Kilmarnock striker Kyle Lafferty has called for a complete sporting ban for betting companies after the former Hearts and Rangers opened up on his past struggles with gambling.
Lafferty, 34, has enjoyed a successful spell in Scottish football throughout his career with over 50 top-flight goals, 89 caps for Northern Ireland, three consecutive Scottish top flight titles at Ibrox and appearances for a host of English sides. Making a memorable career for himself, the Enniskillen-born star now plies his trade at Rugby Park with his career coming to an end.
Though, by his own admittance, it has not all been plain sailing throughout his career. A player sometimes marred by controversy thanks to training ground bans, simulation suspensions and more, many will have scoffed at the news that Lafferty received a £23,000 ban for gambling on football whilst at Norwich City in 2016 - when in fact, there was unknowingly a bigger struggle going on for Lafferty.
