December 7, 2020Updated 11:12 AM UTC
West Bromwich Albion loans manager Paul Terry has been fined £1,000 and been advised to seek help over his gambling after admitting 209 breaches of FA betting rules, reports Steve Madeley.
Terry, the brother of former England captain John Terry, made net losses of £46,916.73 on his bets, an FA regulatory commission heard.
The former Yeovil player placed 34 bets that included competitions involving clubs he was involved in.
The Athletic has asked Albion for a comment.
A betting company contacted the FA in August to alert them to Terry’s betting activity. The FA later found an account with a second betting company.
The commission’s report said Terry had admitted placing 209 bets reported he had made 34 “bets which included games in competitions that PT’s club had participated in during the relevant seasons. The 34 bets were all multiple bets.”
FA rules prohibit all employees of football clubs from placing any bets on football, regardless whether the bets relate to their own clubs or competitions.
The report read: “The overall amount staked by PT during the relevant period was £63,800.40.
“The returns were £16,883.67. This resulted in a net loss of £46,916.73.
“The average bet placed by PT across the 209 bets was £305.27. However, this figure was significantly skewed due to a handful of disturbingly high-stake bets that were placed by PT.
“Whereas PT’s usual stakes were relatively low, ranging from £2 to £200, a number of bets placed, particularly in November 2017, stood out as being extremely high.
“By way of example, over an 18-day period in November 2017, PT staked £45,600 across 12 bets.”
The report said those November 2017 bets included a £10,000 wager on Germany to beat England, a £17,700 stake on Italy to beat Sweden and a £10,000 bet on Manchester United to defeat Basel in the Champions League.
The report read: “PT stated in interview that he had received education on betting and had been aware of the rules against betting on football albeit he was unsure that it applied to coaching staff.
“PT said that he has gambled all his adult life and that he was betting through boredom when he placed the bets on football. He said that he never bets beyond his means.”
Later, the report read: “PT did not consider himself to have a betting problem at all.”
The report read: “The Commission was somewhat concerned and curious as to PT’s pattern of betting.
“PT had on a number of occasions placed very large stakes, that on the face of it appear to have been disproportionate to his football-generated income and he had lost a significant amount of money over a relatively short period of time.
“Given the above, the commission members were also concerned that PT did not consider himself to have a betting problem at all.
“The commission would urge PT to seek some help from the PFA, FA or other outside agencies in this regard
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So it's good to see that people working for football clubs are going to be hit in the pocket if they breach the rules. Very, very hard.
Anyone thinking of betting on a match involving the club they work for faces a crippling fine. I hope it makes them think again. Because, if they go ahead, they could well be fined £29.42.
''The report said those November 2017 bets included a £10,000 wager on Germany to beat England, a £17,700 stake on Italy to beat Sweden and a £10,000 bet on Manchester United to defeat Basel in the Champions League.''
All three of those were losers, he should've just given up after that lol
Surprised you even need a mortgage in the first place when you've been earning over 100k a week for about 15 years, never mind needing to remortgage again and again, so that tells you how much he must've been losing.
His best mates were Paul Terry and Adam Johnson....
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/john-terrys-dad-arrested-after-21184301
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chelsea-footballer-john-terrys-dad-2082643
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/174956/John-Terry-s-dad-facing-jail
Not much recently.
Errr....I think you do.
yeah I do
and do you also play for England?
Yeah
Are you John Terry?
smiling he goes ‘yes that’s right’
and the kids goes ‘ my dad says you’re fucking shit’ and runs out of the bogs!