Athlone Town call for Garda fixing probe

The board of troubled Athlone Town says the club will work to ensure the “full truth” comes out regarding damaging match-fixing allegations surrounding the club’s 3-1 defeat to Longford Town, and want gardaí to open a “parallel investigation” to the FAI’s probe.

Athlone Town call for Garda fixing probe

The FAI will commence its investigation into the allegations today, meeting with players, staff and officials at the Midlands club. This follows a report from Uefa highlighting irregular betting patterns around their SSE Airtricity League First Division defeat to Longford on Saturday, April 29. The game attracted in the region of €400,000 in bets, mainly from betting markets in Asia.

The investigation has since been extended to two other games involving the club.

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