The fix involved (or was perpetrated in the knowledge of):
1) The match referee
2) Somebody at the Professional Game Match Officials' Board (PGMOB) who selects officials for EPL games
3) The managers of both teams
4) Three firms of agents
5) Players represented by these three firms of agents
6) Bookmakers who accepted the insider trading on the event and treated such corruption as primary knowledge to be traded elsewhere.
The insider gamble was landed to the benefit of all insiders...
... and the demise of the integrity of the game, the loss to fans who were expecting a competitive match when they turned up at the ground or paid for the tv coverage, bettors who were befuddled by the corruption etc etc.
The people behind this criminality all have considerable influence in the English game.
The result of the return match between the two sides involved in this scam is already decided as the two matches are a very simple and very visible version of the Italian 3 for 3 deal where two clubs agree to share the seasonal six points.
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