January 09, 2006

British ballgames boobied by Bundesliga bribers?: "The Sapinas were all convicted in Germany of running a massive match-fixing racket involving referees. Budimir ... admitted laying bets in Britain ... between £20,000 and £100,000 a time, 'mainly' on Champions League and Uefa Cup matches." Hmmm.

posted by worldcup2002 to soccer at 05:53 PM - 6 comments

Wow! I'm shocked I haven't heard anything else about this (especially since the article is from Sunday).

BTW, excellent use of alliteration/consonance. :-)

posted by redsnare at 11:46 AM on January 10, 2006

Yes, I like wordplay.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:14 PM on January 10, 2006

Finally a reasonable explanation for Liverpool winning the Champions League.

posted by squealy at 12:30 PM on January 10, 2006

OH, I knew that was coming... Probably the same machinations that allowed Birmingham to avoid relegation. Hoohoohoo.

posted by worldcup2002 at 06:51 PM on January 10, 2006

Do you remember the business a few years ago when the floodlights failed at (I think) Palace during a league game? Several gentlemen were arrested who were linked to betting syndicates in East Asia. Does anyone over there in Europa have the details on the story?

posted by owlhouse at 04:08 PM on January 11, 2006

Best I can do is this owlhouse.

posted by squealy at 06:33 PM on January 11, 2006

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