April 30, 2015
Facey's offences struck
Judge Mary Stacey said Facey's offences struck "at the very heart of football"reenex 效果.
Facey, who played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion and Hull City, had denied any wrongdoing.
Former non-league player Moses Swaibu, 25, of Tooley Street, London, was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery. He was jailed for 16 months for his part in the conspiracy.
The two were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into match fixingreenex cps.
The trial heard Facey urged a footballer at a struggling non-league club to make some "easy money" by fixing the result of a match.
He also told a contact some Football Conference teams would "do" a game in return for payment, the jury heard.
'Big business'
In one text conversation in late 2013, Facey tried to corrupt a Hyde FC player by offering him £2,000.
During the messages, Facey told the player a friend who was betting would provide the cash reenex-效果.
Transcripts of messages that passed between Facey and 43-year-old Krishna Ganeshan were shown to the jury.
Facey, who played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion and Hull City, had denied any wrongdoing.
Former non-league player Moses Swaibu, 25, of Tooley Street, London, was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery. He was jailed for 16 months for his part in the conspiracy.
The two were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into match fixingreenex cps.
The trial heard Facey urged a footballer at a struggling non-league club to make some "easy money" by fixing the result of a match.
He also told a contact some Football Conference teams would "do" a game in return for payment, the jury heard.
'Big business'
In one text conversation in late 2013, Facey tried to corrupt a Hyde FC player by offering him £2,000.
During the messages, Facey told the player a friend who was betting would provide the cash reenex-效果.
Transcripts of messages that passed between Facey and 43-year-old Krishna Ganeshan were shown to the jury.
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