Proof That Football Is Scripted As Sutton United's Goalkeeper Gets Injured

I'm convinced that the whole Wayne Shaw has been scripted and the latest twist in the saga is concrete evidence of that.

Shaw became something of an online celebrity in Sutton's FA Cup run and became a viral sensation when he sunk his teeth into a pie/pasty towards the end of the Arsenal clash.

At first glance, it looked like a hilarious 'magic of the cup' moment but on further 'investigation' it was shown to be a stunt that potentially breached betting regulations.

Sun Bets had sponsored Sutton for the one off game and it came to light that the company had offered odds of 8/1 that Shaw would eat a pie on the bench during the game.

Commenting on the pie fiasco after the game, he said:

"A few of the lads said to me earlier on what is going on with the 8-1 [bet] about eating a pie. I said I don't know, I have eaten nothing all day. So I might give it a go later on.

"As I say what is that, Sun Bet had us at 8-1 to eat a pie. I thought I would give them a bit of banter and do it. All the subs were on and we were 2-0 down.

"I went and got it at half time from the kitchen, I had it all prepared and ready to go. It was meat and potato."

He explained the turn of events on Good Morning Britain:

Credit: Good Morning Britain

Both The FA and the Gambling Commission have opened investigations into the goalkeeper for the incident and as a result of the pie-gate, he was subsequently been asked to resign by Sutton, which he agreed to do.

If Shaw receiving an offer to be an official 'Pie Taster' at Morrisons wasn't weird enough, there's been enough bizarre twist in the strange story.

After being knocked out of the FA Cup fifth round by Arsenal on Monday, Sutton United returned to league action but were dealt a major blow when their first-choice goalkeeper Ross Worner was forced off with an injury.

Because Shaw had been given his marching orders as a result of the whole pie/pasty fiasco, they did not have a reserve goalkeeper on the bench and had to put one of their outfield players in goal.

You literally couldn't write it...

Needless to say, there were plenty of brilliant reactions on Twitter:

I reckon the next step is that Shaw will sign with WWE and debut as 'The New Big Daddy' at Wrestlemania.

Josh Lawless

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