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Born in West Bromwich , Pennington was a left-back for West Bromwich Albion F.C. for 19 years, from March 1903 to May 1922 . Although his career was interrupted by World War I , Pennington made 455 league appearances for the club, captaining them to the league title in 1920 . He had also been a part of the team promoted from the Second Division in 1911 and had received an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1912 . On the international front, Pennington earned 25 Caps for England between March 18 , 1907 and April 10 , 1920 , captaining the side on one occasion. After retiring, he worked as a scout for West Bromwich Albion from 1950 to 1960 and was made a life member of the club in 1969 , a year before he died in Kidderminster . THE BIOLETTI SCANDAL In 1913 , Pennington was approached by Pascoe Bioletti who offered £5 per player for Albion Corruptly to endeavour not to win their forthcoming game against Everton F.C. on 29 November .1 ''p.''5 Pascoe's son, William Alfred Bioletti, was operator of a football betting business in Geneva . Pennington alerted the Police and after the game, which ended in a draw, he met Bioletti, ostensbily for the pay-off, at which point the police moved in to arrest Bioletti. Bioletti was Sentenced to 5 months' Imprisonment in 1914 . REFERENCES |
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