Billangate Scandal

The Billangate Scandal was an alleged bribery attempt before a Cup Of... semi final between Dim Siarad and Sharp Teeth XI during the 06/07 season.

The scandal began at the dinner table over the Christmas period when reigning league of Champion Jack Chubb allegedly offered rival manager and Cup Of... semi final opponent Sally Chubb £10 to forget to do her transfers. Several other league of managers are said to have witnessed this (Dan Chubb, Jonathan Chubb, David Lu ?) but significant red wine consumption has raised doubts over the validity of their testimonies. Manager Sally Chubb was known to be experiencing financial difficulties at the time, and was rumoured to have accepted £50 to dress up as Oddjob at a James Bond themed birthday party.

Controversially, the semi final turned out to be a very one-sided affair as Sally kept up her end of the alleged bargain and her lack of activity in the transfer market and the inclusion of non playing Steven Gerrard as captain gave the victory to Jack. Conspiracy theorists believe this to be proof enough that foul play occurred but the resulting investigation proved inconclusive, as Sally regularly fielded injured players and generally paid very little interest to The League Of....