James Gauld (9 May 1931 – 9 December 2004)[2] was a disgraced Scottish footballer found out to have run a match-fixing scandal altering results in all of England's top 4 men's leagues.
Gauld enticed several players into betting on the outcome of fixed matches, including England internationals Tony Kay and Peter Swan.
[9] He went on to play in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Everton, Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town, who he joined for a club record fee.
[7] A brief spell with St Johnstone followed before he joined Mansfield Town, where a badly broken leg suffered during a game played on Boxing Day 1960 ended his career.
In 1964 – in search of a final "payday" – he sold his story to the Sunday People for £7,000, incriminating three Sheffield Wednesday players that he had enticed into the scheme: Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.