SERIOUS concerns have been expressed that a Football League match was fixed after four players were banned for between five months and a year for betting on the outcome.

SOUTHAMPTON remain confident of avoiding a 10-point penalty after the Football League called for an independent report into the club’s financial position.

Five players have been charged with breaching the Football Association’s betting rules with some accused of gambling thousands of pounds on their team to lose.

CHRIS TODD and Danny Stevens both scored twice as Blue Square Premier side Torquay upset League One Yeovil at Plainmoor.