Except that

one the one people are saying that English football is fixed, and on the other hand people (sometimes the same ones) are saying that there's been nothing like this before.

It's also unusual for bookies to get their odds wrong.

Posted By: Reg Presley on October 18th 2008 at 14:35:07

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A few thoughts on this "fixed" match (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 08:48:02
- disagree in parts (NCFC) - Small, Oct 18, 12:12:03
  - There was money going on us at half-time which suggests that (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 12:40:49
    - I'd be more inclined to agree if it wasn't considered unusual (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Oct 18, 14:28:06
      - Except that (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 14:35:07
  - if i'd paid a goalkeeper to throw a match (NCFC) - blindasabat, Oct 18, 12:33:33
  - Its not (NCFC) - DPLOTBC, Oct 18, 12:28:54
  - I think Reg's point is that (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 18, 12:19:31
- Football is fixed. I'd say there is an attempt to fix 75% of Prem games (NCFC) - Brandonio, Oct 18, 11:48:21
  - Having followed a few of the Cricket scandals over the years (NCFC) - Small, Oct 18, 12:17:14
    - Hansie Cronje springs to mind. What a real 'waste' in every sense. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:53:32
    - The problem with that (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 13:04:02
    - I wonder if that relates to spread betting markets (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 12:48:03
- Totally agree with you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Oct 18, 11:03:46
- Good read that, probably how it will be investigate too (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 10:51:39
- From the Times (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 18, 09:27:52
  - To simplify that to agree somewhat. If you went to York races (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 11:04:40
    - Are you sure? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 18, 11:19:16
      - I think the bookies in shops stand the prices and markets (NCFC) - pants, Oct 18, 12:37:31
        
        Himmers is right...... (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Oct 18, 13:32:41
- ... (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Oct 18, 08:55:36
  - I don't understand. Link? (n/m) (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 08:57:30
    - don't bother (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 09:22:43
      - Well it would be (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 09:58:45
        
        i'm not sure that he would have scored anyway (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Oct 18, 10:08:07
        
        I'm not sure that Carroll could do all these calculations this quickly anyway (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 10:08:52
        
        (meaning that I still have no idea whether there was anything dodgy (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 10:09:51
- English second tier games IN PROGRESS (n/m) (NCFC) - Reg Presley, Oct 18, 08:48:38

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