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| Delroy Facey Being Interviwed By BBC Sport After His Last Game At Edgar Street In May 2012 - BN Pic |
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has told the Daily Mail that he is shocked to hear that Delroy Facey could be involved with match fixing. Allardyce signed Facey whilst he was manager at Bolton.
"You can tell I'm shocked by my reaction," said Allardyce
"I’d heard the news on the radio while
driving this morning but I didn’t realise any names had been linked.
Wow.
"I remember Delroy. He did well
against us for Huddersfield in a cup game and we did the usual thing,
getting our scouts to keep an eye on him.
"He didn’t quite make it to the top
but I thought he had a good career. He might have been frustrated that
he wasn’t as successful as he wanted to be. He was a powerhouse. Lots of
pace and strength."
Meanwhile Lincoln manager Gary Simpson has said that he reported a game to the FA because he suspected match-fixing.
"I must admit I have been involved in games where you think
something is not right and I certainly flagged one of them up. I was
involved in a game, I don’t want to say where it was, but there were two
penalties given against us. I was told there had been an irregular
betting pattern on it during the game and before the game.
"I
flagged that up. We heard from the authorities that it was correct and
there had been an irregular betting pattern in the game."