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Bob Higgins THE Football Association was guilty of inexcusable “institutional failings” in delaying the implementation of child safeguarding measures between 1995 and the spring of 2000, an independent review of historical sexual abuse has concluded. The long-awaited Sheldon Report criticises the FA for failing to look again at allegations against Southampton youth coach Bob Higgins when the standard of proof in disciplinary cases was lowered in 2003. Higgins was sentenced to 24 years in prison in 2019 after being found guilty of 46 counts of indecent assault against 24 people betwe...

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 ...