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.

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.