The 26-year-old has acknowledged certain violations but is disputing others. The alleged violations allegedly occurred while the striker was a member of Scunthorpe United, Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United, and current side Brentford between February 25, 2017, and January 23, 2021.
It is against FA regulation E8 for players to wager on games or exchange information for betting. Toney is undoubtedly not the first player in recent memory to break such laws; in December 2020, the English defender Kieran Trippier was given a 10-week suspension by the FA for sharing information that allowed others to place bets on his impending move from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico Madrid.
Additionally, in 2017 while playing for Burnley, Joey Barton was given an 18-month suspension, which was later reduced to 13 months after an appeal. The midfielder had admitted to putting 1,260 bets on football over a ten-year period.
Only Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have scored more goals in the English Premier League this season than Toney, who has been one of the league's top scorers with 14 goals from 21 games.
His performance has propelled Brentford into the top half of the standings, but if their star scorer is given a protracted suspension, everything may fall apart.
