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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
Dick Beattie established himself as the first choice keeper at Love Street but in April 1964, a story broke in the Sunday People newspaper which would end his career, exposing a match fixing operation which became known as the British betting scandal of 1964.
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]
Anthony Herbert Kay (born 13 May 1937) [1] is an English former footballer who became notorious after being banned from the professional game for life following the British betting scandal of 1964. Kay played for Sheffield Wednesday before becoming Britain's most expensive footballer when he was transferred to Everton for £60,000 in 1962.
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.
1964 British football match-fixing scandal; 1971 Bundesliga scandal; 1980 Totonero; 1986 Totonero; 1999 Chinese football match-fixing scandal; 2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal; 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals; 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal; 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal