Wycombe Wanderers player Scott Kashket has been banned from all football-related activity for six months, with four months suspended, for betting breaches, the Football Association has announced.
Kashket has admitted that placed a total of 183 bets on football matches, between September 2014 and August 2016, during his time at former club Leyton Orient.
Wanderers continue to offer their full support to @scottkashket as he begins a ban from all football activity following a breach of the FA's betting rules prior to joining the club. https://t.co/81PUUoHunV
— Wycombe Wanderers (@wwfcofficial) January 24, 2020
The striker had placed a total of £14,086.85 on the bets, with a total return of £13,639.10 which saw him make an overall loss of £1,167.75.
The FA’s statement also explains that two months of the suspension are effective immediately and the additional four months will come into effect if he commits a further breach of the FA’s Betting Rules before July 21, 2021.
Wycombe confirmed that both they and the player have decided that they will not be appealing the decision.
Kashket said in a statement on the club website: “I regret my actions and will learn from the experience to improve myself both as a person and a player.
“I am thankful to Wycombe Wanderers for their ongoing support and am determined to come back stronger in two months’ time.”
A statement from Wycombe read: “Wycombe Wanderers continues to offer its full support to Scott, and while the club does not condone rule breaches of this nature, it recognises that the charge relates entirely to a difficult period in Scott’s career at his previous club Leyton Orient.”
Prospective majority shareholder Rob Couhig said: “I have found Scott to be a first-rate person and, while this is not an excuse for his actions, the treatment he sustained at Leyton Orient – under their previous ownership structure – was unconscionable.
“I am glad he has taken personal responsibility for his actions and that Leyton Orient are under new progressive ownership and leadership.
“We now look forward to drawing a line under the situation and having Scott fully fit and refreshed for the final few weeks of the season.”
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Fans have given their reaction after finding out that the Wycombe player has been banned from football-related activity…
Irony @FA @efl ? It's a joke that you will promote betting when receiving money for it! At least @wwfcofficial had morals and refused big money sponsorship from betting firms pic.twitter.com/ydaDEBi9T0
— Paul Brazier (@pBraz86) January 24, 2020
Well done to the club for standing by him and offering him the support he needs.
— Gary Broughton (@gbroughton87) January 24, 2020
Typical FA punish the wrong club.
— Cliff Buckle (@BuckleCliff) January 24, 2020
Everybody makes mistakes he is human. Glad the club is fully behind him ?
— Steven Gravett (@GravettSteven) January 24, 2020
I bet he regrets doing that.
— Phil Simpson (@PhilSimp88) January 24, 2020
I can’t like a post that says @scottkashket is banned, but I’m proud of him for taking responsibility and that the ban is a short one that will see him back on the pitch as @wwfcofficial close the season. Sending?&?.
— Annie Coffman (@AnnieCOSPGS) January 24, 2020
Very valid point! Money talks…
— Ben Miles (@itsbenmiles) January 24, 2020
The FA once again give a bullshit punishment to a player with no sense of context. Never had the bollocks to tackle the owners of @leytonorientfc and the shit they created for fans there did they?
— Tagfcuk (@Tagfcuk) January 24, 2020
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