FA to Investigate League 2 Match

Last updated : 29 May 2006 By Editor
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The Football Association is set to investigate claims that a League Two match may have been fixed last season.

The FA has received evidence from a professional gambler highlighting significant sums being staked in the Far East on a particular game.

Bets were put on one side winning the match by a margin of more than one goal, with the result being achieved.

An FA spokesman said: "As always if we have evidence of any breaches of the rules we will investigate thoroughly."

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(Editor) The match under investigation (according to today's Daily Mirror) is the League 2 clash between Carlisle and Boston on March 25th 2006, in which large amounts of cash from the far east were put on Carlisle to win by two clear goals. The home side scored in the final minute during which time Boston's keeper was up the other end of the pitch for a corner.