Graham Cummins: 'This is what happened when police banged on my door at 7am'

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SUBSCRIBEFive and a half years ago, then-Preston striker Graham Cummins and his wife woke to officers from Britain's National Crime Agency hammering at their front door. Accusations of match spot-fixing and time in a jail cell followed. Though he was cleared of all wrongdoing, the stigma of the episode remains.
Here the ex-Cork City man writes about the experience for the first time.
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