Football's great conspiracy theories
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:48 pmafter seeing and being at some strange results over the years, football conspiracy is somthing i have always looked at.
Is there any games you can think of that could have been a conspiracy, not just the team you like gets beat but there is a bigger reason as to why things happend before during the game.
heres a few that are easy to find on the web.
Liverpool v Inter Milan, 1965:
Leading 3-1 from the first leg at Anfield, Bill Shankly's side were beaten 3-0 in front of 90,000 at the San Siro in what one Liverpool director referred to as evidence that "they are never going to let a British team win the European Cup." Ian St John saw one legitimate goal chalked off, while Spanish referee Jose Maria Oritz de Mendibil allowed two controversial Inter goals to stand.
Anderlecht v Nottingham Forest, 1984:
The only proven case of bribery affecting an English team's progression in Europe. Clough's Forest side won the first leg at the City Ground 2-0 only to lose 3-0 in Belgium, with a controversial goal ruled out. Anderlecht later admitted they had paid Spanish official Emilio Guruceta Muro £20,000 as "a loan" before the game
Leeds Utd v AC Milan, 1973:
A European Cup Winners' Cup final dominated by strange decisions from Greek referee Christos Michas, Norman Hunter being harshly dismissed and two Leeds penalty appeals turned away. The Greek FA later found Michas guilty of match-fixing in relation to events in the game and he was banned for life by Uefa.
the Leeds one is the most shocking, i saw this a year or so ago and its so funny, you would think that if you had been paid to make sure a team wins then you could do a better way of hiding it.
Is there any games you can think of that could have been a conspiracy, not just the team you like gets beat but there is a bigger reason as to why things happend before during the game.
heres a few that are easy to find on the web.
Liverpool v Inter Milan, 1965:
Leading 3-1 from the first leg at Anfield, Bill Shankly's side were beaten 3-0 in front of 90,000 at the San Siro in what one Liverpool director referred to as evidence that "they are never going to let a British team win the European Cup." Ian St John saw one legitimate goal chalked off, while Spanish referee Jose Maria Oritz de Mendibil allowed two controversial Inter goals to stand.
Anderlecht v Nottingham Forest, 1984:
The only proven case of bribery affecting an English team's progression in Europe. Clough's Forest side won the first leg at the City Ground 2-0 only to lose 3-0 in Belgium, with a controversial goal ruled out. Anderlecht later admitted they had paid Spanish official Emilio Guruceta Muro £20,000 as "a loan" before the game
Leeds Utd v AC Milan, 1973:
A European Cup Winners' Cup final dominated by strange decisions from Greek referee Christos Michas, Norman Hunter being harshly dismissed and two Leeds penalty appeals turned away. The Greek FA later found Michas guilty of match-fixing in relation to events in the game and he was banned for life by Uefa.
the Leeds one is the most shocking, i saw this a year or so ago and its so funny, you would think that if you had been paid to make sure a team wins then you could do a better way of hiding it.
