Fixed

My Secret Life as a Match Fixer

Moses Swaibu

• Publisher: Blink Publishing
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789468458
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies

'Exposes a dark and corrupt underworld in British football' Joao Castelo-Branco, ESPN

'Gritty, dark and inspiring - you won't have read a story like this before' Daniel Taylor, The Athletic and New York Times

'The descent from talented footballer to convicted criminal is shocking. The journey thereafter is nothing short of inspirational' Rob Dorsett, Sky Sports

'A compelling and necessary story' Nicolas Sayde, Council of Europe

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In 2012, English football was rocked by the biggest match-fixing operation to hit these shores in the modern era. An Asian syndicate had infiltrated the Conference South with players being offered vast sums of money to help rig games and net millions of pounds for the fixers. Loyal fans attending matches were oblivious to the fact that outcomes had been predetermined. The remarkable story of how this syndicate was able to take hold of the national sport is told to us by a man who not only played in many of these games, but went to jail for helping to fix them - Moses Swaibu.

Fixed breaks new ground as Moses Swaibu becomes the first player ever to write openly about how he helped to fix games, revealing exactly what happens on the pitch when a match is being manipulated. He also exposes how the criminal gangs operate, how young professional players are targeted and groomed and the threats of violence that are used to keep them in check. From fixer, to rehabilitation, Swaibu's story of redemption offers a fascinating insight into the ugly side of the beautiful game. This is a sporting account like none ever written before.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• CHAPTER 1. Game Over
• CHAPTER 2. Football Saved My Life
• CHAPTER 3. Street Life
• CHAPTER 4. Palace Academy
• CHAPTER 5. The Lincoln Imp
• CHAPTER 6. Delroy and the Russian
• CHAPTER 7. Cigarette-Smoking Man
• CHAPTER 8. The Fix Is In!
• CHAPTER 9. Moses in the Middle
• CHAPTER 10. How to Fix a Football Match
• CHAPTER 11. Tan’s Baby
• CHAPTER 12. Moses’ Ten Commandments of Match Fixing
• CHAPTER 13. Braveheart
• CHAPTER 14. Hanging up My Boots
• CHAPTER 15. Well Groomed
• CHAPTER 16. The Lure of Filthy Lucre
• CHAPTER 17. Transfer to Birmingham
• CHAPTER 18. Locked PIN
• CHAPTER 19. The Trial
• CHAPTER 20. The Sting
• CHAPTER 21. Going to College
• CHAPTER 22. Fixing the Game
• EPILOGUE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS