DT Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 according to a poster on a gossip site, (Pop*****) it was Norwich v dirty Derby. Hope they get docked points... MP Norman Lamb has tabled a question, which directly refers to Norwich City's home league match against Derby County on October 4th, which Derby won 2-1. It reads: �To ask the secretary of state for culture, media and sport what discussions he has had with the Football Association on allegations of match-fixing and unusual betting activity involving the Norwich City vs Derby County Football League Championship match on Saturday, 4 October.� This was the match that was 1-1 until Marshall the Norwich goalie ran into his own defender, with 6 minutes to go, leaving an open goal for the Derby striker to score in.
whizzpop Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 Suprised it wasn't Reading V Watford, or even Saints V Cov..after that penalty decision and offside goals
Danny Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 I thought it had been reported it was a game from last season? So it said in either the Guardian or the Independent, anyway.
VectisSaint Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 BBC have it on their sports pages as Norwich v Derby.
saint1977 Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 I had a couple of friends from Norwich at that game so I'll have to ask them if they noticed anything at the time. Trouble is, betting companies offer all manner of things that you can bet on now - first booking, first throw-in - that are easily controllable by players that spectators would just put down to carelessness, it would be easy to claim that a 40-yard ball to a wide player from kick-off had been misplaced. The fact it was also a CCC game probably tells you that the people alleged to be involved thought it would go under the radar so many PL and CL games are televised live.
Hatch Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 I had a couple of friends from Norwich at that game so I'll have to ask them if they noticed anything at the time. Trouble is, betting companies offer all manner of things that you can bet on now - first booking, first throw-in - that are easily controllable by players that spectators would just put down to carelessness, it would be easy to claim that a 40-yard ball to a wide player from kick-off had been misplaced. The fact it was also a CCC game probably tells you that the people alleged to be involved thought it would go under the radar so many PL and CL games are televised live. Been Done. By Neil Ruddock when he was at West Ham.
saint1977 Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 Been Done. By Neil Ruddock when he was at West Ham. I vaguely remember something about that. Vinny Jones would have been a good candidate for betting on for first booking when he was playing - I think he still holds the record at 2 seconds or something daft.
Ponty Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 Are you saying we were actually properly trying against Coventry? I'd have been relieved to find out we'd thrown the match tbh.
jawillwill Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 according to a poster on a gossip site, (Pop*****) it was Norwich v dirty Derby. Hope they get docked points... MP Norman Lamb has tabled a question, which directly refers to Norwich City's home league match against Derby County on October 4th, which Derby won 2-1. It reads: �To ask the secretary of state for culture, media and sport what discussions he has had with the Football Association on allegations of match-fixing and unusual betting activity involving the Norwich City vs Derby County Football League Championship match on Saturday, 4 October.� This was the match that was 1-1 until Marshall the Norwich goalie ran into his own defender, with 6 minutes to go, leaving an open goal for the Derby striker to score in. We've beaten BOTH Norwich AND Derby this season. I knew it was too good to be true....they must have thrown the matches away on purpose.
saint_ed Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 They needed to do something to kick start their season.
wiltshiresaint Posted 16 October, 2008 Posted 16 October, 2008 Was that Derbys first win of the season? Unfortunately not, that was Sheff U. at home. I admit though, it would have been hilarious if Derby's first win in a year came because the opposition threw the match!
sperm_john Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 it has been a while since there was a good match fixing scandle!
EFM Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 I would suggest that the 3-4 against Leeds was the biggest match-throwing scandal in history?
Glasgow_Saint Posted 15 November, 2008 Posted 15 November, 2008 I would suggest that the 3-4 against Leeds was the biggest match-throwing scandal in history? I agree
Roman Posted 15 November, 2008 Posted 15 November, 2008 If this is read by people who can arrange these things, I think we need help winning matches, not losing them. (Helpful hint though: you might have to ask the opposing goalkeeper to throw the ball into his own net.)
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