Ref admits to more fixed matches
Thursday, 3 February 2005 19:24The referee at the centre of the German match-fixing scandal has confessed to successfully fixing four fixtures, according to the German Football Association.
In addition to the primary fixture being investigated - the DFB-Pokal match between Paderborn and Hamburg - Robert Hoyzer has admitted to manipulating the result in the games between Wuppertal and Werder Bremen amateurs (May 30, 2004), Eintracht Braunschweig against St Pauli (June 5) and LR Ahlen against Wacker Burghausen (October 22).
The findings were revealed by the DFB today in a statement posted on their website.
The Berlin referee also admitted his intention of fixing the fixture between Duisburg and Greuther Furth (September 26), although his intervention was not necessary as the result concluded favourably for him and the betting mafia funding his behaviour.
Hoyzer tried to fix two further fixtures under his command, but failed on both occasions with the games between Paderborn and Chemnitz (May 22) and Unterhaching and Saarbrucken (November 28).
Meanwhile, three other referees remain suspended by the DFB while their involvement in several fixtures is investigated based on accusations made by Hoyzer.
"The three referees against which allegations of match-fixing have been raised will not be in action until the case has been cleared," said DFB referee council president Volker Roth.
"However, they remain innocent until proven guilty and should their innocence be proved beyond any doubt, they will obviously return to their duties and be supported in any way possible (by the DFB)."
The DFB are now concerned with appeals launched by the clubs involved in the fixed games and will decide on possible replays early next week and, in a bid to prevent any further problems, an independent company has been hired to survey betting activity in all games in the near future.
The company Betradar will monitor all betting activity for the DFB and report any extraordinary cases immediately so that any attempts to fix fixtures in future can be dealt with quickly.
