Aberdeen director Duncan Skinner charged with breaking betting rules

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

The betting rules are wrong and harsh. It should be against to bet for or against your own team or self (depending what sport) but a betting ban is silly altogether. If say a Liverpool player wants to have a flutter on Real Madrid v Barca then whats the problem.

With regards to playing, football is a short career. If British players could just spend the 15 or whatever years of their life they spend doing the sport, not betting, eating shite food, drinking etc, perhaps we wouldn't be a million years behind the rest of the world.

[Gonzo79 15,299]

Eaaier said than done when you're on £5k a week and only work part-time.

[ian1964 10,761]

Aberdeen director Duncan Skinner fined £1,000 for gambling breach

 

Aberdeen director Duncan Skinner has been fined £1,000 for two breaches of the Scottish FA's gambling rules.

 

He received two £500 fines for bets placed in the 2014/15 and 2015/2016 seasons after Skinner admitted the notices of complaint at a disciplinary tribunal at Hampden.

Skinner was also charged for bets placed in seasons 2016/17 and 2017/18.

 

Sanctions for those rule breaches will be considered at a later tribunal, which takes place in March 2018.

 

Skinner is alleged to have placed 589 bets in total - including one on Aberdeen to lose against Celtic in 2017.

 

However, there is no suggestion match-fixing was involved.

 

The bets covered 1,465 games - 81 involved Aberdeen with 74 placed on the team to win and six to draw.

 

Skinner, who is also on the board of Sportscotland, has until 3 January 2018 to respond to the alleged breach of Rule 31, which states: "No club, official, team official or other member of team staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall gamble in any way on a football match."

 

Skinner has been a non-executive director at Pittodrie since January 2015, having enjoyed a successful career in the oil and gas industry.

 

In a statement, the club said: "We note and accept the outcome of the SFA disciplinary panel with regards to Duncan Skinner and will continue to work with the SFA to ensure all associated with Aberdeen FC adhere to all governing body rules, regulations and procedures."

 

Earlier this year, the Annan Athletic chairman Henry McClelland was fined £3,000 for placing 4,011 football bets, including 430 involving his own club.

 

BBC

[Gribz 919]

With regards to playing, football is a short career. If British players could just spend the 15 or whatever years of their life they spend doing the sport, not betting, eating shite food, drinking etc, perhaps we wouldn't be a million years behind the rest of the world.

 

Yeah a football player having a bet on the darts effects things???

 

How about all the corruption in the Italian game, is that down to not betting and eating shite food?

[the gunslinger 3,366]

So not just one bet against aberdeen to win. Really reeks of match fixing

 

 

[RANGERRAB 3,754]

£1000 seems very lenient indeed.

 

No comment from Sheep FC ?

Will Skinner surely be resigning as a non-exec director as a result of this ?

Edited December 29, 2017 by RANGERRAB

[ian1964 10,761]

 

[Uilleam 5,966]

It would be interesting to know how much money he was wagering. and on whom.

Did he have say £3K on Aberdeen to lose and a fifty bob double on Arbroath and Peterhead?

 

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Uilleam

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Reeks of match fixing

[Gonzo79 15,299]

1 minute ago, the gunslinger said:

Reeks of match fixing

Certainly looks a bit like that.

 

Imagine the yahoo bloggers if a Rangers director did something similar?