It was a story that started almost a year and a half ago in a blaze of publicity which involved a major newspaper, allegations of corruption in another sport, a non-league football club and suicide. Now, with the half-way point in the following season fast approaching, it seems almost certain that the final chapter to play out in the life of Croydon Athletic Football Club will end in the collapse of a club which found itself thrust into the front page of newspapers around the world and, as the authorities pick over the carcass of this club over the next few weeks and months, a question well worth asking will be that of how nobody came to recognise the signs that there was something terribly, horribly wrong at this club earlier than it was.

Match fixing, betting scams and financial irregularities: six other scandals from football's murky past

Wayne Rooney's father was arrested today in connection with an alleged football betting scam. Sadly the beautiful game's murkier past is littered with scandals. Here's six of the most notable.

The non-league season the Isthmian League aside started yesterday, and we're delighted to be able to bring you highlights of four matches this evening, one from the Blue Square Premier, two from the Blue Square South and one from the Premier Division of the Southern League. The first match is between Hayes & Yeading United and Alfreton Town.

Is Peter Risdale the man to bring Plymouth Argyle out of their slump?

For all you Birmingham and West Ham fans who are finding the thought of playing at a lower level deplorable, that your finances will be stretched and your stature to lower, consider this – at least you're not a Plymouth Argyle fan.

It has been a wretched season for St Albans City. Twenty-five years at the sixth level of the English pyramid -one of which, the 2006/07 season had been spent a division higher in the Blue Square Premier came to a crashing halt this season in a fog of humiliation, as they were docked ten points for financial irregularities and finished well adrift at the foot of the Blue Square South.

Last weekend was the final matchday of the Costa Rican Verano tournament, and the quarterfinal pairings are now confirmed. Here they are with finishing position in parentheses: (A1) Saprissa - (B4) Santos (A3) Cartaginés - (B2) San Carlos (B1) Alajuelense - (A4) Pérez Zeledón (B2) Limón - (B3) Herediano Recall that Barrio México (ex Libería Mía) were relegated due to financial irregularities earlier in the season, and Herediano were docked points.

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Palestinian international debut, Wenger, Ferguson in trouble with referees and QPR in financial trouble. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

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Palestinian international debut, Wenger, Ferguson in trouble with referees and QPR in financial trouble. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

Ahsan Ali Syed, the man with a Midas touch who rode into Blackburn as their saviour until several financial irregularities exposed by the BBC forced him out of contention is back in the news.

The mug happy Indian businessman is now the focus of increasing media scrutiny over a global scam involving millions of dollars.

After almost one hundred and three years, St Albans City of the Blue Square South made their first trip to Wembley in an official capacity on Friday, but there was no silverware to be won from the disciplinary committee of the Football Association. The club had been charged with financial irregularities during the 2008/09 Blue Square South season and the punishment meted out by the FA was harsh a £7,500 fine and an immediate ten point deduction that sinks the club to the foot of the Blue Square South table and may prove to be the death knell for their season.