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Football's child sex abuse scandal: Sheldon review finds 'institutional failings' Last updated on 'An absolutely monumental day' - abuse survivor Gary Cliffe "Significant institutional failings" by the Football Association meant it "did not do enough to keep children safe" - according to the findings of an independent review into historical child sexual abuse in the game. It found the FA was "too slow" to have sufficient protection measures in place between October 1995 and May 2000. It said there was no evidence the FA knew of a problem before summer 1995. The report focused on the abuse of...

At Norwich City, Mr Sheldon said he found there were rumours that Carson left the club in 1993 because he had been “messing around” with kids. But he added there was no evidence to support those rumours at the time and Norwich City said that it was not aware of any complaint about Carson. Mr Sheldon wrote: “I have received written accounts from five individuals in connection with abuse at Norwich City. By their accounts, the abuse consisted of Carson forcing them to sleep naked; and naked examinations where they were called individually into Carson’s office, told to strip and perform ...

BBC News Published image captionBob Higgins had denied molesting boys over a period of 25 years Southampton FC should have monitored a football coach after concerns were raised he was a danger to young boys, a report has said. Bob Higgins was jailed for 24 years in 2019 for sexually touching trainees in the 1970s and 1980s. Southampton said it was "deeply sorry" and admitted "considerable failings". A former trainee who was abused by Higgins described the report's findings as "very vague" and said it was "like a box-ticking exercise". The report also said Southampton could have reported an ...

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FA ‘institutional failings’ allowed child sex abuse to continue for years, review finds Adam Forrest © Provided by The Independent The Football Association could and should have done more to keep children safe from sexual predators, a major report into historical abuse in the sport has found. The independent review into historical abuse, led by Clive Sheldon QC, found that “significant institutional failings” by the FA meant children hadn’t been properly protected for a period of five years. English football’s governing body should have done more to keep children...