Metropolitan Police probes 32 London football clubs, including four Premier League and two Championship, over sex abuse claims from 106 victims

Daily Mail | December 13, 2016

Four Premier League clubs in London have been named to police investigating historical sex abuse in football.

Metropolitan Police say they have received 106 allegations of abuse connected to 32 clubs in the capital.

Four of those are in the Premier League, two in the Championship and three in Leagues One and Two with the rest at non-League level, according to the force.

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Gary Johnson, pictured left in 1979 and this month, right, came forward recently and admitted that he had been abused by Chelsea's former chief scout Eddie Heath

Johnson came forward recently and admitted that he had been abused by Chelsea's former chief scout Eddie Heath

Chelsea, whose deceased former scout Eddie Heath has been accused of abuse in the 1970s, have already said they are working with the authorities.