Following Andy Aitken's departure in February 1909, Boro had been managed by secretary-manager John Gunter for sixteen months before Walker signed on 27 June 1910.
Controversy was set to follow Walker throughout his brief time as manager. Soon after his appointment, he was in trouble for illegally approaching one of his former Airdrie players to try to convince him to sign for Boro. He was caught and banned for four weeks, while the club were fined £100.
In December 1910, chairman Thomas Gibson-Poole, the local Conservative Party candidate, believed that if Middlesbrough beat Sunderland in the derby game at Ayresome Park two days prior to the election, it would improve his chances of winning. Before the game took place, Walker offered Sunderland captainCharlie Thompson £30 to throw the match, but he rejected and reported the matter to his chairman who subsequently informed the Football Association. Middlesbrough actually won the game,[1] but Gibson-Poole lost the election by over 3000 votes.
On 16 January 1911, an FA Commission decided that money had been offered and both Walker and Gibson-Poole were suspended from football for life. Some believed that Walker had only been a pawn, but despite a 12,500 strong petition to the FA to reconsider his ban, it was upheld.
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^. Thestatcat.co.uk. 3 December 1910. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
. mfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
Glasper, Harry (1989). Middlesbrough, A Complete Record, 1876-1989. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN0-907969-53-4.
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