CREWE may have become a dirty word after the club found itself at the centre of football’s child abuse scandal. But on the first real occasion that they had the chance to address the issue — at home against Crawley on Saturday — nobody at Gresty Road appeared willing to talk. Keep up to date […]
MATT LE TISSIER is the most famous ex-player to come forward in the scandal that has rocked English football. And he joins a group of at least SIX Southampton starlets who have revealed their disturbing treatment at the hands of the club’s then-youth development officer Bob Higgins. Le Tissier is a Saints legend known to […]
FOUR more pro clubs are believed to have struck hush-money confidentiality deals with the victims of sexual abuse. And Edward Smethurst, lawyer for Offside Trust, a group representing youngsters who were attacked, believes the extent of the scandal is only beginning to emerge. Chelsea have admitted paying £50,000 hush money to former player Gary Johnson, […]
GAG them. Hush them up. And, if necessary, bung them a wodge of money to make sure they keep their traps shut. The response of Chelsea Football Club to allegations of sexual abuse made by their former youth-team player Gary Johnson against their now-deceased former chief scout Eddie Heath was entirely predictable. Premier League football […]
THE FA insist no club will be immune from punishment in the child abuse scandal — as a former Chelsea player revealed he had been a victim. Gary Johnson, 57, claims he was paid £50,000 hush money in 2015 after he told the Blues he had been abused by a club scout. The striker alleges […]