Damian Rourke, who led the investigation, said: “Callum Saunders may well have been feeling happy about his Soccer AM appearance. The team’s YouTube channel posted footage of him playing several times, even though he’d claimed his injury meant he was unable to. The video of his goal against Three Bridges was seen more than 25,000 times on the Facebook page and 12,500 times on Twitter. It showed Saunders striking the ball from the halfway line with his right foot – the one he claimed was injured. Saunders, who now plays for Horsham FC in the Isthmian League Premier Division, was confronted with the key TV evidence from the Soccer AM show.

Source: Daily Mirror July 04, 2021 10:07 UTC