Huddersfield Town Player Kian Harratt Suspended For Breaching FA Betting Rules.
Been reported -
Huddersfield Town 21 year old forward Kian Harratt, has been suspended for 4 month's,
after placing 484 bets on football over a 3 year period.
The forward has also been fined £3,200 for the rule breaches, which include betting on
his own team Huddersfield Town.
Breaching FA Rules -
The ban relates to a series of betting breaches, that ran from June 2020 to June 2023,
Harratt admitted to betting on matches he was involved in.
The forward admitted that he bet on his own team to lose on multiple occasions saying,
"Of the 44 bets of this nature that he placed, 36 involved Huddersfield Town", he said,
" He was not in the match day squad for any of the fixtures involving Huddersfield Town,
that he bet on, as he was either on loan or training with the reserves at this time,
9 of the 36 bets was for Huddersfield Town to lose, but he was not in the squad for these
games ".
Huddersfield Town released a statement -
Saying " Kian immediately admitted the offences upon being charged, & has fully
cooperated with the subsequent FA & club investigations ".
" The club will support the player, who is currently recovering from a hamstring injury ".
Kian Harrat explained to the FA that he began gambling, when he opened an online betting
account on his 18th birthday.
He first gambled on horse racing, to which he then turned to football, he did not try to
hide his identity, he used his own name.
The player said he tried to stop gambling on a number of occasions, but could not stop.
