Mark Clattenburg has revealed that he was accused of match-fixing by a fellow official in 2015, labelling his colleague ‘a snake, the smiling assassin’.
Writing in his autobiography Whistle Blower, to be released on September 30, the former Premier League referee says that PGMOL boss Mike Riley instructed Howard Webb to investigate after the suspicion was raised.
Webb, at the time PGMOL technical director, found no evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever and warned Riley that to make public the allegations could ruin Clattenburg’s career. The matter was dropped.
Mark Clattenburg has revealed that he was accused of match-fixing by a fellow official in 2015
But Clattenburg wrote: ‘He (unnamed official) suspected me of match-fixing.