Sutton United have sacked their second-choice goalkeeper Wayne Shaw for eating a pie on the bench during their FA Cup clash with Arsenal on Monday. The 45-year-old goalkeeper grabbed the attention of the football fans all over the world when he appeared live on TV eating the pie as the game against the gunners went on.
With all the three substititutions already made, there was no way the celebriuty goalkeeper would have featured in the match, hence his decision to have a snack as he watched on. But there are also some allegations that he was involved in gambling especially after SunBets, a betting company, had offered 8-1 odds for Shaw to eat a pie live on camera.
Name a more iconic duo, we'll wait...
— Sun Bets (@SunBets) February 20, 2017
Wayne Shaw To Eat A Pie Live On Air = 8/1https://t.co/RbjPZpZ6NK #FACup #SUTARS pic.twitter.com/0YbfWbsHJh
According to FA's rules, it is illegal for players to gamble or offer insider information that would manipulate the results of a game or favor a particular bet. The goalkeeper recently defended himself against the allegations of gambling, but it seems the fifth-division club are not willing to hear any of it has he undergoes investigations by the FA.
Here's how the football world reacted to the news of his sacking
I think the moral of this Wayne Shaw/#piegate/gambling story is simply, whatever you do, do not get sponsored by The S*n.
— Olly Allen (@OllyAllen1998) February 21, 2017
He plays this right now could make a fortune #WayneShaw
— floyd cooper (@floyd2103) February 21, 2017
UPDATE: Wayne Shaw has resigned from his positions on the team after an investigation was launched into a potential breach of betting rules…
— Michelle Polanski (@MichellePolans3) February 21, 2017
I hope they cancel the Jamie Vardy movie and make one about Wayne Shaw instead
— Andy Castell (@AJ3) February 21, 2017
@suttonunitedyou've gone from fan favourites to an absolute disgrace in a day ! you've fired your best thing you had at the club!#WayneShaw
— Rourke Broad (@RourkeBroad7) February 21, 2017
Wayne Shaw should now get an agent and sign up to do advertising for a pie company.
— John Fidler (@johnfidler) February 21, 2017
Now that Wayne Shaw has resigned I hope Channel 4 offer him the 'Great British Bake-Off' job.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 21, 2017
So Wayne Shaw has had to resign from Sutton Utd, pretty sure he will still have a job guaranteed in the catering van outside #piegate
— Alex Richards (@alexrich93) February 21, 2017
Can't wait for all the hilarious "Wayne Shaw's Pie" Twitter accounts.
— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) February 21, 2017
Talking to future grandkids, "football was better in my day, i remember wayne shaw eating a pukka on the bench" Shut up grandad
— tom woodroffe (@thomaswoodroffe) February 21, 2017
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