But Grobbelaar said he did not expect a Fifa ban - and promised to co-operate fully with any further enquiries the game's governing bodies may wish to make.

"This is an overthrown of a libel action, not a criminal trial, and I was found not guilty in a criminal trial," said Grobbelaar, who was acquitted at Winchester Crown Court in 1997.

"I've been through the mill with an FA enquiry and I've co-operated with the FA enquiry and got a fine from the FA, and if they want to enquire further I will assist them totally."

Grobbelaar, 43, who is currently coaching in his native Zimbabwe, continued to protest his innocence of match-rigging despite the ruling by three judges three days ago.

Grobbelaar, who said the decision had left him "flabbergasted and devastated" told BBC Radio 5 Live: "How many times do you want me to carry on saying I didn't do anything? Do you think that one day I am going turn round and admit that I did it?"

The former keeper insisted the balance of evidence still pointed to his innocence after those initial trials in 1997 both failed to prove his guilt.

"I was acquitted in the second criminal trial and awarded costs. There were 12 jurors at the libel trial and yet three people can overturn this decision.

"These are three people who may be good at their job but they have never been to a football match or any of the criminal trials.

"They've got their own opinion but I would say they are talking pie in the sky."

And Grobbelaar once again insisted it was virtually impossible for one man to influence a result.

He added: "It is not just a striker who can score a goal, it is 11 people who can score a goal. So how can you say that one person - a goalkeeper - can fix a game? Absolutely ludicrous."