Whites coach BETS AGAINST TEAM (and wins)

You sure it wasnt a pot of copper you wonky cow

He's resigned.

Maybe pressure was put on him to resign as an alternative to being sacked? A bit sad really because he was only a fitness coach for the juniors. Facebook must have caused misery to countless numbers of people if truth be told.

Reebok Trotter wrote:Maybe pressure was put on him to resign as an alternative to being sacked? A bit sad really because he was only a fitness coach for the juniors. Facebook must have caused misery to countless numbers of people if truth be told.

Dead right. Just a fella backing his judgement.

His stake was only £6. It's not as if he is the next Nick Leeson. The management should simply have had a quiet word with him and told him not to divulge his betting choices on social media and that should have been the end of it.

Gordon Taylor was exposed as a massive gambler but he refused to resign and has still kept his job.

One rule for one.....

Reebok Trotter wrote:His stake was only £6. It's not as if he is the next Nick Leeson. The management should simply have had a quiet word with him and told him not to divulge his betting choices on social media and that should have been the end of it.

Gordon Taylor was exposed as a massive gambler but he refused to resign and has still kept his job.

One rule for one.....

  This is absolutely outrageous if he's been pushed into quitting. I'm getting seriously fed up of the internet knee jerkers getting more and more power. This smacks of Gartside and the gang running scared when the lad did nothing wrong except misjudge how he told his mate he'd had a good day. Stupid, yes. Sinister? not on your nelly. If Gartside had anything to do with this lad losing his job it's yet another nail in that useless twerp's coffin for me.  

luckyPeterpiper wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:His stake was only £6. It's not as if he is the next Nick Leeson. The management should simply have had a quiet word with him and told him not to divulge his betting choices on social media and that should have been the end of it.

Gordon Taylor was exposed as a massive gambler but he refused to resign and has still kept his job.

One rule for one.....

  This is absolutely outrageous if he's been pushed into quitting. I'm getting seriously fed up of the internet knee jerkers getting more and more power. This smacks of Gartside and the gang running scared when the lad did nothing wrong except misjudge how he told his mate he'd had a good day. Stupid, yes. Sinister? not on your nelly. If Gartside had anything to do with this lad losing his job it's yet another nail in that useless twerp's coffin for me.  

I feel for the kid.  Childish mistake and he is paying for it.  I also hope the club did not push him out.  Should have been a lesson learned and that's it.

Coach resigns after betting against his own side and boasting about winnings on Facebook

A coach who bet his football club would lose a game - and then boasted about picking up his winnings on Facebook - has resigned.

As revealed by the M.E.N. Matty Dewhurst posted that he had scooped £231.59 from an accumulator that included a victory for QPR, who were playing against his employers Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday night.

In a conversation with a pal the Academy fitness and conditioning coach, 23, posted on the site he revealed he had landed his winnings after betting £6 on the outcome of nine matches.

The Championship club, who lost 2-1, launched an investigation but it is understood Mr Dewhurst, a former Little Lever High pupil, offered his resignation and handed over a letter of apology.

Both were accepted.

There is no suggestion that Mr Dewhurst tried to influence the result but in light of the match-fixing allegations that have rocked football his actions were viewed as unwise.

FA rules prohibit all club staff from gambling on any match the club participates in.

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A spokesman for Bolton , currently languishing in 18th place in the Championship, repeated that the matter was being dealt with internally but shortly after confirmed Mr Dewhurst had apologised and left the club.

Mr Dewhurst, who is from Bolton posted a status update revealing his delight at winning the bet.

"Derby County, 0-2 at home to Yeovil, come back to win 3-2 in the last minute to win me £230 for my accumulator!!. Buzzing!!," it read.

He was then told by a friend that he had trumped his own bet and responded by brandishing further details of his own wager.

"I had a few teams on to be fair, derby, QPR, yoounited (Manchester United), Reading, Real Madrid, Swansea, Wolves, Chesterfield and Norwich Newcastle draw, £6 for £231.59 back," he added.

On the same Facebook account Mr Dewhurst lists his job as Academy U9s - U16s, International Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Reebok club.

Bolton have lost their last three games, one of which was a 7-1 hammering at Reading.

Mr Dewhurst's Facebook account could not be viewed tonight (Thursday).

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Reebok Trotter wrote:Maybe pressure was put on him to resign as an alternative to being sacked? A bit sad really because he was only a fitness coach for the juniors. Facebook must have caused misery to countless numbers of people if truth be told.

Your right about facebook although people do have a brain and are accountable for their own actions.

If people thought a little more before going on facebook every 5 seconds and posting to tell everyone their whole life story and posting things that could jeopardize their job/relationship etc then people wouldn't get in to trouble over it.

Thank fuck I'm not on it!   

The last thing I would want my club to be involved in is another young lad ending up on the dole. I hope there was no pressure to resign and trust this bit of publicity gets him another job offer soon.

The media moan about obese kids not getting enough exercise and poor diet. If we want to be seen as a family club bringing through youth our club could have gained some good PR and an association with kids health in the community from this.

Can somebody please start a knee jerk Facebook campaign about this and about how stupid the whole thing is!