MC Prussian Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 200 games in nine countries are supposed to have been manipulated or been the target of attempted manipulations. It took more than a year to unearth the size of the scheme. In the centre: the same two Croatian brothers Sapina who also were involved in the Hoyzer case five years back. The two brothers are said to have gained about 10 million Euro from these illegal proceedings. So far, 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested. Affected countries are Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hungary. Even some games from the highest leagues in the aforementioned countries are subject of the investigation. A UEFA spokesman has already declared this "the biggest European betting scandal ever". More news to follow. http://www.spiegel.de/international/german...,662479,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8370748.stm
The Doctor Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 200 games in nine countries are supposed to have been manipulated or been the target of attempted manipulations. It took more than a year to unearth the size of the scheme.In the centre: the same two Croatian brothers Sapina who also were involved in the Hoyzer case five years back. The two brothers are said to have gained about 10 million Euro from these illegal proceedings. So far, 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested. Affected countries are Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hungary. Even some games from the highest leagues in the aforementioned countries are subject of the investigation. A UEFA spokesman has already declared this "the biggest European betting scandal ever". More news to follow. http://www.spiegel.de/international/german...,662479,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8370748.stm Holy B'jebbuses
Edmund Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 200 games in nine countries are supposed to have been manipulated or been the target of attempted manipulations. It took more than a year to unearth the size of the scheme.In the centre: the same two Croatian brothers Sapina who also were involved in the Hoyzer case five years back. The two brothers are said to have gained about 10 million Euro from these illegal proceedings. So far, 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested. Affected countries are Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hungary. Even some games from the highest leagues in the aforementioned countries are subject of the investigation. A UEFA spokesman has already declared this "the biggest European betting scandal ever". More news to follow. http://www.spiegel.de/international/german...,662479,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8370748.stm I thought it was common knowledge that matches were fixed abroad. It's even filtered into the lower leagues here but is much rarer. Hong Kong based gangs (triads) I believe. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...v_1/7673347.stm Can always tell when a game has been fixed just by seeing where the money has been placed on betfair. Sometimes you will see silly amounts of money being placed on a team who wouldn't win in a million years.
BoneDog Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 I'm sure this kind of thing has been happening in Britain for a while too. I noticed some dodgy goings on (by linesman and ref) at a match when I was a young lad. It was the 9th May 1994 and I was at Goodison Park to maybe witness Everton leave the top flight for at least 40 years I think or maybe even the first time ever They were playing Wimbledon and only a win for Everton would guarantee them staying up. I'm not sure if even a win would guarantee them safety, can't remember, but I know other results were important and I was sure Everton were going down. I was hoping so cos they were one of my disliked teams back then. I was in the away end with the Dons fans, good party. Wimbledon were 2-0 up in the first half (should of been more) and all was going well! Then Anders Limpar I think it was did a clear dive in the box, A CLEAR DIVE, and the ref screamed 'PENOOOOOOOO' and pointed at the spot. At that moment I thought 'this refs been nobbled'. Little did I know at this point that one of the linesman was going to take a bribe too. They scored the pen so it was 2-1 to the Dons at half-time. Second half the linesman who was supposed to be policing the Everton forward line (which included the great Tony Cottee) was the biggest joker I have ever seen. Time after time Evertons strikers were caught about a metre and a half offside and no flag appeared (I was bang level with the area that all these decisions were made, even a female cricket fan would of known it was offside ). By this time Holdsworth and Marcus Gayle I think should of put the game to bed. Cue another blind ref moment. Someone in blue handled on the line, clear pen to Wimbledon but the ref waves play on and I think Everton scored from the next bit of play. 2-2 and that was when I learned that money can buy you anything. And the last goal went like this according to a report "Tony Cottee managed to knock a ball back into the path of Stuart on the edge of the area and his less than blistering drive somehow evaded the lethargic dive of Hans Segers and nestled into the back of the net". Did this lethargic dive mean that even the legend Segers had his palm rubbed with silver to add to the obvious ref/linesman pay-offs?! Quote from Joe Kinnear that day, 'Wimbledon were left rueing the performance of the referee, boss Joe Kinnear quipping that the ref "definitely had the old Everton scarf around his neck" '. So there you go, I have just proved that betsters and bribers play a big part in the outcome of some English football matches.
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