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Dan Kilpatrick

Ivan Toney bet on own team to lose games as gambling addiction laid bare

Brentford have vowed to stand by Ivan Toney and “do everything possible” to help him through a gambling addiction, after the FA this morning published the full written reasons for the England striker’s eight-month ban.

Among the most serious charges, the commission found Toney made 13 bets on his own club to lose in seven different matches between August 2017 and March 2018, although he did not play in any of the games.

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