5 things we’ve learnt from the Sky-Bet Championship, Matchdays 9 and 10
Wow! What a week! With the revelations about England boss Sam Allardyce in the last few days, there have been further developments down at Sky Bet Championship level with Tommy Wright, the assistant manager of Barnsley being suspended over alleged corruption.
The weekly review will also be focussing on events on the pitch. The Sky Bet Championship had a double header again this week with Matchday’s 9 and 10. These featured some epic battles, a new club at the bottom and two UEFA Champions League winning managers facing off together for the first time in the league’s history. First up, we’ll start with events off the pitch.
#1 Barnsley are plunging into chaos
Sky Bet Championship side Barnsley have suspended their assistant-manager, Tommy Wright after allegations of corruption came to light when he was named in the Daily Telegraph. The revelations by the British newspaper have been part of a larger sting that involved Sam Allardyce who was removed from his post as England Manager earlier this week.
The alleged offence took place in August and the newspaper suggests he accepted £5,000 at a meeting with 2 undercover reporters posing as members of a Far East firm. They suggest that Wright, in exchange for the cash, would help them persuade Barnsley to sign players from this firm.
There is no suggestion that Barnsley football club were aware of this at any stage. Wright is filmed during one of the meetings and suggests: "I can just recommend players to you that I've gone and seen, and you will have to do your spicy dealing, whatever you do."
More to come:
The paper suggests that there are more corruption stories that they will announce later on in the week.
“Over the coming days, the Telegraph will detail a series of allegations of financial impropriety in British football which raise serious questions about the governance and influence of money within the game.”
They go on to state that they will release information based on,
“Ten managers that were named by player’s agents as taking bribes to fix player transfers.”
If true, the information they will release will be shocking and would shake English football to it’s very core.