With two cases of 'insider information' having arisen in the Conference in two weeks, the question has to be how bent is Conference football?
Less than two weeks after Gravesend's Lee Protheroe admitted telling a Stevenage player vital information about Gravesend's tactics prior to Stevenage beating the Fleet 2-0, Grays' manager Mark Stimson has admitted receiving calls containing vital information prior to 2-0 and 3-0 wins against Exeter.
Worse still, Stimson only admitted the calls after apparently putting the information to good use - not only gaining three valuable points in the play-off hunt, but bagging a lucrative FA Trophy final spot to boot.
Does the 'mole' in the camp explain Exeter's poor relegation-like form in 2006? And quite why would someone make such calls?
Is the caller correct that he is the father of a player, and does that player want out of St James Park? Or is it a financial thing, with the caller placing bets on the opposition safe in the knowledge that Exeter's plan has been lain bare?
One thing is for sure, the FA will take a keen interest in Exeter's investigations.