability of the lower leagues is one of the key things that makes me pay a decent amount of money to go through the turnstiles to watch my club. If this is compromised then I think it would be very difficult for the game to turn it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddySmoker Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I remember a goalless draw at Millwall many years ago, that looked like both teams were trying not to win it, mind you it could have been that we were both :censored:e! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Bloke says the players are earning 5k a month. Would expect then that this is going to be lower Championship/L1 level. Edited November 27, 2013 by jsslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Bloke says the players are earning 5k a month. Would expect then that this is going to be lower Championship/L1 level. I'd think that well over half our squad don't make that.Some PL youngsters won't make that either like that Berahino at WBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Agreed (although Telegraph says doesn't relate to PL). That said there'll be a fair few at other clubs who do earn that money plus the players who are fixing must be relative first choices. Looks like they're all being held in Midlands. I'd hate it if we were the particular club in question referred to in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Liverpool match-fixing to lose last season? Oh wait... We were just too good for them on the day, my mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Always look to the keeper and the ref. Nobody else can affect the score like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Agreed (although Telegraph says doesn't relate to PL). That said there'll be a fair few at other clubs who do earn that money plus the players who are fixing must be relative first choices. Looks like they're all being held in Midlands. I'd hate it if we were the particular club in question referred to in the video. Can't see it being us, the odds on us conceding/losing wouldn't make it worthwhile! (When article was being put together of course) Held in the midlands, concede a lot of goals, I know who my money's on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Sky News have said it's Conference games being looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Ill always remember coming away from us hammering Wimbledon. John Fashanu scored a bullet header OG. My dad said "there is something dodgy about that game". He said the Wimbledon players didn't care. A few years later the Hans Segers betting scandal started. Jan Budtz must be implicated in this. I'm not having he was that :censored:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Always look to the keeper and the ref. Nobody else can affect the score like them. Andy Goram was a bit suss against Cardiff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 This incident gerated remarkably little comment not that long ago. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201581/Four-footballers-banned-match-fixing-probe-placing-bets-game.html This can't be a surprise given how closely football is tied to the betting bandwagon. How many clubs are sponsored by bookies? and usually ones that I've never even heard of which given I;ve been a reasonably enthusiastic punter for over 30 years is scary. Pretty much every ad at half time is gambling related and the execrable Talksport even incliudes odds a s part of its match commentary. You reap what you sow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Heck C-Beck Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Is there any websites that tip on what games are being fixed? A couple of years ago on another football forum there was a tip for an Irish second division game which came through. I'm surprised betfair hadn't pulled it as the money going on dwarfed the other games in the same league that night. I'm just interested in how this gets uncovered is it just unusual betting patterns? I used to live with a Greek lad who was very clued up on Mediterranean match fixing and made a good supplementary income through it. This was pre Serie A scandal and towards the end of the season he highlighted clubs that had nothing to play for throwing matches on a regular basis. I'm not condoning this btw just find it interesting, and to be honest I was probably quite naive in thinking it wasn't really a part of our game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Is there any websites that tip on what games are being fixed? A couple of years ago on another football forum there was a tip for an Irish second division game which came through. I'm surprised betfair hadn't pulled it as the money going on dwarfed the other games in the same league that night. I'm just interested in how this gets uncovered is it just unusual betting patterns? I used to live with a Greek lad who was very clued up on Mediterranean match fixing and made a good supplementary income through it. This was pre Serie A scandal and towards the end of the season he highlighted clubs that had nothing to play for throwing matches on a regular basis. I'm not condoning this btw just find it interesting, and to be honest I was probably quite naive in thinking it wasn't really a part of our game. If you find out, can you share the link please? Surely Delory Facey must have been fixing that Chesterfield away game? Ive never seen a Latics strikeforce as :censored: in my life as him and JJ were that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 If you find out, can you share the link please? Surely Delory Facey must have been fixing that Chesterfield away game? Ive never seen a Latics strikeforce as :censored: in my life as him and JJ were that day. Dont get me started again on Sharp at Wembley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Ill always remember coming away from us hammering Wimbledon. John Fashanu scored a bullet header OG. My dad said "there is something dodgy about that game". He said the Wimbledon players didn't care. A few years later the Hans Segers betting scandal started. Jan Budtz must be implicated in this. I'm not having he was that :censored:. I'd be careful posting such allegations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Last novembers game of Welling v Billericay with an attendance of 408 attracted a higher amount of bets (hundreds of thousands of pounds) than the Barcelona game in the same weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAV Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 (edited) Delroy Facey has been arrested.....(confirmed) He's innocent because nobody can pretend to be as :censored: as he was Edited November 28, 2013 by SAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Billericay Chairman was on Talk:censored:e a while back, it's a few of their games - the mainstream bookies no longer take bets on many of their games due to inconsistent betting patterns from Far East syndicates. The Chairman was devastated that the good name of his club had been hijacked by these chancres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forte_Baby Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Remember reading that Hornchurch and another a Non League club from Essex where listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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