Audio: Incriminating Clips From BBC Bung Investigation

Filed in archive Premiership 2006/7 on September 21, 2006

The BBC Panaroma film Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets has caused quite a commotion, with accusations that high profile Premiership managers like Sam Allardyce profit personally from transfer deals.

We won't get to see FDS (as it's become known) here in the USA, but I have managed to track down some audio. Click the links below to hear the incriminating bits.

Agent Peter Harrison claiming that Sam Allardyce took bungs via his son Craig Allardyce, also an agent. If I go and see Sam (mp3)

Agent Charles Collymore telling the BBC's undercover man he knew 6-8 managers who would be up for receiving backhanders. There's managers out there who take bungs all day long (mp3)

Peter Harrison on the need to bribe not just the managers, but everybody from the Chief Exec to the scouts. I've already done it! (mp3)

While some managers seem to be involved in these shady dealings, seems like the real villains are the agents as they're the ones instigating and proposing everything. It wouldn't be a great shock if the accused managers get off lightly, or even completely, as the evidence here isn't really conclusive. But it might be enough to nail a few of the dirty agents like Harrison.

To download the entire audio version of Football's Dirty Secrets (63 minutes) visit Soccer-Europe.