1964 British betting scandal

The British betting scandal of 1964 was a scandal in English association football in which ten professional players were jailed for offences arising from match fixing.

Former Scottish youth international and Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle, St Johnstone and Mansfield Town player Jimmy Gauld over several years systematically interfered with matches in the Football League, enticing players into betting on the outcome of fixed matches. It was when he learned that players at one of his former clubs - Mansfield Town - had been paid by Tranmere Rovers players to lose a game that Gauld first became involved in match-fixing.

In late 1962, Gauld approached Sheffield Wednesday player David Layne, a former team-mate at Swindon Town, to identify a target game. Layne suggested that Wednesday were likely to lose their match on 1 December 1962 against Ipswich Town and suggested to his fellow players Peter Swan and Tony Kay that they ensure the outcome. The three all bet against their own side in the match, which Ipswich Town won 2-0 with two goals from Ray Crawford. In an interview with The Times newspaper in July 2006, Peter Swan said “We lost the game fair and square, but I still don’t know what I’d have done if we’d been winning. It would have been easy for me to give away a penalty or even score an own goal. Who knows?”.

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