FA To Probe Match-fixing Allegations
The Football Association is to investigate allegations of match-fixing during a Coca-Cola Championship match in October.
The allegations relate to unusual online betting patterns in Asia during the course of the 4th October game between Norwich City and Derby County, which Derby won 2-1.
Stated FA Chairman Lord Triesman: ‘We will do it very thoroughly. We’ll do it as expeditiously as we can. It is a serious allegation and it’s going to be taken seriously.’
A spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport added: ‘Ministers take the integrity of sport and gambling very seriously, which is why the Government recently introduced a new offence of cheating at gambling which carries a maximum two-year jail sentence.
‘We want there to be no hiding place for cheats and it is right the FA investigate these serious allegations thoroughly.
‘Should evidence that the law has been broken emerge it is for the relevant authorities such as the Gambling Commission or the police to conduct that investigation.’
