Nfld resident Bruce Grobbelaar

[nolando]

Was shocked to read that he is living and still playing, in Corner Brook, Nfld of all places:

 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27027766

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27031236

 

http://www.thewesternstar.com/Sports/Soccer/2013-10-16/article-3429390/Bruce-Grobbelaar-content-with-senior-soccer-season,-despite-championship-game-disappointment/1

[Trillium]

He has been there for years... his wife is a charming and successfull Doctor in the community. Its to bad the CSA folks have not tapped into him a bit more, he could be great resource, a former top player and International manager.

[Trillium]

A man with no integrity whatsoever. The evidence against him in his match fixing trial was damning. The CSA should steer well clear of this toe rag.

 

Comments from an article about his trial:

 

The jury put on headphones to listen to some of the conversation, filmed in a Southampton hotel room.

They have been told that, mentioning the Manchester United game, Grobbelaar said he lost £125,000 when diving the wrong way he instinctively made two "blinding saves''. The goalkeeper agreed on the tape a save against Norwich had come when the ball hit his feet.

In a further conversation Grobbelaar talks of pushing the ball into the back of the net against Coventry two minutes into the game. But Southampton came back and "steamrollered'', winning 3-1.

 

http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/1893

AUGUST 1997 - Second criminal trial at Winchester. All four defendants are found not guilty of conspiracy to fix matches. After 10-week trial, jury deadlocked on second charge against Grobbelaar alone, of corruptly accepting a pounds 2,000 bribe. Crown decides not to press for third trial and judge enters verdict of not guilty. 

JULY 1999 - Grobbelaar wins pounds 85,000 in High Court after suing the Sun for libel over allegations, published in 1994, that he had taken thousands of pounds to fix matches. 

JANUARY 2001 - Grobbelaar stripped of pounds 85,000 libel award and branded corrupt in Appeal Court, unanimously overturning libel jury's verdict. Grobbelaar faces financial ruin with legal costs of up to pounds 1 million. 

OCTOBER 2002 - House of Lords reinstates Grobbelaar's libel victory on a technicality - but reduces the award to pounds 1.