Former Cheltenham, Shrewsbury and Exeter striker Ryan Bowman has been banned for three-and-a-half years by the Football Association for placing 6,397 bets over an eight year period. The 33-year-old, who was released by Cheltenham this summer, admitted all of the charges.
It was alleged he had made a bet from the substitutes bench on a game between Shrewsbury and MK Dons that was already under way in January 2023, something he denied.
Bowman placed almost 2,600 bets from December 2020 until July 2021 while he was at Exeter and another 3,100 between August 2021 and July 2023 while playing for Shrewsbury.
Bowman made his last appearance for Cheltenham on 1 January.
