Football is Fixed

[Malcolm John]

Most English fans are adamant that the English Premier League is entirely free of match fixing.

I don't share their absolutist position.

I do to be honest, there's no way that games in the English Premiership are fixed, absolutely no chance whatsoever that has ever gone on, even in the Championship its extremely unlikely to the point of being impossible, I don't doubt there is match fixing in English football, but no way in the top two leagues absolutely no chance whatsoever, thats the biggest sport in the world on the biggest domestic stage of all, its just not possible for a variety of reasons. Do you know what these guys earn btw? You would need to pay them so much to fix a game it would make it economically unviable, and betting patterns would be picked up etc, the whole game is under so much scrutiny at that level its simply not plausible at all that any match fixing has ever gone on, lower down sure, the Premiership no chance.