Ivan Toney bet on his own team to lose 13 times and has been diagnosed as a gambling addict after the Football Association revealed its full written reasons for the Brentford striker’s eight-month ban from football.
The 27-year-old was charged with 262 breaches of the FA’s betting rules between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021 before the FA withdrew 30 of the breaches, and he admitted to the remaining 232. That led to a £50,000 fine and an eight-month ban from football, which started last week and runs until January 2024, although he can resume training in September.
