{"id":94736,"date":"2018-12-13T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=94736"},"modified":"2018-12-13T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:18:33","slug":"peterborough-uniteds-director-of-football-barry-fry-accused-of-betting-on-league-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/peterborough-uniteds-director-of-football-barry-fry-accused-of-betting-on-league-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterborough United\u2019s Director of Football Barry Fry Accused of Betting on League Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry Fry, the director the UK\u2019s Peterborough United club, has been leveled with charges of misconduct relating to alleged betting activities.<\/p>\n

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Barry Fry is accused of placing bets on League One soccer matches. (Image: Peterborough United)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The accusations come from the Football Association (FA), the governing body of all things soccer in England.<\/p>\n

The organization is charging Fry, who has been with the Peterborough club for more than 20 years, with making wagers on League One matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alleged that he placed bets on the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in, football matches or competitions during the 2017-18 season in breach of FA Rule E8,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the FA said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2014, the Association made a rule change specifically banning anyone involved in soccer from placing bets – directly or indirectly – on matches or competitions anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

Previously, players, coaches and officials could bet on matches as long as it wasn\u2019t a competition they were involved in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to keep our message as simple as possible,\u201d FA general secretary Alex Horne told BBC News at the time of the rule change. \u201cAnd it cannot be more simple than as a player, you cannot bet on football.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether Fry bet on his own team\u2019s games. The 73-year old must respond to the charges by December 20.<\/p>\n

Club Voices Support<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fry may not have emerged to clear his name yet, but at least one other key figure from Peterborough club is rushing to his defense.<\/p>\n

While the official statement from the club says only that they are \u201cworking closely with the FA\u201d and will make no further comment for now, the team\u2019s owner is much more emphatic about what happened.<\/p>\n

After initially tweeting that it was a \u201cstorm in a teacup,\u201d and that the club is \u201cfully behind\u201d Fry, owner and chairman Darragh MacAnthony took it a step further by insisting that Fry has been falsely accused.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thats outrageous. Fact is he didn’t even bet on any football match. Everybody needs to pipe down until it plays out then facts can come out. Barry has spent 50 plus years working in the football industry & has done nothing willingly wrong as will be shown in time :). https:\/\/t.co\/n5ydV6B1Hi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n