I know it was a long time ago, but because it affected two teams which I followed Everton and Portsmouth (Sheffield Wednesday players were the main culprits) I can remember it well.

But poor old Portsmouth suffered the most I think, because their goalkeeper was one of if not the worst offender. He was in a position to take bribes and in my opinion he did so. Portsmouth went down in to the second division from the first (Now the Premiership) in that season. I don't think they ever recovered from that loss of takings. Funnily enough there seems to be no mention of his involvement in the scandal, so maybe it was just the way I felt about some of the goals I saw him let in (deliberately in my opinion) I know I always blamed him for Portsmouth's demise.

Prior to that particular scandal Portsmouth was one of the outstanding teams of the first division. My team Everton had the ringleader Jimmy Gauld if I remember correctly, I think Tony Kaye had just been transferred to Everton or from Everton to Sheffield Wednesday. both excellent players who had no need to behave as they did. What gets in to these people? I know they didn't get paid astronomical sums like today's players but they were better off than most people. They certainly didn't need the money.

The present scandal looks to be much more serious and I bet the media is doing its best to ferret out which teams and players in this country are/were involved.