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| Thursday's Telegraph Pic - @telegraph |
Former Bull Delroy Facey is reported to have been arrested in a match-fixing probe involving lower league clubs by Thursday's edition of The Daily Telegraph.
The paper claims Facey, listed as a 'player turned agent', three current players, and two others have been arrested in the past two days over match fixing allegations in the lower leagues.
The paper declines to name the teams involved due to the ongoing Police investigation, but claims that games could be fixed for as little as £50,000 and that the alleged match fixers are being held at a Police Station in the Midlands.
There is more on the paper's website here.
There is more on the paper's website here.
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| Delroy Facey Pictured In March 2012 At Edgar Street. Crewe Won The Game 1-0 (Andy Compton/Hereford Journal Pic) |
Here's a reminder of an article about suspicious betting patterns that appeared on BN in 2011.
The game finished 1-1 .
Friday, December 30, 2011
£275,000 Gamble On Bulls Game
Online
betting exchange site Betfair are reporting that they have 'matched'
over £275,000 worth of bets on tonight's Bulls match - mostly in the
Bulls favour.
The
figure is ten times the usual sum for a League Two game, with none of
the other games scheduled for tonight topping the £30,000 mark at
present.
Every
bookmaker listed on the Oddschecker site reports that they have cut the
odds on a Bulls win. The previously quoted 11/5 (22/10) odds available
with Victor Chandler, for example, are now just 13/10.
It
is not the first time there has been a significant gamble on a game
involving Accrington. Back in 2009 six players were fined and banned
over betting on a match between Accrington and Bury.
Update 4.30pm: With the sum wagered now past £300,000, Betfair have told the Hereford Times the figure is "not nearly as much as some matches",
while another leading bookmaker has told Bulls News that they will
investigate any suspicious patterns and are currently examining the
market.The game finished 1-1 .