a former premier league striker urged a footballer at a struggling non league club to make some 'easy money' by fixing the result of a match, a court has heard ex bolton wanderers forward delroy facey, 34, is also alleged to have told a contact that some football conference teams would 'do' a game in return for payment facey, whose former clubs include hull city and west bromwich albion, is accused of conspiring with non league player moses swaibu and others to commit bribery delroy facey (right) arrives at birmingham crown court for the start of his trial on monday he is accused of being involved in a plot to fix lower league football matches  facey (right) is alleged to have contacted a non league player via whatsapp to fix matches  facey (right) celebrates after scoring for bolton wanderers in the premier league in 2003  on the second day of a trial at birmingham crown court, prosecutor nick mather claimed records of online messages showed facey had approached footballers about 'throwing' lower league matches in one text conversation, conducted on messaging service whatsapp in late 2013, facey is alleged to have tried to corrupt greater manchester based hyde fc player scott spencer by offering him £2,000 the court heard that facey, of huddersfield, made contact with mr spencer shortly after discussing hyde's poor run of form with a convicted match fixer mr spencer, who the court heard was not involved in any form of match fixing, is alleged to have been messaged by facey, who told him: 'you lot (hyde) get rinsed out, week in, week out defendant moses swaibu (right) on the ball during an fa cup match between lincoln and bolton in 2010  'you lot should make some money out of this lad, easy money 'check this out four goals in a game   two in either half   and you guys can get 2k each, win lose or draw 'you guys can't win for s*** so you may as well make some peas' during the whatsapp conversation, which was read to jurors by mr mather, facey is alleged to have added that a friend who was betting would provide the cash addressing the jury on the second day of his opening speech, mr mather claimed facey was attempting to bribe mr spencer and team mates that he trusted into fixing a match facey (top) in action for west brom during a match against norwich city in march 2004  mr mather further alleged that facey told a convicted match fixer in another message: 'i have got (football) conference teams that will 'do' a game but how much?' transcripts of messages which passed between facey and 43 year old krishna ganeshan, who was found guilty of conspiracy at an earlier trial, were also shown to the jury in an exchange on october 28 2013, the court heard, ganeshan used skype to contact facey, telling him: 'get ready, things are about to come to life keep your boys on stand by 'if they deliver first time, me and only you are in big business for the future' huddersfield's facey (left) vies with brentford's michael dobson during an old second division match in 2002  the crown claims the skype discussion   and a message sent by facey claiming six players in the football conference were 'amenable' to match fixing   could not have been part of an attempt to rip off a gambling syndicate mr mather told the jury: 'it may be suggested to you that what delroy facey was actually up to was trying to scam people who were betting on football matches 'the prosecution say that is not the case' facey and swaibu, 25, of bermondsey, south london, deny conspiring together and with others to commit bribery between november 1 and 27 2013 sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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delroy facey is standing trial in birmingham over match fixing allegations  the former premier league footballer denies conspiracy to commit bribery  facey formerly played for bolton wanderers, west brom and hull city  34 year old is alleged to have offered hyde fc's scott spencer £2,000  facey stands trial alongside former non league player moses swaibu, who also denies the charges 