Scandals

[osgood was good]

April 17, 1971 - (yes the 70-71 season itself !). With 4 games remaining Don Revie's Leeds United head Division One by two points. But in a home game against West Bromwich Albion a careless Norman Hunter gifts the ball to Tony Brown who starts for the goal on Leeds left flank. In the centre Colin Suggett is clearly 10 yards offside. The linesman raises his flag and Brown pauses. Referee Ray Tinkler lifts his whistle to his lips but then thinks again. Is Suggett interferring with play ? He decides not, waves play on and Brown continues his run. Most of the Leeds team have stopped, and Brown squares the ball to Jeff Astle to score.

Leeds lose the game 2-1 and the championship by 1 point. " (Boo hoo.)


Peter Storey (1979-91) is convicted variously of: running a brothal in Leyton High Street called 'The Calypso Massage Parlour'; plotting to counterfiet gold coins; stealing cars; importing pornographic videos in the spare wheel of his car; and swearing at a traffic warden !


(I love this one...) Stan Bowles (1977), before playing for England versus the Netherlands at Wembly, is offered and accepts 200 pounds to wear Gola boots during the match. Later the same day, he is offered 300 pounds to wear Adidas boots. Stan accepts this also and turns out for the match wearing one boot from each company !


Inter-Milan (1971-72) in the European Cup were 2-1 down in the second round away tie versus Borussia Mönchengladbach, when a member of the crowd threw an object which hit Roberto Boninsegna. He falls to the ground and is treated by the physio. The only thing was all that was thrown was an empty Coke can, which was swiftly swapped for a full one, which was given to the referee. Boninsegna, Inter go on to lose 7-1. The club's president, Ivanoe Fraizzoli pleads for and wins a rematch of the tie in Berlin. This game is drawn 0-0 and Inter milan went through.

Alfredo Di Stefano (1963) whilst a player at Real Madrid, was kidnapped by the Venezuelan Liberation Front, whilst on tour in their country. He is held for two days, but treated well, and released after having succeeded in getting publicity for their cause.


The Dutch World Cup squad (1974) on the eve of the final with Germany have four men named in the German tabloid 'Bild Zeitung' as having a party with naked women in the hotel swimming pool before the Brazil match. Initially denied as German sportsmanship, it was later suggested it happened, but that the 'Bild' had paid the girls to do it. Nevertheless, Johan Cruyff's wife Danny is so worried she kept him on the phone all night before the Final match !.

Stan Bowles again....Was struggling with severe gambling problems and owed £10,000 to a few heavies . Club refused to bail him out so he needed something quick . He rang a reporter from the Sun telling him he had a story .
Told reporter he was retireing and he'd sell the story for £10,000. Newspaper agreed , paid Stan the money , printed the story then Stan announces on the Monday that he's coming out of retirement. Genius .

[OwlsFan]

One of the strangest bribe scandals ever involved three Sheffield Wednesday players Wednesday players taking money to throw a game - bit of an oxymoran that one since they can do that quite easily without the brown envelope passing hands:
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Match-fixing has long been seen as football’s most heinous crime. In 1915, four Liverpool players and three from Manchester United were banned from the game after a 2-0 victory for United was found to have been fixed. The most infamous case involved Sheffield Wednesday players Tony Kay, Peter Swan and David “Bronco” Layne, who threw a game against Ipswich in 1964. All three were jailed. Poignantly, The People newspaper, which exposed the scam, had named Kay as man of the match i n its original report
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[Superhoops]

Former Manchester United, Wrexham and Wales legend Mickey Thomas was jailed for 18 months in 1993 for forgery, by printing his own ten pound notes and distributing them to Wrexham’s trainee players.

In 1987 Spurs manager David Pleat was forced to resign after the tabloids report on him being cautioned for kerb crawling around notorious red light districts of London. To make matters more clear cut Mr. Pleat was cautioned not once but three times.

Former Arsenal and England player and Chelsea coach Graham Rix was sentenced to twelve months in prison in March 1999, for having underage sex with a 15-year-old girl who he allegedly plied with drink and drugs in a hotel room before taking advantage of her.

Other 'scandals' have involved:
Tony Adams - jailed for drink driving
Bernard Tapie, president of Olympic Marseille jailed for match fixing
Diego Maradona - 15 month suspension in 1992 for cocaine use
George Graham - banned for 12 months for taking a 'bung'

[Risteard]

Think most of yours there are examples of justice rather than scandals Superhoops!

Ah shut up with your technicalities Risteard.

Ok, sorry!