Ten Footballers Who Have Been Sent To Prison Including Arsenal And Liverpool Legends As Lionel Messi Faces Possible Jail Sentence

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6. Peter Swan

This goalkeeper could have been considered one of Sheffield Wednesday’s greatest ever players, but tarnished all that upon being found to have been involved in match-fixing during a league match with Ipswich Town in 1962.

Swan and a number of teammates were part of a gambling ring that bet on Ipswich to win – which they did 2-0 – and was slapped with an eight-year ban from playing by the FA and four months in jail.

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