FA slammed over match-fixing case 13/05/2010 |
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The vice-chairman of Forest Green Rovers has blasted the Football Association and the Gambling Commission for their “inept” handling of a match-fixing case involving the club.
Colin Peake told The Independent it is a "total disgrace" that the Commission has now closed its investigation, apparently without interviewing anybody involved.
The game in question was Forest Green’s Blue Square Premier match against Grays Athletic on April 26, 2009. Betting was suspended after "unusual" bets, at odds of 22-1 or more, that Forest Green would lead at half-time but lose. That happened and bookmakers said the betting was the strangest they had ever seen.
Alan Alger, a spokesman for Blue Square – sponsors of the division, and bookmakers – said at the time the betting looked "extremely dodgy". Alger went further on a Radio 5 documentary to make the declaration that he believed the game had been fixed.
With the Commission closing the case, bookmakers must pay out, and industry sources say there is "disgust" and "alarm" at the outcome.
The Independent reports that Peake cannot understand how his club has been under suspicion for a year with no updates on the case. As a former policeman with 26 years' experience in the CID, he is also "flabbergasted" that nobody at either club involved has been questioned by any investigatory body, to his knowledge.
"We're very unhappy," Peake said. "I have to question whether the FA and the Commission are serious about eradicating corruption. How the hell can you investigate alleged match-fixing and nobody from the club ever gets interviewed? You go and rattle a few cages."
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