The sums have increased, the setting is less religious, but people are still taking 30 pieces of silver for betrayal. Whether it is the £5,000 bung rightly costing Tommy Wright his job at Barnsley or the £400,000 temptation for keynote speeches that contributed to Sam Allardyce’s departure from England, money pollutes parts of a game that risks losing its status as a national obsession. That is why the FA needs to increase sanctions on corruption, heeding the words of Chris Coleman yesterday. The Wales manager, frequently a source of sound thought on the game, called for any manager found taking…

Source: The Times September 29, 2016 23:03 UTC