‘Barry Bennell taken to hospital’ after police attend ‘fear for welfare incident’ at hotel near Stevenage http://www.thecomet.net/news/barry_...re_incident_at_hotel_near_stevenage_1_4795579
Speed's own father says he was coached by Bennell. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tragic-gary-speed-stayed-*****phile-9349710
I don't understand why it would be acceptable for kids to stay at coach's houses. You wouldn't have them staying at their teacher's houses etc. Shows something completely wrong with the whole system.
Until all those stories started emerging of **** priests I don't think it was really known the extent of the danger. Also ****s (from case after case) are incredibly devious. Bennell will have passed off kids staying at his house as guidance.
Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ BREAKING: Police open investigation into historical sexual abuse in the youth football system in Greater Manchester. #SSNHQ
Disgusting comments by Bristow saying victims were unmanly for not beating up Bennell when they'd reached adulthood.
Not looking good for Crewe... Crewe Alexandra’s handling of the Barry Bennell affair is under new scrutiny after it emerged their former youth-team coach was so notorious throughout the sport he had been banned from attending fixtures in one of Manchester’s leading junior leagues. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/29/crewe-barry-bennell
Still one of my favourite bits of sports commentating was when a somewhat over excited Sid Waddell bellowed out "And the one thing all great athletes like Eric Bristow have in common is..."
Former football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with eight offences of sexual assault against a boy under the age of 14. http://news.sky.com/story/former-football-coach-barry-bennell-charged-with-sexual-assault-10677118
Bristow has been sacked by Sky for his comments. If you haven't seen them, he basically said the footballers abused weren't real men and you wouldn't see it happening to rugby or darts players. He originally called the abusers "p**fs" before changing that to *****s and he questioned why the footballers haven't gone back for revenge. Completely out of touch, ridiculous comments.
One abused player said that a big part of the reason he never came forward was due to the abuse he thought he'd be subjected to from the terraces back then. Being honest, back then I can't say he was wrong, and I'm not sure of which era he was referring to, but I reckon there's a fair chance a younger me would have joined in. Thankfully times have moved on, but sadly not soon enough for some.
My favourite is Sid Waddell's well considered study in hyperbole: "When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer … Eric Bristow is only 27."
Richard Conway @richard_conway Eric Bristow's manager asked BBC for £5000 (+VAT) when asked if his client would discuss his tweets about the survivors of child sex abuse. The **** him.
