OTD E0153 — 02 Apr 1915: The Good Friday Betting Scandal

02 Apr 1915: Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–0 in a First Division match that soon became one of English football’s first great betting scandals. This episode traces professional football’s precarious early economics, the deep roots of gambling in British sporting life, the wartime pressures of the 1914/15 season, the strange match at Old Trafford itself, the FA inquiry and life bans, and why the game would keep confronting the same corruption problem long after Good Friday 1915.Ideas: [email protected]