The former Norwich Rangers striker by the name Kyle Lafferty has pleaded guilty to accepting a Football Association betting charge. He further received a strict warning and in addition to a £23,000 fine from the FA. Lafferty had placed a bet on a match that caused him to breach the FA rule E8, he did this on February 20, 2016. The bet he placed was on the result, conduct, progress or any other feature or occurrence relating to the football match or competition. The 28-year old striker made only one premier league appearance on the season of 2015-16. He later spent the end of the season on Birmingham City before featuring for Northern Ireland at Euro 2016.

Even though Northern Ireland and Norwich did not play on the said date, it was wrong for Lafferty to place the bet since the E8 rule forbids professional players from betting on matches they are participating in. the rule also forbids players from placing bets on matches they have influence on or even on any other football match taking place anywhere in the world. He has therefore being given until August 5^th to respond to the misconduct charge. He was thereafter charged and fined £23,000.

There was an FA statement release which stated that £23,000 had being placed as a fine on Kyle Lafferty after he pleaded guilty to the offence. He was also given a warning relating to his future conduct. The player fell out of favor with Norwich since he made six appearances and only scored one goal. In the qualifying matches he managed to score for Northern Irish and also participated in the Euro 2016 where he played for his country in the last 16 match. The transfer window is due to close on August 31^st and the striker is expected to move to another club before then.

The TLCBET brand has been having an extremely strong and loyal customer support from China. It is one of the leading Asian betting and gaming operator that has been offering a number of online sports betting and casino games. It is well known for innovation and approving various marketing strategies. The Asian betting operator has then come out and announced that it will be the official betting partner of Middlesbrough for the 2016/17 FC in the Premier League season. The ‘Boro’ betting partnership has been confirmed by the TLCBET marketing. This came before the start of the English Premier League due to start this weekend.

Middlesbrough will be taking on Stoke City. The Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium has a capacity of 34,000 and this will oversee TLCBET promoted through the stadium by the betting partnership. TLCBET has a vision of expanding its profile in the highly competitive UK betting market. This is causing it to receive further match day high brand visibility placements. TLCBET is taking up Middlesbrough betting partnership as its second football sponsorship. They had launched their brand last year in the UK and did this as the official shirt sponsor of West Bromwich Albion. Mick Chong who is TLCBET Brand director was delighted to be partnering with Middlesbrough Football Club.

He also added that he was prepared to embark on a new season as the Premier League approaches. He added that he had confidence that the Boro brand would successfully be promoted in Asia. TLCBET would be put on the global stage and through this they would easily associate with fans from all over the world. He said that he is expecting a very great season.  Lee Fryett who is Head of Partnerships stated that they were happy to be welcoming TLCBET as the official partner of Middlesbrough Football Club. He added that the partnership would enhance their reputation back in China. TLCBET brand will be able to appear on the official club website and social media channels that will be on the pitch-side of LED advertising.

Middlesbrough fans will be able to receive tickets of Hospitality and general admission for the various games at the Riverside as part of the on-going promotions.