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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal abstract "The 1915 British football betting scandal occurred when a Football League First Division match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April (Good Friday) 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed upon the result.At the time, Manchester United were struggling to avoid relegation, while Liverpool were in mid-table and neither challenging for honours nor facing the threat of relegation themselves. The effects of the First World War provided further motivation to perpetrate a fix - by the end of March it was almost certain that the league would suspend operations after the 1914–15 season was finished, interrupting and possibly ending the footballing careers of everyone then playing in the league. Also, the players perhaps thought the diversion of the conflict would lessen the attention that would normally be paid to a dubious match result.The match ended in a 2–0 win to United, with George Anderson scoring both goals. However, the match referee and some observers noted Liverpool's lack of commitment during the game – they had even missed a penalty that had been awarded to them.After the match, handbills started to appear, alleging that a large amount of money had been bet at odds of 7/1 on a 2–0 win to United. An investigation by the Football Association was launched and found that players from both sides had been involved in rigging the match: Sandy Turnbull, Arthur Whalley and Enoch West of United, and Jackie Sheldon, Tom Miller, Bob Pursell and Thomas Fairfoul of Liverpool; Sheldon was a former United player himself and was found to be the plot's ringleader. Some players, such as Liverpool's Fred Pagnam and United's George Anderson refused to take part. Pagnam had threatened to score a goal to ruin the result, and indeed late in the match hit the crossbar, causing his teammates to publicly remonstrate with him. He later testified against his team-mates at the FA hearing. At the same hearing, United player Billy Meredith denied any knowledge of the match-fixing, but stated that he became suspicious when none of his teammates would pass the ball to him.All seven players were banned from playing for life in a decision handed down on 27 December 1915. The FA concluded that it had been a conspiracy by the players alone – no official from either club was found guilty of wrongdoing, and neither club was fined or had points deducted. West vociferously protested his innocence, even going so far as suing the FA for libel. However, he lost the case and the ban stood. In itself, the ban had no immediate effect on the players' footballing careers, since, by that point, the Football League had suspended operations for the duration of the First World War. The ban did not apply in Scotland (four of the suspended players were Scottish), however the Scottish Football League had also suspended operations and the Scottish Football Association was never called upon to issue any sort of ruling on the players' eligibiity there.Sandy Turnbull was killed while serving in the war, but all the other players, except West, had their bans lifted by the FA in 1919 in recognition of their service to the country; Turnbull received a posthumous reinstatement. The intervention of the First World War meant that the Football League did not resume until 1919–20. This meant that West was the only player involved who was actually unable to play League football due to suspension. Fairfoul also did not return to football although he was re-instated, however the other four players resumed their careers after the war. West had to wait until 1945 for his ban to be lifted, by which time he was 59.Although the players' main motives for the match-fixing appear to be financial, and not to save United from relegation, the two points United won from that game were enough to earn them 18th place and safety, one point ahead of 19th-placed Chelsea, who were nominally relegated. Before the 1919–20 season started, the League decided to expand the First Division by two teams; Chelsea (along with Arsenal) were elected back into the First Division and thus spared the drop.".
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink 1964_British_betting_scandal.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink 2011_Turkish_sports_corruption_scandal.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Arsenal_F.C..
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Whalley.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Billy_Meredith.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Pursell_(footballer,_born_1889).
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Defamation.
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Fred_Pagnam.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink George_Anderson_(footballer,_born_1891).
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Relegation.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Sandy_Turnbull.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink The_Football_Association.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink The_Football_League_1914–15.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink The_Football_League_1919–20.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Fairfoul.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Tom_Fairfoul.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLink Tom_Miller_(footballer).
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "1915 British football betting scandal".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "betting scandal".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "fixed their last game".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "match-fixing scandal".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "match-fixing".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "similar scandal".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wikiPageWikiLinkText "the resulting bribery scandal".
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal subject Category:1914–15_in_English_football.
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal subject Category:History_of_football_in_England.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal subject Category:Liverpool_F.C..
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal subject Category:Manchester_United_F.C..
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- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal subject Category:Sports_scandals_in_England.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal type Controversy.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal comment "The 1915 British football betting scandal occurred when a Football League First Division match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April (Good Friday) 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed upon the result.At the time, Manchester United were struggling to avoid relegation, while Liverpool were in mid-table and neither challenging for honours nor facing the threat of relegation themselves.".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal label "1915 British football betting scandal".
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal sameAs Escândalo_das_apostas_de_futebol_inglês_em_1915.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal sameAs m.026d1g3.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal sameAs Скандал_с_договорным_матчем_в_Англии_(1915).
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal sameAs Q4560019.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal sameAs Q4560019.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal wasDerivedFrom 1915_British_football_betting_scandal?oldid=669234616.
- 1915_British_football_betting_scandal isPrimaryTopicOf 1915_British_football_betting_scandal.