{"id":207,"date":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/fa-charges-paul-scholes-with-allegedly-breaching-betting-rules\/"},"modified":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","slug":"fa-charges-paul-scholes-with-allegedly-breaching-betting-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/fa-charges-paul-scholes-with-allegedly-breaching-betting-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FA CHARGES PAUL SCHOLES WITH \u2018ALLEGEDLY\u2019 BREACHING BETTING RULES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issuing a short statement, the\u00a0<strong>Football Association (FA)<\/strong>\u00a0has confirmed that it has charged former Manchester United and England midfielder\u00a0<strong>Paul Scholes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018with misconduct in relation to its betting rules\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The FA states that Scholes is alleged to have placed 140 bets on football matches between 17 August 2015 to 12 January 2019, breaching FA Rule E8.<\/p>\n<p>Under the association\u2019s \u2018Rulebook of Conduct\u2019, Rule E8 prohibits any FA syndicated athlete, match official, club executive or steward to bet directly-or-indirectly on football matches of any level.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Rule E8 prohibits FA syndicated members of \u2018instructing, permitting or enabling any third party of wagering on football matches\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although retired, Scholes is a registered FA football official having recently managed\u00a0<strong>Oldham Athletic<\/strong>\u00a0and having been a co-owner of National League side\u00a0<strong>Salford FC<\/strong>, alongside former Manchester United colleagues \u00a0\u2013 Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary \u00a0and Phil Neville.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports detail that Scholes\u2019 alleged betting misconduct took place during his tenure as part of Salford FC\u2019s executive management.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the FA\u2019s announcement, last night BT Sport withdrew Scholes participation as a pundit of its UEFA Champions League broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The accusation, sees Scholes become the highest profile football figure since Joey Barton, to face disciplinary hearings on breaching Rule E8, back in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>An embarrassing chapter for the FA, \u00a0the Joey Barton breach would see association end its football betting partnership with Ladbrokes, amid political and internal criticism, forcing FA Chairman Greg Clarke to state that the partnership was\u00a0\u2018incompatible\u2019\u00a0with enforcing anti-gambling rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"3499\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issuing a short statement, the\u00a0Football Association (FA)\u00a0has confirmed that it has charged former Manchester United and England midfielder\u00a0Paul Scholes\u00a0\u2018with misconduct in relation to its betting rules\u2019. 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