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Title: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: FFCFOREVER on November 13, 2019, 07:17:53 PM
Dickson Etuhu: Ex-Manchester City player guilty of match-fixing

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Former Premier League player Dickson Etuhu has been found guilty of attempting to fix a match in Sweden's top division by an appeals court.

The case centred on allegations the 37-year-old Etuhu conspired together with another man to offer former team-mate Kyriakos "Kenny" Stamatopoulos money to fix a game between AIK and IFK Gothenburg in spring 2017.

Etuhu, who has played for Manchester City, Norwich, Sunderland, Fulham and Blackburn as well as Swedish club AIK, says he will be appealing against the ruling at the Supreme Court.

"What preceded the meeting and what was said at the meeting must be seen in a context. In the opinion of the court, Kenny Stam has clearly been offered an improper benefit," the Court Of Appeal in Stockholm said in its judgement published on Wednesday.

It fined Etuhu and ordered him to serve a period of probation.

The Stockholm District court originally found Etuhu, a former Nigeria international, not guilty, deciding there was not enough evidence of a concrete monetary offer being made to Stamatopoulos, AIK's reserve goalkeeper at the time.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11860493/dickson-etuhu-ex-manchester-city-player-guilty-of-match-fixing
Liked him as a player.Very sad if true.
Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: Fernhurst on November 13, 2019, 07:52:51 PM
Oh dear Dixon  :dft001:
Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: Woolly Mammoth on November 13, 2019, 09:23:29 PM
Not of Dock Green apparently.
Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: rogerpbackinMidEastUS on November 14, 2019, 02:06:31 AM
The report says he was found not guilty
Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: Arthur on November 14, 2019, 02:48:24 AM
Quote from: rogerpnowinFlorida on November 14, 2019, 02:06:31 AM
The report says he was found not guilty

Easy to miss (or mis-read) the opening line, I suppose.

Quote from: FFCFOREVER on November 13, 2019, 07:17:53 PM

Former Premier League player Dickson Etuhu has been found guilty of attempting to fix a match in Sweden's top division by an appeals court.

Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: Dr Quinzel on November 14, 2019, 11:08:37 AM
He was found not guilty originally, and then guilty at court of appeal. Imagine with the sentencing being fairly lenient, or at least to my mind it is, he may not appeal. Guess we will see.

I mainly just came here to credit the headline 'Fixon Etuhu'  :005:
Title: Re: Fixon Etuhu
Post by: Sgt Fulham on November 14, 2019, 03:26:32 PM
This sent me on a video streak of our Europa league run. That Peter Drury commentary after the final whistle against Hamburg is poetic and very fitting.