{"id":199,"date":"2022-05-02T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballblogfc.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:09:55","slug":"7-disgraced-premier-league-players-found-guilty-for-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballblogfc.com\/7-disgraced-premier-league-players-found-guilty-for-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Disgraced Premier League Players Found Guilty of Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Betting can add interest and excitement but it hits murky waters when involving football stars. The FA forbids any betting on football worldwide for all Premier League players. Here are 7 Premier League players found guilty of betting.<\/p>\n

7. Andros Townsend<\/h2>\n

Andros Townsend copped an \u00a318,000 fine and was given a four-month ban with three of those suspended for breaching betting rules. The Newcastle winger lost \u00a346,000 on a single game and was on about \u00a33,000 a week at the time.<\/p>\n

Townsend wasn’t accused of betting on games he was involved in but he broke betting rules which forbids betting on football. He went public with how his gambling addiction affected his football and ability to focus on football.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou start small, you start happy and doing it for a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have an addiction you don\u2019t see it, you think it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was betting on U18s, foreign teams I\u2019d never heard of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Incredible honesty from #CPFC<\/a>\u2019s @Andros_Townsend<\/a> on his battle with gambling addiction \ud83d\ude4f pic.twitter.com\/gahr22EB6l<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n