Former Tranmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore has expressed his embarrassment at the betting debacle that cost him his job at the club.

The Football Association handed Moore a one-month suspended ban and a £2,000 fine for breaching regulations by betting on a competition that his team was involved in.

"I'm embarrassed because as a manager of Tranmere Rovers Football Club, I should have known," he told Sky Sports New. "So I hold my hands up, there is no doubt about that. I should have known and I didn't know, but is that worth losing my job over?

"It's actually cost me my job and it's cost me £130,000 - and then I get fined here as well."

Moore revealed that he made the bet as part of an accumulator placed on behalf of his sister-in-law.

The bet which cost him his job, a £1 double bet on Tranmere to beat Colchester United in League One, is said to have paid out just £3.93.

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Mark Langshaw