Talk:Goal of the Season
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According to this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/match_of_the_day/6709225.stm, Daniel Agger's goal was goal of the season. Van Persie's was goal of the month, not season. I'm not a wikipediaphile (don't ever shorten that phrase) so don't know how to change it.
- I've changed it now - I wasn't entirely sure who actually won it myself (I missed the result, although Leonardo clearly telegraphed it...). Kinitawowi 09:56, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
are you sure? i thought mcfadden won goal of the season? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.65.67.239 (talk) 00:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Betting scandal
Emmanuel Adebayor had won the 2007-8 season's "Goal of the Season" however the decision made by a panel of BBC pundits was leaked.
Betting company Blue Square, who suspended bets on the outcome after taking £10,000 on Adebayor's volley against Tottenham in just four hours on Wednesday, have revealed they cannot give the corporation crucial information.
And they have also admitted they will not open a book on the winner - decided by a panel of Alan Shearer, Alan Hansen and Lee Dixon and set to be announced during Saturday's Football Focus - in future.
"If these were bets on a football match, we would have a 'memorandum of understanding' with the FA, but because this is a novelty market nothing exists like that," said Blue Square spokesman Alan Alger.
"So, we can't give the names or locations of who placed a bet. Because of data protection for our customers, we can only give the BBC the figures. The BBC have asked for as much information as we can give them, but at the moment it looks like that's only going to be dates and times of bets."
Adebayor's goal had been priced at 9-2 until the flurry of bets. Even when cut to 1-5, the firm reported interest.
The BBC are adamant they have are blameless. "It was a panel decision and the competition has been carried out under the BBC's new rigorous competition guidelines," they said in a statement. "We have requested further details from Blue Square, but at this stage we can see no evidence of any improper conduct."
