Blues squad 1953/54 -
Is that Colin Harvey letting fly -?
In 1964, Gauld, in search of a final "payday" after having been discovered by the Sunday People, sold his story to the same newspaper for £7,000 (equivalent to £143,000 in 2019), incriminating the three Sheffield Wednesday players who had 'thrown' the game against Ipswich Town in December 1962. The paper broke the story on 12 April. The following Sunday, a number of other players were also named as having taken part in attempts to fix matches. Ten former or current players were finally sent for trial at Nottingham Assizes in early 1965. It would be the first time that taped evidence was admitted in an English court.
Jimmy Gauld's taped conversations were ultimately used to convict himself and the other players, the judge making it clear that he held Gauld responsible for ruining them. At the end of the trial on 26 January 1965, Gauld - described by the judge as the "central figure" of the case - received the heaviest sentence of four years in prison. Brian Phillips and York City wing-half Jack Fountain were each sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment, [Poor language removed] Beattie of St. Mirren received nine months', Sammy Chapman of Mansfield Town, Ron Howells of Walsall and Ken Thomson each received six-month sentences while David Layne, Tony Kay and Peter Swan each received four-month sentences.
On release, Layne, Swan, Kay, Beattie, Fountain, Chapman and Howells were banned for life from any further participation in football (Gauld, Thomson and Phillips had already been banned). Thirty-three players were prosecuted, in total.[3]
It was established that Jimmy Gauld had earned £3275 from betting on football matches and £7420 from having sold his confessions to the Sunday People.[4] Gauld died in 2004.
Kay's version of event is that, iirc, gist etc...after training somebody said, who are we playing this week?
Ipswich was the answer
We never get anything (resultwise) down there, no bonus this week
David Layne said, throw 50 quid in and this guy I know (Gauld) will put it on Ipswich and everyone's a winner.
They did.
They duly lost
Kay was MotM.
He says they didn't throw the match - they were just covering their bonuses
The year I was born -
April 29th 1933 Daily Mail Everton v Manchester City F.A. Cup Final -
The GV Bally & Harvey - ask the referee to check the ball -
