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Old 01-10-2018, 06:34 PM   #736
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Originally Posted by Weitz View Post
You’re going to need to elaborate on this!
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An English soccer player who enjoyed a meat pie on the sideline during a game was forced to resign on Tuesday after his meal spurred a formal investigation into gambling. The strange tale involves a Cinderella team, a bookmaker eager for publicity and, most important, a portly, middle-aged goalkeeper with a taste for meat and potatoes.

When Sutton United, a small team from the fifth tier of English soccer, met mighty Arsenal in an F.A. Cup fifth-round match on Monday, there was naturally a lot of attention on the game. One of the Sutton players who was singled out for pregame press was Wayne Shaw, as much for his girth as for his talent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/s...occer-pie.html

It appears that it wasnt Paddy Power but another British betting site.
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