Lincoln City FC has confirmed the indefinite suspension of forward Chris Maguire, after the player allegedly breached the Football Association’s (FA) betting rules.
The 33-year-old former Scotland international is said to have placed 52 bets on football matches between March 2017 and February of this year, a period in which Maguire played for clubs including Oxford United and Bury.
This would represent a direct infringement of FA rule E8, which stipulates that participants can not “bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in or in connection with, a football match or competition.”
Lincoln City confirmed in a club statement that Maguire has been suspended “without prejudice until further notice,” with the player able to respond to the allegations until 30 August.