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Spot Fixing in Football

colthe3rd
colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
edited July 2012 in Other Football and Sports
Following the spot fixing scandal in cricket it seems FIFA will investigate Claus Lundekvam's claims that he and other players were involved in fixing the outcome of certain betting markets. Not really a new thing, Le Tissier admitted a while ago he used to do it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/11/claus-lundekvam-spot-fixing-fifa?newsfeed=true

So, is this harmless? A few blokes betting on a sure thing? or should something be done about it? Some of the examples he gives could affect the way a match turns out. Personally I've always felt that football isn't as squeaky clean as other sports that some would like everyone to believe and it really wouldn't surprise me if match fixing is quite common.

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  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,054
    Match fixing would be to difficult. Too many people would need to be involved.

    Spot fixing is a different matter.

    When did online betting start?

    Was there betting on throw-ins, corners etc before online betting?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,252
    Bets on what team got the first throw in I believe
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,694
    edited July 2012
    Have to be subtle about it, and careful you don’t miss your chance. Be a bit suspicious if a player straight after the kick off boots the ball for a throw in.
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    How many times did you used to see a kick off and some one hammer the ball of the park straight away??
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,694
    never....but if it did it would be pretty suspicious.

    though it does happen quite alot in rugby. especially after 80 miniutes.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    How many times did you used to see a kick off and some one hammer the ball of the park straight away??
    I remember seeing it, although I couldn't tell you which game.
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    It was a few seasons ago it seemed rife to me but I never really thought about it until I started betting on line and saw the in play markets.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    edited July 2012
    Have to be subtle about it, and careful you don’t miss your chance. Be a bit suspicious if a player straight after the kick off boots the ball for a throw in.
    Isn't this exactly what Le Tissier admited to doing a few years back? In fact it's the same story rehashed from Lundekvam's point of view. Maybe he's got a book out now too as Le Tiss' did.

    Basically, it's still very, very wrong.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    How many times did you used to see a kick off and some one hammer the ball of the park straight away??
    Yeah it happens, generally when teams line uproar attack from the off-or so I thought...
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    The ball was kicked into touch in a West Ham game as the time of the 1st throw in was sold at x amount of mins.That market was taken down by the spread betting firms many years ago.
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  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Dean Kiely was a fan of spot fixing.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,609
    I remember a game at West Ham, when the ball went out of play after 9 secs with them taking centre. ;-0)
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    The ball goes out of play quite often from the kick-off, usually with a midfielder or centre-half hittting a long diagonal ball looking for their winger.
  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    Charlton done a long diagonal ball straight from kick off which went out of play 9 times out of 10 when we were in prem.

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