Five U.K. Footballers Charged in Betting Scandal

An investigation of The U.K. Football Association hooked on a betting scandal has led to charges with breaching the organization’s betting laws against five lower league footballers condemning them of betting thousands of pounds. In League Two, they made bet on Accrington Stanley verses Bury match in May last year. It also indicating that more persons could have been involved.

The association said that players Jay Harris, Robert Williams, Peter Cavanagh, Andrew Mangan and David Mannix bet on an end of season game, which was played May 3, 2008. First of four are the players of Accrington Stanley’s squad who bet to lose on their own team, and Mangan is a player of Bury’s squad. And in that particular match which ended 2-0 to Bury Harris and Cavanagh played. Harris, now, who is the players of Chester City, has also been charged on wagging on a match connecting his new club and one other Two League Two fixtures. And Cavanagh has also been fined with wagging on another match of Accrington Stanley in which he participated and some of other League Two matches. The association also suspected that Mangan bet 3500 GBP (Great Britain pounds), Harris 2000 GBP and Williams 1000 GBP, Cavanagh 5GBP and Mannix placed wagers totaling 4000 GBP.

All five faces serious endorses as well as the possibility of extensive suspensions if the charges are confirmed. They have until April 23, 2009, to reply the Football Association’s charges.