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 5th 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 31st and the striker is expected to move to another club before then.
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