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ex-Nix: Where/what are they now?

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about 2 months ago
Mainland FC
Davila escapes jail with a fine.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/ex-a-league-captain-ulises-d%C3%A1vila-fined-over-betting-scandal/106358086

Pretty weak fine but no jail time is a fair and just result in my opinion. Losing his career is the real punishment and there’s no reason to make his son essentially an orphan with imprisonment
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brElemenopJazzy JeffLG+2
about 2 months ago
The guy has been through a huge tragedy with the loss of his wife, and now obviously his football career plus high earnings is over.

But crikey he was clearly the ring leader of this of whole betting scam. Lucky to avoid jail time, and not sure it sends the right hardline message to others tempted by such schemes.
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DolorasGooner 4 LifehepatitisLG+2
about 2 months ago
Jail sentence would have likely resulted in deportation. A fine probably not.


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about 2 months ago
A sad story no matter how you look at it.

Hopefully he finds something else in life to build a career from to support his family.
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AntzkwlapOi Oi Edgecumbe
about 2 months ago
https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2026/02/19/court-fines-former-macarthur-captain-for-his-part-in-a-league-betting-scam/

Former Macarthur captain Ulises Dávila has been spared a jail sentence for his part in a scheme to corrupt the betting outcomes of men’s A-League games.

Dávila (34) has been fined A$11,000 for leading a plan for Macarthur players, including All White Clayton Lewis, to deliberately trigger yellow cards during A-League games played in late 2023.

In October last year, Dávila pleaded guilty to facilitating and engaging in conduct that corrupts the outcome of an event’s betting.

On Wednesday, magistrate Marguerite Vassall entered two convictions against Dávila, saying: “It to some extent brings the integrity of the game into disrepute.”

Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court was told Dávila’s offending took place while the player was grieving after the death of his wife.

A Colombian contact known as J Col orchestrated a number of wagers on the number of yellow cards in a game between Macarthur and Sydney.

Fifty suspicious bets were placed, resulting in an estimated loss of more than $167,000 for a better operator.

There was no evidence that Dávila was aware of the amounts wagered.

Dávila’s lawyers said there was no evidence he had received any financial benefit, and a psychologist’s report said Dávila was motivated by a desire to keep his family safe in an environment where he felt threats were real. He acted while under fear and pressure, the court was told.

Former Mexican U-20 international Dávila won the Johnny Warren Medal in 2020-21 for being judged the men’s A-League’s best player.

In September 2025, Lewis and his Macarthur teammate Kearyn Baccus were sentenced to two-year conditional release orders.

They were ordered to pay $10,000 in pecuniary penalties, the same amount they each received for agreeing to get yellow cards.

Lewis and Baccus have since been given five-year bans from playing all forms of football, but the ban can be reduced by a year if they complete 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service.

Football Australia are expected to impose sanctions on Dávila following his convictions.

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about 1 month ago
How did I miss that Ifill was involved with the Samoan womens team??? So not much chance he can be Greenies assistant if he was wanted. 

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9 days ago · edited 9 days ago · History
Ryan wrote:
All Birds sold for $39 million (once worth Billions)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/allbirds-once-worth-7b-sells-its-assets-for-68m-will-wind-down/ZLBWRR3VKVASLM73M3RW62YHOE/

Hope Tim Brown sold some of his stock at the peak. Guess he must have in order to be involved in Auckland.
Was reading about this last month but then noticed the winding up. Sad really. Had a pair of the loafers which were so comfortable. Wild ending to it all. Are we saying investing in AFC is toxic then ? 🤪
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8 days ago
Where does that leave Tim Brown specifically, does anyone know? What is he likely to have walked away with, either in the recent sale or in the days where the company was valued in the billions? Surely he cashed in at least partially at some point? 
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3 days ago
Fitzy wrote:
Where does that leave Tim Brown specifically, does anyone know? What is he likely to have walked away with, either in the recent sale or in the days where the company was valued in the billions? Surely he cashed in at least partially at some point? 
Hopefully he walked away with a pair of comfy shoes.


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1 day ago
https://x.com/i/status/2042165893128409425

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about 1 hour ago
Now that is a name from the past
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