Bury the evidence

Following yesterday's early post about match-fixing, news later in the day reported that five players have been charged by the English Football Association with gambling on the outcome of a match between Bury and Accrington Stanley. Four of the players were from Accrington, the other being from Bury. Two of the five players took part in the match, which Bury won 2-0. Some bookmakers had stopped taking bets on the match when it began to emerge that there had been irregular betting patterns around the fixture. Was the match fixed, or was it simply some 'lads' having an ill-thought through bet? If the match was fixed, what was the anatomy of the fix? Again, was it just four 'lads' trying to make a bit of cash, or was there something much better organised and sinister at the core of the gambling activity? Who was involved? What was on offer to the players? How was any fix that may have been planned supposed to work? Who would have been the winners if the betting had gone undetected? And, if such activity has happened once, how many other times has it taken place and will it take place?