Police To Investigate Scottish Cup Tie

Scottish football has been bit by corruption charges after police confirmed they are investigating a complaint of match-fixing during a recent Scottish Cup tie.

The match under question saw Hawick, who play in the East of Scotland League, lost the match 7-0 to their Highland League opponents Huntly.

It is claimed several bets were placed at high odds, predicting the exact score, and also backing Hawick to concede a penalty.
Hawick club secretary, Douglas Purves, confirmed an internal investigation had been launched into the match-fixing claim.

‘The club will move into a full investigation. My intention is to go to the training ground tonight to interview all the players who were involved in the game. The club didn’t know anything about it and can not make any statement until further notice.’

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has said it will co-operate fully with the investigation by Lothian and Borders Police.

Chief Executive Gordon Smith said it would take action against anyone found guilty of match-fixing.

He said: ‘There would probably have to be sanctions against any guilty parties but I would hope it would be untrue.

‘There is a police investigation into it and we at the SFA will help in any way we can, but this goes a bit beyond us. Match fixing is very distasteful and unacceptable so we certainly hope that it proves to be a wrong allegation, but we’ll wait and see.’

The match was one of 17 first round ties played in the competition at the weekend.