Suspicious betting???

[Eastside Urchin]

The FA have released a statement

 

"The FA and the gambling commision are contacting all clubs in the Conference South,The FA and the gambling comission have become aware of suspicious betting activity on a number of matches played in the football conference South"

 

"Following recent communications with the gambling commision,the FA with conjunction with the Football Conference is contacting all clubs playing in the Football Conference South to advise them immediately of our concern about this suspicious betting activity"

 

"Clubs have also been asked to remind their players and officials of their responsibilities under the betting and integrity rules of the FA,anyone with information regarding possible breaches of these rules has been advised to come forward to the FA or to the Gambling comission,in the meantime we are continuing to work together with the gambling commissions sports betting intelligence unit in further assessing the evidence regarding the suspicious betting patterns,the FA will be making no further comment on this matter"

[cup of tea]

Take it the bookies are moaning then.

[Eastside Urchin]

What do they expect,they sold themselves to a betting company for the most money.

If you don't want dodgy betting in football a) outlaw betting on the game and don't pimp yourself as a football association to a betting firm.

[paokman]

Is that why truro brat sutton ?

[paokman]

I see the bbc are saying some bookies are not taking bets on chelmsford ricay and ourselves.

 

[Eastside Urchin]

Very very odd

[Eastside Urchin]

I do hope we have nothing to do with this.

It does seem a bit odd that they have named 3 clubs within 15 miles of each other.

If you encourage gambling in sport by naming a betting company as a major sponsor then I am afraid it opens the door for this sort of thing.

We was 8/1 to beat Chelmsford on Wednesday,ridiculous odds in a two horse race and a local derby.

My guess is a few people saw those odds and jumped on them and won some money,now blue square have probably cried foul.

Naming 3 sides surely leaves them open to legal action by the clubs should nothing be proved

[Forza_1890]

I remember a game against Forest Green in the final game of the season one year. The betting patterns had been reported before the game and if I remember rightly Alan Alger or whatever his name is was told by Exeter players in the week leading up that "the result would be 2-1 Grays and the betting would be Grays to lose first half win second" which eventually happened

 

Apparently it was rife and believed to be a fixed but with no proof available what so ever.

 

That's the problem, at this level of football and with players moving clubs so often, it creates a "network of friends" and these games are open to being fixed, you just can not prove it...