Ryan Bowman has been disqualified for 3 and a half years for having placed 6,397 bets in 15 months, many linked to games of his former teams. The former striker admitted the violations. Cheltenham confirmed and sentenced the case
The former striker of Shrewsbury Town and Exeter City, Ryan Bowmanhas been disqualified for three and a half years for having violated in a repeated and serious way the rules onbetting imposed by the Football Association. Fa made it known that the player, today 33 years old and currently free, admitted that he had made 6,397 bets Between June 15, 2022 and September 13, 2023, a period of just over twelve months.
Among these, 108 episodes concerned games or competitions involving the Exeter Cityteam in which he played until 2021. Also, Another 243 episodes were related to Shrewsbury Town racesthe club in which he played from 2021 until 2024. The violations are therefore directly connected to competitions in which Bowman was registered, further aggravating his position.
A Independent disciplinary commission examined the case, defining it “extremely serious“ and underlining the presence of “Numerous evident and systematic examples of infringements of the rules of the FA”. According to the Commission, It was not an isolated episode or occasional lightnessbut of continuous and conscious behavior.
Initially, Bowman had tried to defend himself declaring that the bets had been made by a friend without his knowledge. A version of the facts denied by the investigations: the player then admitted to having used Another person’s account To place part of the episodes. Only later, after erroneously affirmed that they were betting on horses, he confessed the real nature of his activities.
The Cheltenham Townhis last team before suspension, has issued a press release confirming the news and taking the distances from the player’s behavior. With this sentence, Ryan Bowman’s career suffers a sharp setback and remains to see if, at the end of the long disqualification, he can still return to the field.
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