[Redash]

The football league rules were indeed broken, Cav was rightly punished.
The accumulator that Cav had was the bookies version of the pools, the stake & winnings would not make it worthwhile influencing any games. The rules were introduced to stop big money bets and match-fixing. The Football League banned players gambling on their own league or matches that they are involved in, All bets from 1p upwards.

Cav was a working man, like many of us, he likes a flutter, like many of us, he bet a fiver, he could have won a couple of hundred if all his matches had the right result, he probably did it every week, he most probably did it as a side, from the horses whilst waiting for a result to come in.
The amounts Cav was involved in would not have been worthwhile trying to fix any matches, and would not have raised any eyebrows with the authorities, that is, until the greedy ones got caught. If Cav did have the ability to influence the result, we would have won more games.
Cav broke the "rules" but he didn't bet on us to lose. Playing in a match, when you have big money riding on getting beaten, opens up many avenues of corruption and should be punished with prison and a lifetime ban from sport.

Betting on your own team to win, although against the rules, is morally right. Also if you bet big money on your team to win, would this not give more motivation to play better.

I stand with Ray on the Clayton end, every game he puts £2 or £3 on Stanley to win 2-1. Some he wins, some he loses, I think he is in profit this season for the first time in years. I regard Cav and Ray as the same in the gambling stakes, hence Cav is forgiven, and Williams, Harris and Mannix will never be forgiven.