A FORMER footballer said last night he fears he may be paedophile coach Barry Bennell’s first victim. Yan Nowacki, 57, claims Bennell abused him in the early 70s when he was 13. It happened after Bennell, then 18 or 19, invited winger Yan to sleep over at his mum’s. Yan, then in a Manchester youth […]
CREWE have announced they will conduct an independent review into the way they dealt with historical child abuse allegations. The League Two club released a statement tonight explaining they will appoint an external legal counsel to carry out an investigation. Former Crewe director Hamilton Smith, who was on the board from 1986 to early 1990, had […]
AS four police forces launch inquiries into the football abuse scandal and two more players claim they were victims, ex-Scotland striker and talkSPORT presenter Alan Brazil reveals his own ordeal. The Ipswich legend was targeted as a 13-year-old prodigy at Celtic Boys Club. Here he tells how a paedo boss destroyed his dreams and changed […]
A FORMER footballer has come forward with allegations of sexual abuse linked to when he was a youngster at a well known south coast club. The ex-player contacted the FA’s NSPCC special helpline on Thursday in the wake of the growing historical child abuse scandal engulfing English football. He provided information on incidents he claimed […]