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Dark dive into Asian football's corrupted underbelly.

If you're fascinated by the shadowy corners of professional sports where the thrill of the game meets the sleaziness of crime, "Match Fixer" is your ticket behind the scenes. You'll follow a player's personal journey through a world where ambition and honesty collide with greed and betrayal, providing a gritty read that's as much about the human spirit as it is about the sport.

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ISBN: 9789814276290
Authors: Neil Humphreys
Date of Publication: 2009-12-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Mystery, Suspense, Crime
Goodreads rating: 3.35
(rated by 55 readers)

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Match Fixer takes place inside the murky underbelly of Asian football. 'Squeaky-clean' Singapore plays host to betting syndicates, which have for decades fed off the insatiable illegal gambling habits of the local population and made a select few bookies very rich and far too powerful. Corruption is destroying The Beautiful Game in Asia and has spread its tentacles into the UK via spread betting cartels. Floodlights have been knocked out. Players jailed. Questions asked. Against such a backdrop, former West Ham apprentice striker Chris Osborne arrives in Singapore for a final roll of the dice to get his once promising career back on track. However, not even a boyhood spent growing up in London's East End prepares him for the crooked shenanigans, bloated former British footballing jetsam and the underground party drugs scene that welcome him to life in paradise.
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Dark dive into Asian football's corrupted underbelly.

If you're fascinated by the shadowy corners of professional sports where the thrill of the game meets the sleaziness of crime, "Match Fixer" is your ticket behind the scenes. You'll follow a player's personal journey through a world where ambition and honesty collide with greed and betrayal, providing a gritty read that's as much about the human spirit as it is about the sport.

  • POPULAR-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards Nominee for Fiction (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.