Shel Rumour on Match Fixing

**A face** · 30/08/2011, 1:08 PM

Folks, i dont know if there is an substance to this but os there an investigation into match fixing .... or more to the point, the accusation is that Shels threw the cup game against Sheirff YFC so they wouldn't have to play further rounds.

To be honest i think its lame .... the goals scored in the second were all screamers so they could hardly fix that. If those lads didn't take the shots then nothing would have come of them.

Where is this at right now?

**corkharps** · 30/08/2011, 1:18 PM

Shels don't and never have cheated!......

**pineapple stu** · 30/08/2011, 1:22 PM

Already being discussed at length in the weekend latest thread.

**Dan6189** · 30/08/2011, 2:14 PM

To throw a game you have to perform badly not what happened Friday apparently sheriff just took their goals amazingly well, I'd say it's poppycock.

**Macy** · 30/08/2011, 2:57 PM

Not sure you can judge on performance alone, you'd have to see the betting patterns. And even then, who'd trust a bookie, especially one looking to avoid paying out? However, there's a fair amount of anecdotal stuff (from before and after the game) floating about that really doesn't look good.

**bluewhitearmy** · 30/08/2011, 3:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dan6189

To throw a game you have to perform badly not what happened Friday apparently sheriff just took their goals amazingly well, I'd say it's poppycock.

According to Shels fans at the game Shels played very badly and put in no effort so dont know where you got thats not what happened from.

**de bowez** · 30/08/2011, 3:17 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

Not sure you can judge on performance alone, you'd have to see the betting patterns. And even then, who'd trust a bookie, especially one looking to avoid paying out? However, there's a fair amount of anecdotal stuff (from before and after the game) floating about that really doesn't look good.

The price came in from 11/1 to 7/2 and Boyles at least had gotten word that the fix was on that afternoon and were taking max bets of a tenner on the game.

Word also went around the boards.ie gambling forum prematch that it was fixed, also discussed on other gambling forums here and in England before the game apparently.

Easier to score stunning goals when defenders stand off and the keeper isn´t on form.

**ifk101** · 30/08/2011, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by de bowez

The price came in from 11/1 to 7/2 and Boyles at least had gotten word that the fix was on that afternoon and were taking max bets of a tenner on the game.

If they suspected a fix they'd just suspend betting on the game.

**de bowez** · 30/08/2011, 3:25 PM

Originally Posted by ifk101

If they suspected a fix they'd just suspend betting on the game.

Not true. They get word on all sorts of games, they reduce max bet to reduce liability but they cant just suspend loads of markets every week.

**ifk101** · 30/08/2011, 3:33 PM

They'll reduce max bets on accounts they deem "uneconomical" regardless. Winning accounts are flagged.

Limits on games involving non-league sides are usually low anyways.

**de bowez** · 30/08/2011, 3:36 PM

Originally Posted by ifk101

They'll reduce max bets on accounts they deem "uneconomical" regardless. Winning accounts are flagged.

Limits on games involving non-league sides are usually low anyways.

Absolutely, especially so in Boyles case but I do know for a fact that they got word on the day that there was a good chance the game was fixed.

None of that proves that the game was fixed but it certainly looks bad.

**fionnsci** · 30/08/2011, 3:43 PM

Read the thread on the Shels forum, some pretty damning stuff. They missed a penalty terribly and there was chat of the match fixing on a forum in Liverpool before the game, as well as boards.

**bluewhitearmy** · 30/08/2011, 3:47 PM

Seems way too much of a coincidence to me if someone jokingly put up that the game was going to be fixed for Shels H/T Sheriff F/T and then it happens.

People that say the goals could not be fixed it would be very very easy for a keeper to let the 1st 2 in. Hughes penalty just doesnt seem right either.

**bluewhitearmy** · 30/08/2011, 3:50 PM

http://vimeo.com/28262172

**outspoken** · 30/08/2011, 4:03 PM

I'd rather not believe these rumors but in the last few days I've found myself doubting Shels, that stuff on the forums looks very bad and I just got the feeling something wasnt right when I watched the highlights, its very easy to stand off your line and wave your arms around and let it fly past ya and thats what it looks like and that peno was awful + the fact he showed no emotion whats so ever after missing it very strange game indeed

**MagicMon** · 30/08/2011, 4:07 PM

The reaction to the miss is pretty odd. Even at 2-0 up you'd think any player would be p*ssed off at ballooning a penalty like that.

**outspoken** · 30/08/2011, 4:10 PM

He was leaning back from the moment he hit it

**El-Pietro** · 30/08/2011, 4:31 PM

im convinced he scoops it. if he drilled it and it went over that would be one thing

this could all be so obvious to us because we are looking for something at the same time and if we hadn't heard anything we might not be half as suspicious watching the highlights

**MagicMon** · 30/08/2011, 4:35 PM

He might have been leaning back to try to see the ball past his belly

**BonnieShels** · 30/08/2011, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

im convinced he scoops it. if he drilled it and it went over that would be one thing

this could all be so obvious to us because we are looking for something at the same time and if we hadn't heard anything we might not be half as suspicious watching the highlights

In fairness this was mentioned during the live commentary on the night on ShelsChat.
So I wouldn't be thinking that you're over thinking it if I were you.