Accrington Stanley defender Peter Cavanagh has been suspended from all football activities for eight months for betting on the result of a fourth-tier match in which he was playing.
The Football Association also fined Cavanagh £3,500 ($NZ8,500) on Monday.
Cavanagh played the full 90 minutes of the 2-0 loss to Bury on the last weekend of the 2008 League Two season.
The English defender was accused of including the match in an accumulator bet of £5 that also included other games.
Regulatory commission chairman Nicholas Stewart said: "These were repeated deliberate breaches of the Football Association's betting rules which are vital to maintain confidence in the integrity of the game."
