Life bans for football match-fixing

Ten people have been arrested in a multi-million dollar match-fixing scandal that has rocked Australian soccer.

Match-fixing ... Nine players and a coach from Victorian Premier League's Southern Stars arrested in dawn raids. Source: News Limited

FOOTBALL chiefs will seek immediate life bans for the 10 people arrested over match-fixing in the Victorian Premier League today, with Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop calling it a "distressing day for everyone in Australian sport".

TEN PEOPLE ARRESTED OVER VICTORIAN PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH FIXING

Nine players and a coach from the Southern Stars club, currently bottom of the VPL, were arrested in dawn raids after FFA passed information on suspect betting patterns to Victorian Police in August.

Police said that charges under Victoria's newly revised laws on corruption in sport are imminent, but FFA will move immediately to charge the 10 with bringing the game into disrepute. Sanctions of up to and including a life ban from any involvement in football are available, which FFA would then ask global governing body FIFA to enact worldwide.

Gallop said that "at this stage" he was not aware of any similar probes underway in NSW or anywhere else in the country, though he admitted that football's status as a worldwide game gave it specific issues to confront.

Victorian police estimated that winnings on bets involving the club - mostly placed overseas - had totalled more than $2m.

"It's a distressing episode for everyone in Australian sport, but it shows that the integrity measures in football are effective in detecting activity such as this," Gallop said. "Nine players and a coach are likely to face the courts but FFA will also charge them under our code of conduct.

"We will throw the book at perpetrators of this sort, and that means life bans. It's clearly distressing, but we all know this threat exists. We need to stay vigilant, and we've seen how important our monitoring service is for football."

The data came from the company Sportradar, a European-based group that analyses global betting patterns for a broad range of sports. They alerted FFA to a specific pattern of bets on Southern Stars games, and the police were informed the next day.

Gallop admitted it was alarming to see a clutch of arrests associated with one club, but said: "We trust this will send a strong message to anyone thinking of this kind of activity, the detection [of the betting] meansd our measures have worked.

"We have integrity agreements in place with a number of domestic bookmakers. This case highlights the fact that lower league games, not covered by live television, are potentially more susceptible. But our integrity department has been in place for a couple of years and works closely with organisations like Compps [the Coalition if Major Professional Sports] and the federal government."

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