Could Match-fixing be a possibility in England?

Gil wrote:
When the Chairman of the club that seems to benefit the most from these outrageous decisions in the PL is the VICE PRESIDENT of the motherf**king FA, surely that at the very least....you know, raises a few eyebrows?

And yes I'm still furious.

David Barry Dein (born 7 September 1943) is the former vice-chairman of Arsenal Football Club and former vice-chairman of the Football Association. He was also the President of the G-14 group of European football clubs between October 2006 and May 2007 and has sat on various committees within FIFA and UEFA including UEFA's Club Competition Committee and Executive Committee

He was Vice-Chairman of Arsenal between 1983 and 2007.

In 1986 Dein was voted onto the board of the Football League Management Committee and subsequently achieved a place on the FA Council. He was also one of the major architects of the FA Premier League in 1992. He eventually rose to the position of vice-chairman of the FA in 2000, a post he held until 2004 when it was scrapped after restructuring. He was subsequently re-elected to the FA Board as an FA Premier League representative.

Dein sat on the FA Board until 2 June 2006 as one of four representatives of the FA Premier League clubs on the Football Association board. He was replaced by David Gill, chief executive of Manchester United.

This removal came one day after a news story broke on the BBC's Newsnight programme regarding possible infringements of FIFA rules regarding player transfers with, and loans to, Belgian club Beveren.[12]

The timing of the news story may have been an issue in the vote.

Dein's dual role as director of Arsenal and as a senior member of the Football Association's executive led to accusations of conflicts of interest.

In 2005, Chelsea manager José Mourinho said "A person who works in the club should not work in the FA. The FA is the FA and the club is the club"; he called on David Dein to resign. Mourinho's complaint related to the league programme apparently favouring Arsenal. In 2004-05, Arsenal played five of their six league games immediately following Champions League group matches at home, while Chelsea had to play five away.

In 2006, during the search for a new England manager to replace Eriksson, Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce questioned Dein's role in the FA, saying: "I don't know how much power David Dein has but he obviously has a great influence at the FA", and alleged that Dein had shielded Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger from the selection process.

Gil wrote:I understand human error, the need for technology and all that but the amount of farcical decisions that ruin matches, seasons & even football clubs is beyond ridiculous now. Mind-boggling calls like Suarez wrongly disallowed winner, Arteta's wrongly allowed winner & the robbery at Stamford Bridge have pretty much become a weekly occurrence but the possibility of there conspiracy being behind it all continues to be brushed off.

RealGunner wrote:Gil is a plastic fan

NiallQuinnsdiscoPants wrote:Same principle still applies

Didnt Kenyon have a role in the FA?

I know Bates (probably the dodgiest person in football) did.

Rebelles.REUS.rex wrote:with manure in pl why not?