By Harriet Arkell PUBLISHED: 14:46 EST, 25 January 2013 | UPDATED: 06:17 EST, 26 January 2013 A man who streamed live football matches through his computer and charged thousands of people to watch it avoided a prison sentence today. Gary Goodger was only 16 when he started illegally streaming Premier League matches to a website he set up, and undercutting prices charged by official broadcaster, Sky. He used a huge satellite dish, seven computers and nine satellite decoders to run the 'freelivefooty' website from his home in Lower Earley, near Reading. Reading Crown Court: Judge John Reddihough gave Gary Goodger, now 24, a suspended prison sentence
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Gary Goodger set up his 'freelivefooty' website when he was just 16
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He streamed football through computer and undercut official broadcasters
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Huge satellite dish, seven computers and nine decoders at Reading home
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He'd never met accomplice Jack Bannister, who processed payments
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Goodger, now 24, given suspended sentence, unpaid work and £1,750 fine
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Bannister, 23, of Lancashire, ordered to do unpaid work and fined £500
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Judge Reddihough told Goodger: 'Companies in this country, such as the broadcasters in this, and the @placeholder, are entitled to their copyright and entitled not to have other people using it illegally, as you did.
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He said his client's service had also streamed matches that were not available on Sky, adding: 'So it is difficult to know if @placeholder lost anything.'