Wayne Shaw was hungry. So he ate a meat pie. Nothing wrong with that.
Except that he’s a goalie for Sutton United and his team was playing Arsenal in an Football Assn. Cup match at the time. And that he knew a betting company had 8-1 odds that the 300-plus-pound goalie would grab a snack on the sideline during that match.
“A few of the lads said to me earlier on, ‘What is going on with the 8-1 about eating a pie?’" Shaw told British media. “I said, ‘I don’t know. I’ve eaten nothing all day, so I might give it a go later on.