| Huw 10:36 - May 30 with 2249 views | KeithHaynes |
Following a personal hearing with an independent regulatory commission, and a subsequent Football Association appeal, Swansea City player liaison officer Huw Lake has been suspended from all football and football-related activities for 12 months and fined £1,500 following misconduct in relation to betting.
The suspension – which is backdated to March 25 2024 – comes after Huw admitted to breaches of FA rules related to placing bets on football.
Huw admitted the offences upon being charged and he and the club have cooperated fully with the subsequent investigation by the football authorities.
He initially received a 12-month ban – nine months of which was suspended – but the FA chose to appeal that decision.
The full judgement has been published on the FA’s website.
The club supported Huw throughout the FA’s proceedings and will continue to do so.
Swansea City will make no further comment regarding this matter.
FA comment. Full judgement.
Swansea City’s player liaison officer has been suspended from all football and football-related activity for 12 months and fined £1,500 following misconduct in relation to betting.
The FA alleged that Huw Lake had placed 2,476 bets on football matches between 03 April 2018 and 24 September 2023, and he subsequently admitted to this charge.
An independent Regulatory Commission imposed a 12-month ban from all football and football-related activity, with three months to be served immediately and the remainder to be suspended until the end of the 2024/25 season, and £1,500 fine.
The FA appealed against the independent Regulatory Commission’s decision on the grounds that it came to a decision which no reasonable such body could have come; and imposed a penalty, award or sanction that was so unduly lenient as to be unreasonable.
An independent Appeal Board found that the decision to suspend nine months of the suspension was unreasonable and/or so unduly lenient as to be unreasonable, and it substituted a 12-month suspension to be served in its entirety from 25 March 2024.
The written reasons for both the independent Appeal Board and Regulatory Commission’s decisions can be read below.
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| Huw on 10:57 - May 30 with 1938 views | union_jack |
Idiot. Should have known better! |  |
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| Huw on 11:06 - May 30 with 1924 views | onehunglow |
| Huw on 10:57 - May 30 by union_jack |
Idiot. Should have known better! |
Betting
A curse
Permeates throughout football |  |
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| Huw on 11:44 - May 30 with 1875 views | YrAlarch |
| Huw on 11:06 - May 30 by onehunglow |
Betting
A curse
Permeates throughout football |
Quite right. The trouble is that betting and football go hand in glove. | | | |
| Huw on 11:46 - May 30 with 1869 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
A zero tolerance starting from 1 Jan 2025. Life ban. When people know the score they will act accordingly. Without trust to game is finished. Will it work? You bet it will.
No excuses no sympathy. |  |
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| Huw on 12:14 - May 30 with 1825 views | theloneranger |
"The FA claimed the total value of bets placed by Lake amounted to £91,957.71, which resulted in returns of £84,520.15 - a total net loss of £7,437.56." |  |
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| Huw on 12:18 - May 30 with 1802 views | Whiterockin |
| Huw on 12:14 - May 30 by theloneranger |
"The FA claimed the total value of bets placed by Lake amounted to £91,957.71, which resulted in returns of £84,520.15 - a total net loss of £7,437.56." |
He's quite a successful gambler then.  |  |
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| Huw on 13:54 - May 30 with 1639 views | onehunglow |
| Huw on 11:44 - May 30 by YrAlarch |
Quite right. The trouble is that betting and football go hand in glove. |
And it corrodes from within .
They stopped tobacco advertising as they did alcohol so why not betting
It’s because of the powerful Betting industry with politicians having their heads in the trough | |
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| Huw on 14:36 - May 30 with 1598 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
£92k????
Bloody hell must have a serious problem. |  |
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| Huw on 15:04 - May 30 with 1550 views | Flashberryjack |
And we must be paying him far to much. |  |
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| Huw on 15:40 - May 30 with 1497 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Huw on 15:04 - May 30 by Flashberryjack |
And we must be paying him far to much. |
Sorry but he is as they say "itk". What did WRU with Robert Howley?
Is there a "Culture problem" at the club? There have been worrying signs which suggest there might be.
Old boys culture perhaps.? Swans TV has been on the easy oasey for some time. | |
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| Huw on 15:51 - May 30 with 1489 views | union_jack |
| Huw on 11:46 - May 30 by ReslovenSwan1 |
A zero tolerance starting from 1 Jan 2025. Life ban. When people know the score they will act accordingly. Without trust to game is finished. Will it work? You bet it will.
No excuses no sympathy. |
Was that a deliberate pun in there Res?😂 | |
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| Huw on 15:59 - May 30 with 1474 views | Whiterockin |
| Huw on 15:51 - May 30 by union_jack |
Was that a deliberate pun in there Res?😂 |
It's in relation to those running the club. | |
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| Huw on 16:31 - May 30 with 1412 views | GixerJack |
| Huw on 11:46 - May 30 by ReslovenSwan1 |
A zero tolerance starting from 1 Jan 2025. Life ban. When people know the score they will act accordingly. Without trust to game is finished. Will it work? You bet it will.
No excuses no sympathy. |
Huw would put a tenner on it |  | | |
| Huw on 18:40 - May 30 with 1280 views | max936 |
| Huw on 15:59 - May 30 by Whiterockin |
It's in relation to those running the club. |
The useless Trusts fault mun, it has to be  |  |
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| Huw on 23:08 - May 30 with 1079 views | Boundy |
| Huw on 12:18 - May 30 by Whiterockin |
He's quite a successful gambler then. |
Punishment enough | |
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| Huw on 09:20 - May 31 with 920 views | onehunglow |
| Huw on 23:08 - May 30 by Boundy |
Punishment enough |
I’ve had plenty of spats on the rights of folk to have fun by gambling .
I stand by every word
It is a mugs game that kills | |
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| Huw on 13:50 - May 31 with 859 views | Boundy |
| Huw on 09:20 - May 31 by onehunglow |
I’ve had plenty of spats on the rights of folk to have fun by gambling .
I stand by every word
It is a mugs game that kills |
Only once I bet on a horse race, back in the *80's an American jockey , Steve Cauthen was over here and winning everything , I placed a modest ( but valuable at the time ) fiver on him and the he lost his first race , I've never bet since nor want to. | |
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| Huw on 13:55 - May 31 with 857 views | onehunglow |
| Huw on 13:50 - May 31 by Boundy |
Only once I bet on a horse race, back in the *80's an American jockey , Steve Cauthen was over here and winning everything , I placed a modest ( but valuable at the time ) fiver on him and the he lost his first race , I've never bet since nor want to. |
Remember him.great jockey | |
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| Huw on 15:19 - May 31 with 814 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
Bet £50 a month on M and G North American Dividend fund. Benefit from US growth dividends and Dollar movement against Sterling. It has given me a lot of enjoyment over the years. | |
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| Huw on 16:38 - May 31 with 757 views | GixerJack |
| Huw on 15:19 - May 31 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Bet £50 a month on M and G North American Dividend fund. Benefit from US growth dividends and Dollar movement against Sterling. It has given me a lot of enjoyment over the years. |
How does that work then? I could be tempted to get down and dirty on this one | | | |
| Huw on 17:50 - May 31 with 718 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Huw on 16:38 - May 31 by GixerJack |
How does that work then? I could be tempted to get down and dirty on this one |
I am not an advisor but giving you my preferred bet. One can ring up or set up an online account. Up 40% in three years and a good run for a long time.
https://www.trustnet.com/factsheets/O/0zcj/m&g-north-american-dividend///
Put in an ISA and pay not tax. If Huw has done this instead of gambling he could buy a house up by me in Seven Sisters. [Post edited 31 May 17:56]
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| Huw on 18:04 - May 31 with 685 views | onehunglow |
I used to play the market but after putting thousands in Iofina and Staffline,I quit.
I’ve since sold all my stocks and shares and am spending the money .
It’s a risky business
Iofina and Staffline were strong buys but collapsed overnight .
Their graphs I just couldn’t post as it’s too painful . | |
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| Huw on 18:41 - May 31 with 655 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Huw on 18:04 - May 31 by onehunglow |
I used to play the market but after putting thousands in Iofina and Staffline,I quit.
I’ve since sold all my stocks and shares and am spending the money .
It’s a risky business
Iofina and Staffline were strong buys but collapsed overnight .
Their graphs I just couldn’t post as it’s too painful . |
I gave up individual stock picks after the 1999 crash. A good tracker like this does the work for me. You will notice this one performs better than the AI American index average. Over 50 year US indexes beat UK one comfortably. | |
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| Huw on 19:01 - May 31 with 636 views | hobo |
Not really. He ended up losing 7k spanning just under 6 years - so he lost around 1200 a year. I'm sure the majority of people spend more than £20/week on alcohol for example, and wouldn't bat an eyelid |  | | |
| Huw on 19:44 - May 31 with 601 views | onehunglow |
| Huw on 18:41 - May 31 by ReslovenSwan1 |
I gave up individual stock picks after the 1999 crash. A good tracker like this does the work for me. You will notice this one performs better than the AI American index average. Over 50 year US indexes beat UK one comfortably. |
Smart stuff fair play | |
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