Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
so you think that match fixing is not something that a governing body should not be involved in punishing? Of course, if you are on the take then villa did nothing wrong.

That was in the same category as the 1919 black sox scandal
Never said anything of the sort. Villa fielded a weakened side just as Leeds did in 1970. We were punished, it doesn't look like Villa will be. Neither instance could (or.should) be regarded as match-fixing but evidence of what clubs will do to prioritise competitions that they consider to have the greatest value. Leeds did it, Villa did and I suspect that it would be fairly easy to find a great many more examples at all levels of the game.