Ex-defender gets six-year ban for match-fixing offences

Published on: 19 April 2018

Bradley Wood left Lincoln City at the end of the 2016-17 season

Former Lincoln City defender Bradley Wood has been banned from football for six years after being found guilty of two match-fixing offences.

A Football Association tribunal found he intentionally got booked in two matches in order to "influence a football betting market".

Wood denied deliberately being booked against Ipswich Town and Burnley.

But betting firms said there had been "unusual bets" placed on him being cautioned in both games.

Wood, who also admitted 22 charges of betting on the outcome of football matches, has been suspended until 8 March, 2024.

A total of seven people placed bets on Wood to be booked in both matches, with the FA saying that two of those were close acquaintances of Wood, who made 36 appearances for National League North side Alfreton in 2017-18.

"In each case those individuals' bets were atypical both in relation to their personal betting history - none had previously placed bets in the caution betting market; and in relation to the caution betting market - the size of the bets made them stand out," the FA judgement read.

More to follow.

Source: bbc.com

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