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On his return to the United Kingdom, he was fined £400. In later years, he worked as a groundsman in southeast London. Ironically, Kay had been named man of the match in the Ipswich Town vs Sheffield Wednesday match – the match the Sunday People newspaper accused him of having conspired to lose and which he was found guilty of having "thrown ...
The reason for fixing a match includes ensuring a certain team advances or gambling. Match fixing is seen as one of the biggest problems in organized sports and is considered as a major scandal. This article is a list of match fixing incidents and of matches that are widely suspected of having been fixed.
1915 British football match-fixing scandal; 1964 British football match-fixing scandal; Bundesliga scandal (1965) 1971 Bundesliga scandal; 1980 Italian football scandal – a match fixing scandal in Italian football involving several major teams. 1986 Totonero; 1988 Mexico national football team scandal; 1989 Maracanazo of the Chilean team
A Europol investigation into match-fixing by criminal syndicates published its initial findings in February 2013. Of 380 matches in Europe alleged to be fixed, one took place in England. The match, a UEFA Champions League tie from the "last three or four years", was not named due to "ongoing judicial proceedings". [14] [15]
Layne's career was however cut short in its prime when he became involved in the British betting scandal of 1964. Layne was found guilty of match fixing and betting against his own team and along with several other players was gaoled and banned from football for life. The ban was lifted eight years later. [1]
12 April 1964 – The Sunday People publishes allegations that lead to a betting scandal. It reported that Mansfield Town player Jimmy Gauld had, over several years, systematically engaged in match fixing, and that many other players were involved. 18 April 1964 – Liverpool beat Arsenal 5–0 at Anfield to secure the title.
Once his playing days were over, Gauld pursued a shadow career of match fixing. In 1964 – in search of a final "payday" – he sold his story to the Sunday People for £7,000, incriminating three Sheffield Wednesday players that he had enticed into the scheme: Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne. Gauld's taped conversations were ultimately ...
1964 British football match-fixing scandal; 1963–64 British Home Championship; C. 1963 FA Charity Shield; E. 1963 England v Rest of the World football match; F.